Davos Summit: Is corporate understanding of environmental risk starting to snowball?

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World Economic Forum lists water crises, failure to adapt to climate change, and biodiversity loss among biggest threats facing the world

Water crises and extreme weather are among the greatest risks the world is currently facing, according to the World Economic Forum (WEF). The 2015 edition of the WEF's Global Risk report, published...

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