FIGURE D Currently manifesting risks “Please rank the top 5 currently manifesting risks in order of how severe you believe their impact will be on a global level in 2023” 1 2 3 4 5 Energy supply crisis Cost-of-living crisis Rising inflation Food supply crisis Cyberattacks on critical infrastructure Source Risk categories Economic Environmental Geopolitical Societal Technological World Economic Forum Global Risks Perception Survey 2022-2023. FIGURE E Global risks ranked by severity "Please estimate the likely impact (severity) of the following risks over a 2-year and 10-year period" Short term Long term 1 Cost-of-living crisis 1 Failure to mitigate climate change 2 Natural disasters and extreme weather events 2 Failure of climate-change adaption 3 Geoeconomic confrontation 3 Natural disasters and extreme weather events 4 Failure to mitigate climate change 4 Biodiversity loss and ecosystem collapse 5 Erosion of social cohesion and societal polarization 5 Large-scale involuntary migration 6 Large-scale environmental damage incidents 6 Natural resource crises 7 Failure of climate-change adaption 7 Erosion of social cohesion and societal polarization 8 Widespread cybercrime and cyber insecurity 8 Widespread cybercrime and cyber insecurity 9 Natural resource crises 9 Geoeconomic confrontation 10 Large-scale involuntary migration 10 Large-scale environmental damage incidents 11 Debt crises 11 Misinformation and disinformation 12 Failure to stabilize price trajectories 12 Ineffectiveness of multilateral institutions and international cooperation 13 Prolonged economic downturn 13 Interstate conflict 14 Interstate conflict 14 Debt crises 15 Ineffectiveness of multilateral institutions and international cooperation 15 Cost-of-living crisis 16 Misinformation and disinformation 16 Breakdown of critical information infrastructure 17 Collapse of a systemically important industry or supply chain 17 Digital power concentration 18 Biodiversity loss and ecosystem collapse 18 Adverse outcomes of frontier technologies 19 Employment crises 19 Failure to stabilize price trajectories 20 Infectious diseases 20 Chronic diseases and health conditions 21 Use of weapons of mass destruction 21 Prolonged economic downturn 22 Asset bubble bursts 22 State collapse or severe instability 23 Severe mental health deterioration 23 Employment crises 24 Breakdown of critical information infrastructure 24 Collapse of a systemically important industry or supply chain 25 State collapse or severe instability 25 Severe mental health deterioration 26 Chronic diseases and health conditions 26 Collapse or lack of public infrastructure and services 27 Collapse or lack of public infrastructure and services 27 Infectious diseases 28 Proliferation of illicit economic activity 28 Use of weapons of mass destruction 29 Digital power concentration 29 Proliferation of illicit economic activity 30 Terrorist attacks 30 Digital inequality and lack of access to digital services 31 Digital inequality and lack of access to digital services 31 Asset bubble bursts 32 Adverse outcomes of frontier technologies 32 Terrorist attacks Source Risk categories Economic Environmental Geopolitical Societal Technological World Economic Forum Global Risks Perception Survey 2022-2023. Global Risks Report 2023 11
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