These are the biggest global risks we face in 2024 and beyond The World Economic Forum’s Global Risks Report 2024 says the biggest short-term risk stems from misinformation and disinformation In the longer term, climate-related threats dominate the top 10 risks global populations will face Two-thirds of global experts anticipate a multipolar or fragmented order to take shape over the next decade
CO2 levels hit new high in 2024, and other climate and nature news This round-up contains the key nature and climate news from the past week Top nature and climate news: CO2 levels hit record high in 2024; World's poorest are most exposed to the climate crisis; Global forests faced significant decline last year
This is how drones could help to fight climate change Researchers at Cornell University have used drones to measure surface reflectivity, logging how much solar energy a landscape reflects and absorbs This measurement is crucial for understanding climate change, and can help forest planners determine which locations to plant trees to get the most climate benefit Satellites typically gathered this information in the past, but drones have the
The most surprising long-term impacts of the 2008 financial crisis In the year following the 2008 financial crisis, economic activity declined in half of all countries in the world Our analysis in Chapter 2 of the October World Economic Outlook shows that in many countries output is still well below levels that would have prevailed had output followed its precrisis trend
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