The period following 2030 is likely to witness an accelerating deterioration in the world environment because of climate change, but opportunities to prevent it are rapidly diminishing.
The implications for public and private enterprises are already well known. There is an extensive body of laws regulating the emissions of greenhouse gases in many countries, and large investors regularly build climate risks into assessments of their clients’ non-financial position.
A background briefing is attached that provides an update on how the impacts of climate change are progressing. It analyses the current status of the global risk profile across three factors:
- The way in which the planet is heating
- The greenhouse gases causing the threat
- The relevance of measures to remove greenhouse gases that have accumulated in the lower atmosphere, and specifically carbon dioxide
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