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International Trade Centre Warns Small Businesses of Looming Pandemic-sized Climate Shock
International Trade Centre Warns Small Businesses of Looming Pandemic-sized Climate Shock
The impact of climate change is threatening to cause pandemic-scale disruption to small businesses around the world.
Small businesses make up more than half of the global workforce and are 2.5 times more likely to go under than larger firms.
International Trade Centre (ITC) has started warning the COVID-19 shocks for small businesses.
Executive Director of ITC, Pamela Coke-Hamilton, says the pandemic has shown that the resilience of businesses matter, adding that, ”going green is a survival imperative; the longer firms take to act, the higher the costs become.”
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