Coldness to Global Warming,Threat Fatigue,or Unemotional Pragmatism: Investor Pattern Responses to Information Release

Perceptions relating to climate risks are generally shaped by discerning the erratic patterns and the rapidly changing frequencies of rainfall and drought sequences, and by painting a picture of the impacts of such events over ever shortening spans of time. Personal and business decisions in this context are, therefore, made under tremendous uncertainty relating to the immediate future and to the medium term. This article assesses investor response to the release of new information relating to climate change and global warming and the additional risks that weather-related phenomena are slated to bring. Attempts have been made to elaborate the findings and to support them with propositions, relevant data, and observations.