What's in the Global Risks Report for 2024?

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RISC brings you a summary of the World Economic Forum’s global risk report for 2024 so you know which issues to watch out for.​

Global Risks Report 2024 examines short-term risks over 2 years and long-term threats over 10 years, categorizing them as economic, environmental, geopolitical, societal, and technological.​

​The first 2-year short-term dangers is misinformation and disinformation, in the technology risk category. The 2nd risk is extreme weather and the 3rd is societal divisiveness.

Most short-term dangers during the next 2 years fall under the sociological category: "social polarization" (3rd), "lack of economic opportunity" (6th), and "involuntary migration" (8th). Environmental dangers are "extreme weather events" (2nd) and "pollution" (9th).​

The long-term risks for the next 10 years include several environmental issues: "extreme weather events" (1), "critical change to Earth systems" (2), "biodiversity loss and ecosystem collapse" (3), "natural resource shortages" (4), and "pollution" (10).​

The long-term outlook includes global turbulence up 46%. Risks in several areas, including economic, environmental, geopolitical, sociological, and technological, are all interconnected. Cooperation between all sectors is vital, from the global to the local level, to solve problems and restore a sustainable world.​

​To read the full version of the 2024 Global Risk Report, go to: https://www.weforum.org/publications/global-risks-report-2024/​

Story by Woraporn Poonyakanok, Senior Research Engineer and Acting Head of Resilience Research Hub at RISC​

References:
World Economic Forum​