Climate Change

This is what the climate crisis is costing economies around the world

Failure to mitigate climate change is ranked as one of the key threats in the World Economic Forum’s Global Risks Report 2023.

Failure to mitigate climate change is ranked as one of the key threats in the World Economic Forum’s Global Risks Report 2023. Image: Unsplash/Jonathan Ford

Emma Charlton
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