India, Jan. 20 -- The document also found a 'generational shift' in climate perception and warned about increasing health burden due to diseases

The top five risks to humanity in the new decade are environmental, a report of the World Economic Forum (WEF) released ahead of its annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland has said.

According to the report, the top five risks by likelihood over the next decade are:

* Extreme weather events like floods and storms

* Failure of climate change mitigation and adaptation

* Major natural disasters like earthquakes, tsunamis, volcanic eruptions and geomagnetic storms

* Major biodiversity losses and ecosystem collapse

* Human-made environmental damage and disasters

More people died around the globe ...