Alert: 2016 Global Risk Report Ranks Water Crises as Top Long-term Risk
Published on by Ashantha Goonetilleke, Professor, Water/Environmental Engineering at Queensland University of Technology in Social
The World Economic Forum, whose membership includes heads of state, CEOs, and civic leaders, today ranked water crises as the top global risk to industry and society over the next decade.
The 11th edition of the Global Risks Report, viewed as a distillation of the concerns of the world’s most influential businesses and governments, is a warning signal for turbulent times.
Last year, water crises earned the top spot as the most damaging short-term risk. Along with water’s rise in the Paris climate talks, the rankings indicate that water, long the purview of engineers and lawyers, is now an urgent political matter and is deeply intertwined with climate change, economic stability, and human migration.
Most of these trends were noted in previous World Economic Forum assessments. They are now coming to pass. Continue reading...
The Forum begins its annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland on Wednesday.
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