Climate breakdown: Environmental threats once again top global risk survey

Madeleine Cuff
clock • 4 min read

Growing threat of extreme weather, ecosystem degradation, and climate change could cause 'runaway collapse' in complex global systems, experts fear

The environment has once again ranked as the most pressing global risk in the annual Global Risks Perception Survey (GRPS) from the World Economic Forum, underlining the concern felt by economic experts...

To continue reading this article...

Join BusinessGreen

In just a few clicks you can start your free BusinessGreen Lite membership for 12 months, providing you access to:

  • Three complimentary articles per month covering the latest real-time news, analysis, and opinion from Europe’s leading source of information on the Green economy and business
  • Receive important and breaking news stories via our daily news alert
  • Our weekly newsletter with the best of the week’s green business news and analysis

Join now

 

Already a BusinessGreen member?

Login

Madeleine Cuff
Author spotlight

Madeleine Cuff

View profile
More from Madeleine Cuff

From SEMTA to Enginuity: Engineering skills body rebrands

Inside Enginuity's plan to build a workforce for the future

More on Risk

Study: Climate-driven wildfires reversing clean air progress in the US and Canada
Risk

Study: Climate-driven wildfires reversing clean air progress in the US and Canada

Latest Air Quality Life Index (AQLI) warns of 'growing trend' of wildfires increasing particulate pollution across North America

Amber Rolt
clock 29 August 2025 • 3 min read
Two thirds of top protein producers accused of failing to manage water risks effectively
Risk

Two thirds of top protein producers accused of failing to manage water risks effectively

Research from investor-backed FAIRR Initiative finds only a fifth of leading protein companies have targets for tackling water insecurity

James Murray
James Murray
clock 26 August 2025 • 3 min read
Global Briefing: Europe endures worst wildfire season on record
Risk

Global Briefing: Europe endures worst wildfire season on record

Europe's fire season has been the most damaging on record, data shows China's carbon emissions fell in the first half of the year, and plans advance for Sweden's first small modular reactor

James Murray
James Murray
clock 22 August 2025 • 8 min read