The climate and social justice movement is seeking to rebrand itself from a progressive ideology to a prudent tool for risk management. This not only allows it to frame its bleak vision of the future as a safety measure; it also allows its corporate and Wall Street adherents to claim that they’re not pursuing a political agenda at shareholders’ expense but rather managing risk on their behalf.
The World Economic Forum (WEF) laid out the latest chapter of its crisis-management plan in its 2023 Global Risks Report. The report sketched out short-term risks under the heading “Today’s Crisis,” and long-term threats described as “Tomorrow’s Catastrophe.” Topping the short-term list are the “energy supply crisis,” the “cost of living crisis,” and the “food supply crisis”; in the longer term, however, climate change is the apex threat.
