Cost-of-living crisis risks undermining climate action, according to WEF
The cost-of-living crisis is the greatest short-term risk facing the world, and threatens to undermine eff orts to tackle climate change, which is the biggest long-term risk, according to the World Economic Forum’s Global Risks Report 2023.
Failure to mitigate and adapt to climate change, natural disasters and biodiversity loss are among the top five risks for the next decade identified in the report, while the cost of living, extreme weContinue reading this with an IEMA membership
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One in four companies practising ‘greenhushing’, research finds
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