Seven reasons businesses should be scared of climate change

Madeleine Cuff
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A new report from the Economist Intelligence Unit sets out the global cost of inaction on climate change

Climate change poses a serious, potentially "catastrophic" risk to the world's economy, according to a major new report released late last week by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU). Sponsored by...

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