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Only one in 10 World Economic Forum members surveyed expects the global recovery to accelerate over the next three years

New research from the World Economic Forum shows that concern for climate change has overtaken that for the pandemic, in the wake of the COP26 conference.

Former senior Zurich Insurance Group executive Urban Angehrn started as new chief executive of Switzerland's Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA) on 1...

Global Temperature Continues Rising, 2020 No Exception SHARE ON: Thursday, March 11, marks the one year anniversary of the pandemic declared by the World Health Organization. During the past 12 months the critical need to stop the spread of COVID-19, treat those who contract it, and mitigate the economic damage caused by lockdowns has largely taken the spotlight off global warming, but the pandemic has not brought a chill to the changes to our climate that are taking place. The latest alert about climate change comes from the people who analyze risk for insurance companies, investment firms a...

Footage taken by UNICEF on 24 January shows widespread flooding in the Buzi area of Mozambique after the landfall of Cyclone Eloise. (Screengrab, AFP) A better and more mainstreamed understanding of the climate transition risk our historical growth trajectory poses to the long-term sustainability of our economy and society is needed, writes Barbara Creecy. The risks of climate change to building a post Covid-19 Green Economy need to be expanded as the country emerges from the challenges created by the Covid-19 pandemic. Our Economic Reconstruction and Recovery Plan priori...