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The Global Risks Report 2019

The Global Risks Report 2019 is published against a backdrop of worrying geopolitical and geo-economic tensions. If unresolved, these tensions will hinder the world’s ability to deal with a growing range of profound collective challenges, from the mounting evidence of environmental degradation to the increasing disruptions of the Fourth Industrial Revolution.

Chapter One

Global Risks 2019

Is the world sleepwalking into a crisis? Global risks are intensifying but the collective will to tackle them appears to be lacking. Instead, divisions are hardening. The world’s move into a new phase of state-centred politics, noted in last year’s Global Risks Report, continued throughout 2018.

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    Preface

      Executive Summary

        Power and Values

          Heads and Hearts

            Going Viral

              Fight or Flight

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              Future Shocks

              As the world becomes more complex and interconnected, incremental change is giving way to the instability of feedback loops, threshold effects and cascading disruptions.

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                Hindsight

                  Risk Reassessment

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                  Survey Results

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                  Blogs and Opinions

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                  Shareable Infographics

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                  Press Release

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                  Online report by Design Resources Ltd