Study: More than $1tr of corporate value at risk from socio-economic climate upheaval

Stuart Stone
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Second-order climate risks such as economic and political instability, worsening poverty, migration, and food insecurity could have huge impacts by 2050, Verisk Maplecroft warns

Over $1.1tr of value linked to companies in the world's five largest stock markets is located in countries expected to endure the greatest socio-economic impacts from climate change in the coming decades...

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