Women In Power: Vivienne Cox, Former BP Executive, Says 'Climate Change Is Real, We Are Still Not Taking It Seriously Enough'

Article by Matthew Dakotah

"I grew up in Devon, which is in the countryside a long, long way away from London. So there was nothing in my experience as a child that drew me to the career path I chose," says British energy industry veteran, Vivienne Cox.

...Today, Cox is the Chairman of Climate Change Capital, a green investment and management firm with interests in everything from carbon finance and real estate to cleantech and energy infrastructure. "Climate Change Capital has a strapline [tagline], which is 'wealth worth having' and the whole premise that this company was set up on was that there was good business to be done in trying to solve the problems of climate change," she says. "And indeed, unless there was good business to be done in solving the problem of climate change, then climate change wouldn't be solved."

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Women In Power: Vivienne Cox, Former BP Executive, Says 'Climate Change Is Real, We Are Still Not Taking It Seriously Enough'