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Perceived timings of economic crisis and climate change prevent action
2013-01-09 14:23:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: As climate change becomes undeniable and the global economy continues to stutter, the world is facing an unprecedented dual crisis. But with economic and environmental stresses playing out over different timeframes, deep-rooted biases in the way we judge risks may mean we are too preoccupied with firefighting short-term economic problems to tackle longer-term climate threats. That is one of the key messages to emerge from the Global Risks 2013 report, published by the World Economic Forum. The...
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