2016 – Primal Group

Investing in Life Now and for Generations to Come

From agriculture, to water security and environmental protection, long-term investment strategies that strengthen the efficiency and longevity of our most fundamental resources, thereby sustaining life, creates true wealth.

2016 was certainly a momentous year. Brexit, Trump, record performances across global financial markets, a continued economic slowdown in China and the first signs of recovery for commidty markets all filled the headlines. While a new preference for more pragmatic and transactional political systems around the world will be good for geopolitical stability, the new protectionist trend has been interpreted as a clear move away from free trade, globalization and open market policies that have strengthened the global economy in recent years.…

Heat Waves, Ice, Storms, Floods and Algae Bloom in 2015

Last year saw several records in the Earth’s climate system broken.

The American Meteorological Society alongside the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and over 450 leading scientists from around the world all confirm that 2015 was the warmest year on record for land and sea temperatures. Last year, average temperatures rose by 1ºC higher than Preindustrial times. At the widely publicized United Nations COP21 meetings in Paris, 1.5ºC above preindustrial averages was pegged as the upper limit for climate change. We are getting so close to this limit that some scientists are already talking about a possible overshoot, which would have disastrous effects on our climate, biomes and all aspects of human activity, especially in securing the global food supply.…