Global risks ranked by severity over the short and long term
In two years
Cost-of-living crisis
Natural disasters and extreme weather events
Geoeconomic confrontation
Failure to mitigate climate change
Erosion of social cohesion and societal polarization
Large-scale environmental damage
Failure of climate change adaptation
Widespread cybercrime and cyber insecurity
Natural resource crises
Large-scale involuntary migration
In 10 years
Failure to mitigate climate change
Failure of climate-change adaptation
Natural disasters and extreme weather events
Biodiversity loss and ecosystem collapse
Large-scale involuntary migration
Natural resource crises
Erosion of social cohesion and societal polarization
Widespread cybercrime and cyber insecurity
Geoeconomic confrontation
Large-scale environmental damage
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