Article 48YDP Climate and economic risks 'threaten 2008-style systemic collapse'

Climate and economic risks 'threaten 2008-style systemic collapse'

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Jonathan Watts
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Environmental and social problems could interact in global breakdown, report says

The gathering storm of human-caused threats to climate, nature and economy pose a danger of systemic collapse comparable to the 2008 financial crisis, according to a new report that calls for urgent and radical reform to protect political and social systems.

The study says the combination of global warming, soil infertility, pollinator loss, chemical leaching and ocean acidification is creating a "new domain of risk", which is hugely underestimated by policymakers even though it may pose the greatest threat in human history.

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