'World in polycrisis': AXA ranks global warming most pressing risk in every world region for first time

Stuart Stone
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Tenth edition of insurer’s Future Risks Report once again ranks global warming as the foremost risk to humanity – ahead of rising social tensions, AI and ‘cyber war’

Global warming has once again been ranked as the most urgent threat facing humanity in insurance giant AXA's Future Risks Report, with both risk management experts and the general public placing it at...

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