Extreme weather tops WEF global risks in 2024
Private sector and civil society disagree on the urgency of environmental risks.
Extreme weather events such as wildfires, floods, heatwaves and droughts have been identified as the number one risk likely to cause a global crisis this year, according to the World Economic Forum’s 2024 Global Risks Report.
Two-thirds (66%) of the 1,490 academia, business, government and civil society experts surveyed by WEF in its annual risk report believe that extreme weather will be the most likely cause of crisis in 2024.
