Global Risks

Top risks are environmental, but ignore economics and they'll be harder to fix

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The fraying fundamentals: Global Risks Report 2020 Image: Reuters/Stringer

Gayle Markovitz
Lead Editor, World Economic Forum
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From economic to environmental. Climate now tops the risks agenda, while the economy has disappeared from the top five.
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