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Perfect global storm developing warns World Economic Forum
2013-01-10 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Royal Gazette: A major systemic financial failure. Extreme weather patterns. A water supply crisis. Food shortages. Weapons of mass destruction. Stark income disparity. Cyber attacks. Those are just a few of the major risks to the global economy this year, according to a report released this week by the World Economic Forum. With nations already coping with rising economic strains while staring in face of increasing environmental concerns, the WEF report says the world could soon find itself in the eye of "the...
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World Economic Forum warns climate risks pose 'increasingly dangerous' threat
2013-01-09 07:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BusinessGreen: Ahead of the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, the group yesterday released a major report warning that tough economic conditions coupled with frequent extreme weather events represent "an increasingly dangerous mix" for the global economy. The report draws on a survey of more than 1,000 experts from industry, government, academia and civil society, which rated rising global greenhouse gas emissions as the third most likely global risk to manifest itself over the next decade,...
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