Climate Action Failure Highlighted as Leading Global Risk by Both Scientists and Business Leaders
Abstract Despite the increased salience of infectious disease risk due to the COVID‐19 pandemic, two recent surveys of the business and scientific communities have found a continued belief in the prominence of environmental risks. In particular, failure to take action on climate change was seen as a...
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| author | Seth Wynes Jennifer Garard Paola Fajardo Midori Aoyagi Melody Burkins Kalpana Chaudhari Terrence Forrester Matthias Garschagen Paul Hudson Maria Ivanova Edward Maibach Anne‐Sophie Stevance Sylvia Wood Damon Matthews |
| author_facet | Seth Wynes Jennifer Garard Paola Fajardo Midori Aoyagi Melody Burkins Kalpana Chaudhari Terrence Forrester Matthias Garschagen Paul Hudson Maria Ivanova Edward Maibach Anne‐Sophie Stevance Sylvia Wood Damon Matthews |
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| description | Abstract Despite the increased salience of infectious disease risk due to the COVID‐19 pandemic, two recent surveys of the business and scientific communities have found a continued belief in the prominence of environmental risks. In particular, failure to take action on climate change was seen as a highly likely risk whose impacts would become locked‐in barring an immediate global response. These expert opinions are consistent with a growing body of evidence and give us insight into the priorities of global thought leaders who study and respond to risk. Given this alignment in priorities, we argue for the importance of integrating climate and environmental action into responses to emerging threats. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-acf3c2d61e7b40d795a302c639568aea2022-12-22T03:53:27ZengWileyEarth's Future2328-42772022-10-011010n/an/a10.1029/2022EF002857Climate Action Failure Highlighted as Leading Global Risk by Both Scientists and Business LeadersSeth Wynes0Jennifer Garard1Paola Fajardo2Midori Aoyagi3Melody Burkins4Kalpana Chaudhari5Terrence Forrester6Matthias Garschagen7Paul Hudson8Maria Ivanova9Edward Maibach10Anne‐Sophie Stevance11Sylvia Wood12Damon Matthews13Department of Geography, Planning & Environment Concordia University Montréal QC CanadaFuture Earth Montréal QC CanadaDepartment of Geography McGill University Montréal QC CanadaSocial Systems Division National Institute for Environmental Studies Tsukuba JapanEnvironmental Studies Dartmouth College Hanover NH USAShah and Anchor Kutchhi Engineering College Mumbai IndiaUWI Solutions for Developing Countries University of the West Indies Mona Campus Kingston JamaicaDepartment of Geography Ludwig‐Maximilians‐Universität München Munich GermanyDepartment for Environment and Geography University of York York UKCenter for Governance and Sustainability John W. McCormack Graduate School of Policy and Global Studies University of Massachusetts Boston Boston MA USACenter for Climate Change Communication George Mason University Fairfax VA USAInternational Science Council Paris FranceHabitat Montreal QC CanadaDepartment of Geography, Planning & Environment Concordia University Montréal QC CanadaAbstract Despite the increased salience of infectious disease risk due to the COVID‐19 pandemic, two recent surveys of the business and scientific communities have found a continued belief in the prominence of environmental risks. In particular, failure to take action on climate change was seen as a highly likely risk whose impacts would become locked‐in barring an immediate global response. These expert opinions are consistent with a growing body of evidence and give us insight into the priorities of global thought leaders who study and respond to risk. Given this alignment in priorities, we argue for the importance of integrating climate and environmental action into responses to emerging threats.https://doi.org/10.1029/2022EF002857global risksexpertsclimate changerisk perceptionspandemic |
| spellingShingle | Seth Wynes Jennifer Garard Paola Fajardo Midori Aoyagi Melody Burkins Kalpana Chaudhari Terrence Forrester Matthias Garschagen Paul Hudson Maria Ivanova Edward Maibach Anne‐Sophie Stevance Sylvia Wood Damon Matthews Climate Action Failure Highlighted as Leading Global Risk by Both Scientists and Business Leaders Earth's Future global risks experts climate change risk perceptions pandemic |
| title | Climate Action Failure Highlighted as Leading Global Risk by Both Scientists and Business Leaders |
| title_full | Climate Action Failure Highlighted as Leading Global Risk by Both Scientists and Business Leaders |
| title_fullStr | Climate Action Failure Highlighted as Leading Global Risk by Both Scientists and Business Leaders |
| title_full_unstemmed | Climate Action Failure Highlighted as Leading Global Risk by Both Scientists and Business Leaders |
| title_short | Climate Action Failure Highlighted as Leading Global Risk by Both Scientists and Business Leaders |
| title_sort | climate action failure highlighted as leading global risk by both scientists and business leaders |
| topic | global risks experts climate change risk perceptions pandemic |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1029/2022EF002857 |
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