JP Morgan economists warn climate crisis is threat to human race

Leaked report for world's major fossil fuel financier says Earth is on unsustainable trajectory

The world's largest financier of fossil fuels has warned clients that the climate crisis threatens the survival of humanity and that the planet is on an unsustainable trajectory, according to a leaked document.

The JP Morgan report on the economic risks of human-caused global heating said climate policy had to change or else the world faced irreversible consequences.