World Economic Forum – The three critical climate challenges facing humanity today are extreme weather events, biodiversity loss, and ecosystem collapse. These climate-related risks sit alongside challenges like disinformation, geo-political competition, and inflation as the definitive risks of 2024 and beyond.
Abrupt and irreversible changes to Earth systems lead to more extreme weather events and risk collapses in ecosystems, and the fact these issues are getting the attention they deserve is a positive first step in addressing the challenges that we face as a global community.