Lack of global cooperation is the biggest barrier to preventing climate change, report finds

The biggest hindrance to addressing environmental issues comes from the very people with the power to tackle them.

In the World Economic Forum's annual risk report, climate-related risks were at the top of around 1,000 experts' and decision-makers' concerns, The Guardian reports. But the report states international cooperation on major issues has reached "crisis levels," thus limiting any chance at international action on climate change, CNBC reports.

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Marianne Dodson

Marianne is The Week’s Social Media Editor. She is a native Tennessean and recent graduate of Ohio University, where she studied journalism and political science. Marianne has previously written for The Daily Beast, The Crime Report, and The Moroccan Times.