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CLIMATE RISK: INSIGHTS
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Read moreInsights Reporting Climate Resilience: The Challenges Ahead Climate change is exposing businesses to new and unpredictable strategic and operational risks. -
Read moreMobility A Timetable For Phasing Out Internal-Combustion Engines A transition to electric vehicles is inevitable, and the best thing that could happen to the industry is exactly what is starting to happen—governments are beginning to set timetables. -
Read moreEnergy World Energy Trilemma 2017 Three trends are impacting the global energy sector at an unprecedented pace: decarburization, digitization, and decentralization. -
Read moreFor Health and Environmental Agriculture 4.0 – The Future Of Farming Technology A number of global trends are influencing food security, poverty, and the overall sustainability of food and agricultural systems.
CLIMATE RISK: BY THE NUMBERS
CLIMATE RISK: IN THE NEWS
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Read morenews and events Antarctic ice loss has tripled in a decade. If that continues, we are in serious trouble. -
Read morenews and events Capitalism is killing the planet and needs to change, says investor Jeremy Grantham -
Read morenews and events Alien Anthropocene: How Would Other Worlds Battle Climate Change?
CLIMATE RISK: VOICES
CLIMATE RISK: RESEARCH
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Read moreFinance and Risk Management Financing Climate Resilience The global green financing gap is estimated to range from a minimum of $2.5 trillion, to as high as $4.8 trillion. -
Read moreInsights A Stressing Climate? Key Challenges For Banks In Assessing And Disclosing Climate Change Risk Learn more about the implications of climate change risks and opportunities for your organization's financial performance. -
Read moreInsights Supporting The Circular Economy Transition What will the world look like in 2040 if vital natural resources become scarce? What would stimulate a shift from the current linear “Take-Make-Dispose” consumption model that relies on the availability of abundant natural resources, to a circular economy based on the principle of “Reduce-Reuse-Recycle”? -
Read moreJournals MMC Climate Resilience Handbook Since 2011, climate-related risks have dominated the rankings of the top five threats to global prosperity in the World Economic Forum’s Global Risks Report—with good reason. Extreme weather events, failure of climate change mitigation and adaptation, water supply crises, and biodiversity loss, among other climate-related risks, threaten the long-term viability of many businesses. -
Read moreInsights Sustainable Retail: The Groceries Retailer Gap Most retailers agree that sustainability will be a key competitive advantage in the future. Unfortunately, there is a wide gap between their ambitions and reality. A growing mismatch between supply and demand could erode the profits of the entire food industry within four decades. -
Read moreInsights Aviation Fuels, Stage Two Renewable Jet Fuels Are The Next Step In The Industry’s Evolution The aviation industry is one of the most advanced in terms of exploring options for reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Aviation contributes only about 2 percent of all human-produced carbon dioxide emissions – but that figure is set to rise, given that demand for air transport is expected to double by 2035. -
Read moreInsights Global Risks 2018 Rising political and social unrest and disruptive shifts in technology are creating risks and instabilities that are directly impacting businesses around the world. -
Read moreInsights Businesses Can No Longer Avoid Becoming Political Business leaders who fail to develop their own social and political policies risk finding themselves on the wrong side of history. -
Read moreInsights How Climate Resilient Is Your Company? This pressing question is increasingly being asked of management and boards. But what is climate resilience, and why is it so important? -
Read moreInsights The Electric Vehicle Charging Market Electric vehicles (EVs) are gaining market momentum. -
Read moreInsights Evolving Risk Concerns In Asia Pacific 2017 The report is the second edition in the “Evolving Risk Concerns in Asia-Pacific” series -
Read moreInsights Plugged In Are electric vehicles the future of the automotive industry? -
Read moreInsights UK Fresh Food Rationing: The Tip Of The Iceberg (Lettuce)? The need for intervention to protect food supplies goes beyond the UK and its leafy veg crisis. -
Read moreInsights Bridging the Risk and Sustainability Gap The report presents case studies and practical solutions to bridge the risk and sustainability gap for financial executives and sustainability leaders. -
Read moreInsights The Road to Resilience Managing The Risks Of The Energy-Water-Food Nexus – Summary of Findings -
Read moreInsights Global Risks 2016 The World Economic Forum’s eleventh Global Risks Report
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