This is promising:

Eager to pour billions of dollars into clean energy and low-carbon investments, some of the largest institutional investors in the world will urge the U.S. Congress next week to accelerate passage of climate-change legislation that would clarify an investment framework.

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Companies such as Merrill Lynch, the $230 (U.S.) billion California Public Employees Retirement System, and Allianz, Europe’s largest insurance firm, will demand immediate action by the government, said Adam McDaniel, spokesman for CERES, a national network of investors, environmental organizations and public interest groups.

It’s also mentioned in the middle of this (credibly optimistic) New York Times editorial.

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That’s the largest public pension fund in the U.S. (Calpers is huge — about $230 billion), the largest insurance firm in Europe (Allianz — around $130 billion in revenue), and the … no longer largest anything finance outfit Merrill Lynch. Not too shabby.