WEF: climate disasters will cause millions of extra deaths by 2050

Flooding will be the leading cause of climate-related deaths by 2050 followed by droughts, according to a report by the World Economic Forum

Extreme weather and climate-linked disasters will result in an additional 14.5mn deaths and $12.5tn in economic losses by 2050, projects the World Economic Forum in a report co-written with management consultants Oliver Wyman and published during the WEF’s annual meeting in Davos.