Are you looking forward to 2024 with optimism? The World Economic Forum (WEF) would probably answer this question with, “Well, no.” Every year, the WEF asks 1,500 members of its “community” (elite entrepreneurs, academics, politicians, and so on) to identify key risks, and together with representatives of Marsh McLennan and Zurich Insurance Group are processing. The current results, released this month ahead of the annual SEP meeting in Davos, would make even the most optimist cry.
By all accounts, Davos fans have a “predominantly negative outlook for the world in the next two years, which will worsen over the next decade.” 54 percent of them expect “some instability and a moderate risk of global disasters” in the short term, and 30 percent predict serious shocks.
In the long term, 91 percent of respondents see an “increased risk of global disasters” or worse, with environmental issues dominating the list of concerns, along with social conflict, war, cyber threats and “disinformation.” Even this figure may be too optimistic, since the survey took place in September, before the latest conflict in the Middle East.
It’s depressing so far. But there is something special:
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2024-01-16 16:43:11
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