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Air pollution kills an estimated 7 million people worldwide every year. The COVID-19 crisis offers us a chance to address this. The technology and policies are already available - it's now down to governments and the private sector to act. We are in the grip of a global public health crisis, the extent and final outcome of which is unknown. After a period of lockdown in many countries, and the consequent economic slowdown, these are uncertain times. The clamour for clear-cut answers grows by the day.
Climate change is visibly disrupting business. It is driving unprecedented physical impacts, such as the increased frequency of extreme weather events affecting business infrastructure; it is also harming marine life and food supply chains. At the same time, policy and technology changes that seek to limit warming and reduce the associated physical impacts - when not applied smartly - can also cause disruption to prosperity, jobs and business.
The UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are a set of 17 high-level, global development targets that address some of our most pressing concerns, such as ending poverty and providing universal access to water, sanitation and education. Launched in September 2015, they build on the eight Millennium Development Goals established by the UN in 2000 but, critically, they recognise the pivotal role that companies have to play in global sustainable development.
The World Economic Forum's Annual meeting in Davos brings together a diverse group of senior figures from the worlds of business, politics and academia to discuss the major challenges that society faces.The 45th Annual meeting, from which I have recently returned, was characterised by equal measures of fear, hope, urgency and a willingness to act.
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