Climate Change Data

World Economic Forum

Climate Impact & Sustainability Data (2016)

Reporting Period: 2016

Environmental Metrics

ESG Focus Areas

  • Climate Change
  • Social Stability
  • Global Health Security
  • International Security

Climate Goals & Targets

Environmental Challenges

  • Failure of climate-change mitigation and adaptation
  • Water crises
  • Large-scale involuntary migration
  • High structural unemployment or underemployment
  • Cyberattacks
  • Profound social instability
  • Fiscal crises in key economies
  • Asset bubbles
  • Severe energy price shock
  • Global disease outbreaks
  • Risks related to the Fourth Industrial Revolution
Mitigation Strategies
  • Paris Agreement on climate change
  • Improved water governance
  • Policies to build resilience for refugees
  • Public-private collaboration to address global risks
  • Investing in improving the nascent safety net to boost consumption
  • Strengthening resilience in all countries
  • Public-private collaboration in complex crises
  • Climate-resilient crops and supply chain networks
  • Financing and insurance schemes for food security
  • Fact-based communication and education campaigns
  • Investing in diagnostic, drug and vaccine R&D
  • Public-private sector collaboration

Supply Chain Management

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Physical Risks
  • Extreme weather events
  • Droughts
  • Floods
  • Rising sea levels