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The Global Risks Report 2019

January 21 , 2019 2136 days 815 0
  • The Global Risks Report 2019 has been recently released by the World Economic Forum (WEF).
  • The report describes changes occurring in the global risks landscape from year to year and identifies global catastrophic risks.
  • The Top 5 risks by likelihood as per the latest report are,
    • Extreme weather events.
    • Failure of climate change mitigation and adaption.
    • Major natural disasters.
    • Massive incident of data fraud/theft.
    • Large scale cyberattacks.
  • The Environmental risks dominate the global risks landscape in terms of impact and likelihood for the third year in a row.
  • The Global risks are intensifying, but our capacity to respond to them is declining.
  • The Geopolitics and geo-economic factors, such as uncertainty and nationalism are fuelling risks.
  • The Shorter-term fears are around geopolitical and cyber threats.
  • There is a significant financing gap (US$18 trillion) in infrastructure capital.
 

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