Climate crisis is the biggest long-term threat facing humanity, World Economic Forum warns

Source: Ethan van Diemen, Daily Maverick 13 January 2022, photo credit: Daily Excelsior.com

In its new ‘Global Risks Report 2022’, the World Economic Forum cites ‘climate action failure’ as the number-one risk over the coming decade.

Adverse technological advances, involuntary migration, social cohesion erosion and geoeconomic confrontation. These are some of the main risks the World Economic Forum (WEF) identified as being of concern over the next five to 10 years. None, however, is seen as more critical than the climate crisis.

In its new Global Risks Report 2022, the WEF cites “climate action failure” as the number-one risk over the coming decade. Compiled by the forum’s Global Risks Advisory Board, together with Marsh McLennan, SK Group and Zurich Insurance, the report is an analysis of the results of the latest Global Risks Perception Survey which gauges the views of nearly 1,000 risk experts and global leaders in business, government and civil society. 
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