Not exact matches
This session will focus on understanding
potential perils — from food crises to pandemics and from climate
catastrophes to human migration — that aren't top - of - mind in most boardrooms, but could enable CEOs to better navigate changing
economic conditions and markets.
In January, the World
Economic Forum said a
catastrophe caused by climate change was the biggest
potential threat to the global economy in 2016.
It had the
potential both to shock the world into
economic transformation, averting future
catastrophes, and to generate
catastrophes of its own, including a shift into even more damaging technologies, such as biofuels and petrol made from coal.