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