LONDON—Environmental risks have jumped to the top of the concerns of government, academic and business leaders over a 10-year horizon as the effects of climate change have struck harder and more rapidly than many expected, according to a report from the World Economic Forum ahead of its annual meeting next week in Davos, Switzerland. The report—based on a survey of more than 1,000 of the organization’s wide-ranging members and including risk-management specialist—said business leaders were lagging behind other respondents...

Source: Wall Street Journal January 15, 2020 19:41 UTC