The world faces a set of risks that feel both wholly new and eerily familiar. The Global Risks Report 2023 explores some of the most severe risks we may face over the next decade. As we stand on the edge of a low-growth and low-cooperation era, tougher trade-offs risk eroding climate action, human development and future resilience. Contents: Executive Summary
Chapter 1: Global Risks 2023: Today’s Crisis
1.1 Current crises
1.2 The path to 2025
Cost-of-living crisis
Economic downturn
Economic warfare
Climate action hiatus
Societal polarization
1.3 Looking ahead
Endnotes
Chapter 2: Global Risks 2033: Tomorrow’s Catastrophes
2.1 The world in 2033
2.2 Natural ecosystems: past the point of no return
2.3 Human health: perma-pandemics and chronic capacity challenges
2.4 Human security: new weapons, new conflicts
2.5 Digital rights: privacy in peril
2.6 Economic stability: global debt distress
Endnotes
Chapter 3: Resource Rivalries: Four Emerging Futures
3.1 Anticipating “polycrises”
3.2 Polycrisis: natural resources, climate and cooperation
3.3 Four futures for 2030
Endnotes
Chapter 4: Conclusion: is preparedness possible?
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