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The World Economic Forum’s Global Risks Report 2024 says the biggest short-term risk stems from misinformation and disinformation. In the longer term, climate-related threats dominate the top 10 risks global populations will face. Two-thirds of global experts anticipate a multipolar or fragmented order to take shape over the next decade.
The report uses data from the Global Risks Perception Survey 2022-2023 to understand the risks the world is likely to face over the coming 10 years. The survey identifies the cost-of-living crisis as the most severe threat facing us over the next two years. Next is natural disasters and extreme weather events while geoeconomic confrontation ...
Global Risks 2033: Tomorrow’s Catastrophes. The World Economic Forum's Global Risks Report 2023 explores some of the most severe risks we may face over the next decade that include energy supply and food crisis, rising inflation, cyberattacks, failure to meet net-zero targets, weaponization of economic policy, weakening of human rights.
Led this year by Somalia, Ethiopia, and Afghanistan, the 20 countries that form the 2023 Watchlist are emblematic of the challenges facing fragile and crisis-affected communities worldwide. Armed conflict, the climate crisis and economic turmoil are pushing a growing minority of the world’s population into ever deeper crisis.
The latest survey showed that people think coronavirus is the biggest issue facing their country, followed by unemployment and then poverty and social inequality. Financial/political corruption and crime and violence complete the top 5. What's worrying the world. Image: Ipsos. Longer-term trends show that unemployment and poverty and social ...
Reframing social and global problems could yield viable solutions to major issues such as climate change and gender inequality. Being able to identify patterns in how people tend to frame problems underpins this approach. Three such patterns include framing problems to avoid change, to blame individuals instead of the system, and to bypass ...
Digital crowdsourcing platform UpLink was created to address the world’s most pressing problems. The initiative seeks sustainable solutions to tackle issues such as climate change and social injustice. Projects are also aimed at tackling the impact of the global coronavirus pandemic.
Here is a guide to the 10 challenges, and why they matter to the world. Food security and why it matters. By 2050, the world must feed 9 billion people. Yet the demand for food will be 60% greater than it is today. The United Nations has set ending hunger, achieving food security and improved nutrition, and promoting sustainable agriculture as ...
Global Risks Report 2024. Download PDF. The Global Risks Report, developed in collaboration with Marsh McLennan and Zurich Insurance Group, explores some of the most severe risks we may face over the next decade, against a backdrop of rapid technological change, economic uncertainty, a warming planet and conflict.
The world is once again at a turning point and, once again, technology is part of the solution. Strong leadership by the business community is necessary to ensure that technology is used in a responsible and sustainable way. The focus should be on deploying digital technologies that make the real world much more livable and sustainable.