Environmental risk outlook 2021
This year's Environmental Risk Outlook explores where the key challenges for business will emerge and how governments, investors and corporates can manage this growing body of risks in the face of ever-increasing pressure from shareholders, regulators and customers. With the window closing for actions to minimise climate and environmental impacts, the question is now not only how will organisations respond, but how quickly they will do so.
The report's data shows that Asia is home to the vast majority of cities facing the greatest environmental risks, both man-made and natural. But no region is entirely immune. The different patterns of risks within continents – and even countries – go to show the importance of incorporating granular environmental data in corporate and investment decision-making. The report also underlines that if emissions continue to rise on their current trajectory, soaring temperatures can be expected to transform the climate of northern US and European cities to resemble that of their sweltering counterparts hundreds of miles to the south.