Poll: 92 per cent of the investors, analysts and traders surveyed don't believe that government efforts to combat climate change would have a positive impact on corporate profitability in their nation

Investors split on climate change costs, action: poll

Eight per cent of the investors, analysts and traders surveyed among Bloomberg’s global customers said such efforts would have a positive impact on corporate profitability in their nation.

Overall, 38 per cent of investors said climate change was a major threat to the environment, down from 48 per cent in July 2009. Forty per cent called it a minor threat in the most recent poll and 19 per cent said warming presents no real threat.