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Only fraction of metals, minerals, fossil fuels, and biomass extracted each year is reused, tipping planet towards ecological disaster, report warns

Dominance of environmental threats in this year's Global Risks Report suggests financial world is finally starting to grasp the urgency of the climate crisis

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

World Economic Forum report considers whether major shift away from fossil fuels is likely within the next decade, or will take much longer than green business hope

Directors' Climate Forum is being supported by World Economic Forum, the CBI, Carbon Trust, HSBC, L&G and others

Influential body warns greening of the global energy transition has stagnated over last five years, as IEA report confirms coal use rose again last year

Global cost of extreme weather last year higher than previous estimates, making 2017-18 costliest two-year period on record

Climate change is visibly disrupting businesses worldwide - now a new World Economic Forum paper aims to make boardrooms better prepared

Switch off the news and start worrying about the big picture problems, writes Madeleine Cuff

Four of the five most impactful global risks in 2019 relate to climate change, with extreme weather the most pressing risk facing the planet, according to annual survey of risk experts