UN: Businesses must prepare for a changing climate

Jessica Shankleman
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Achim Steiner: "Companies that face up to these realities are likely to be the ones that thrive and remain competitive in a rapidly changing world"

Businesses in every sector of the global economy must prepare for the impacts of a changing climate over the coming decades, from flooding and droughts damaging crops to rising temperatures making ski...

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