Misinformation spread by artificial intelligence and extreme weather events ranked highest among global risk concerns, with business leaders expressing a “predominantly negative outlook” for the future, according to the World Economic Forum’s (WEF) 2024 Global Risk Report.
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Heightened Economic Risks Dominate G20 Business Leaders’ Near-Term Concerns
According to new data from the World Economic Forum, economic and societal threats – such as economic downturn, inflation and an erosion of social cohesion – rank among the biggest risks in G20 countries over the next two years, based on a survey of business leaders globally.
Cost-of-living Crisis Overshadows Climate Change: Davos Report
Climate change is the world’s biggest long-term challenge, but it is one that the world is least prepared to address due to short-term issues caused by a cost-of-living crisis.
Top Risks for Business in the Post-COVID World: WEF
The business landscape will face greater uncertainty in the post-COVID period. Businesses need to watch three drivers of risk: political, technological and societal. The pandemic has shown the importance of public-private collaboration. Over the past year, the business landscape has become much more precarious due to protracted uncertainty and confusion in pandemic response approaches, the… Continue reading Top Risks for Business in the Post-COVID World: WEF
WEF’s Top 5 Global Risks for 2020 Are All About the Environment
Economic and political polarization will rise in 2020, according to the World Economic Forum’s latest Global Risks report, but severe threats to the climate account for all of the top five long-term risks. The report published Wednesday, just days before the annual WEF event kicks off in Davos, Switzerland, forecasted a year of increased domestic… Continue reading WEF’s Top 5 Global Risks for 2020 Are All About the Environment