Last decade warmest on record

The last 10 years have been confirmed as the hottest decade on record. With wildfires still raging in Australia and a spate of extreme weather conditions around the world, this now seems to be the new normal.

But will world leaders and business chiefs take the action necessary to tackle it?

As the global elite prepare for the Davos summit in Switzerland, the World Economic Forum today said all of the five biggest threats to economic and political stability were linked to the environment.