Donald Trump is hampering fight against climate change, WEF warns

World Economic Forum outlines huge increase in all five eco risks since the US president assumed officeThe World Economic Forum delivered a strong warning about Donald Trump’s go-it-alone approach to tackling climate change as it highlighted the growing threat of environmental collapse in its annual assessment of the risks facing the international community.In the run-up to the US president’s speech to its annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland, next week, the WEF avoided mentioning Trump by name but said “nation-state unilateralism” would make it harder to tackle global warming and ecological damage.1. Extreme weather events Related: Could biodiversity destruction lead to a global tipping point? Related: Scott Pruitt insincerely asked what's Earth's ideal temperature. Scientists answer | Dana Nuccitelli Continue reading...