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Climate Change
How doubling conservation efforts could tackle emissions and create millions of jobs
Natural capital provides multiple benefits to life yet human activity destroys its inherent value. In light of this, there are calls to conserve 30% of the planet’s surface.
Arctic
Arctic Ocean: why winter sea ice has stalled, and what it means for the rest of the world
Multi-year ice helps reflect the sun's rays, reducing the rate of global warming. However, these ice sheets are rapidly disappearing, releasing CO2 and raising sea levels.
How to Save the Planet
COVID-19 could distract the world from even greater threats
The coronavirus pandemic has delivered a huge shock to our planet, but there is a more subtle menace than the virus itself: distraction.
Iceland
Iceland’s most active volcano may be about to erupt
Grímsvötn's 2011 eruption caused the cancellation of 900 flights, so there is concern over what any future eruptions could mean for locals and the aviation industry.
Global Risks
What are the biggest risks to business? New data shows climate concerns are rising
This new interactive map shows that businesses around the world rank environmental risks among the top 10 rising global concerns for their industries.
COVID-19
These 4 priorities for climate action and social equity will aid the global COVID-19 recovery
As we emerge from the COVID-19 crisis, a revitalization of our economies and societies built on a sustainable, equitable vision for our future will benefit everyone.
Artificial Intelligence
Rethinking risk and compliance for the Age of AI
The rise of AI is changing risk management and compliance, and creating new risks for businesses. Integrated audit solutions are needed to manage them.
COVID-19
Where in the world will the next epidemic start?
Zoonotic diseases are those that are transferred from humans to animals and include Ebola and Zika. It's important we monitor transmission in the wild to avoid future epidemics.
Plastics and the Environment
These 5 innovators are turning the tide on plastic pollution
Here are five entrepreneurs and their respective businesses that are looking to battle the plastic pollution pandemic by extending their usage around the world.
SDI2020
SDI20: Why managing risk is essential in a sustainable world
To create a more resilient world we need to overcome our instincts and embed rare and unimaginable threats into our psyche, say risk experts.
Future of Economic Progress
This is how the global economy will recover from COVID-19, according to CEOs
COVID-19 is predicted to take on a U-shaped recovery, according to a survey of 600 top executives. But only a quarter of those in Japan agreed.
Climate Change
This chart shows the spiralling costs of California's wildfires
Over the last decade fire suppression in California cost 16 times as much as it did during the 1980s.
Environment and Natural Resource Security
This study predicts the first mass extinctions in 13,000 years
A study of fossil pollen samples in North America shows the resilience of plants could be the lowest it's been for 13,000 years.
Global Economic Imbalances
These countries will have the largest populations - by the end of the century
By 2100 global population could surpass 11 billion, according to predictions by the UN. Here are the countries that will have the largest populations.
Environment and Natural Resource Security
This chart shows how much more common natural disasters are becoming
According to MunichRe, 820 natural disasters causing insured losses occured in 2019. There are a number of factors at play, but climate change is thought to be playing a part.