environmental risk
Nature-threatening danger potential
Environmental risk is the possibility of harm to ecosystems, human health, or natural resources from human activities or natural events.
The term appears in policy, finance, and science: The company's environmental risk assessment identified potential groundwater contamination.
In business contexts, environmental risks include liability for pollution, regulatory penalties, or damage to reputation from ecological harm.
- toxic exposureContact with harmful substances
- toxic wasteDangerous industrial refuse
- industrial pollutionManufacturing waste harming environment
- chemical spillAccidental release of toxins
- fracking siteHydraulic drilling operation location
climate refugees · rising sea levels · melting ice caps · flood · waterborne diseases · biodiversity loss · air pollution · crop failure · dead zone · deforestation · respiratory illness · cancer cluster · hurricane · heat stress · desertification · species extinction · habitat fragmentation · ocean acidification
environmental riskenvironmental safety
Guarding nature from harm
environmental protection · environmental health · natural protection
environmental riskenvironmental restoration
Repairing degraded natural systems
ecosystem health · ecological recovery · environmental stewardship
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