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Climate threats sweep the board in 2020 global risk ranking

Madeleine Cuff
Madeleine Cuff
clock 15 January 2020 •
The bushfires in Australia have been a very visible sign of the climate emergency in recent months | Credit: John Carnemolla
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The bushfires in Australia have been a very visible sign of the climate emergency in recent months | Credit: John Carnemolla

For the first time top five long-term risks facing world are environment and climate related, latest report from World Economic Forum reveals

Experts and world leaders have woken up to the climate threat, with this year's Global Risk Report 2020 from the World Economic Forum (WEF) for the first time ranking climate and environmental issues as...

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