Climate and Nature Risks for Business, Security and Health

Kim Hui, one of those pillars is focused on, um,

climate, nature, and energy. Tell us a bit more about the

ongoing work, but also what we can expect to see in the

program.

Thank you, Saadia. Um, perhaps I can start by giving you some

context on nature and climate, uh, which has helped framed our programming.

One, businesses and governments are likely underestimating the risks

of what we're confronted with, uh, in the climate and nature space, not

surprisingly because w- the weather events are unprecedented,

so it's very

difficult to predict what is to come without the benefit of

history. Two, uh, as we near or likely

exceed the tipping points on some of the planetary boundaries, we will

see an escalation of the climatic effects.

And climate is a threat multiplier. It is a conflict multiplier.

This nexus between climate and nature, climate and security, climate

and public health, will likely create and aggravate the

polycrisis, meaning consequences will be much worse

given the compounding effect.