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Global Risks Report: the big issues facing leaders at Davos 2024

Jan 10, 2024

The podcast discusses the big global challenges leaders will be discussing at Davos 2024, including the impact of artificial intelligence, disinformation, and cyberinsecurity. It explores the interconnected and complex global risks, the role of international financial institutions, the lack of action on climate tipping points, the challenges of high-stakes armed conflict, and global supply chain disruptions.

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Quick takeaways

The Global Risks Report highlights the need for cross-country collaboration to address interconnected global risks such as cyber insecurity and disinformation.

The report emphasizes the importance of sustainable public finances and collective efforts to tackle economic downturns and societal polarization.

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Global Risks Report highlights the importance of public-private partnerships

The annual Global Risks Report from the World Economic Forum identifies the need for cross-country collaboration and meaningful conversations to address global systemic risks. The report emphasizes the interconnectedness and complexity of these risks and the need for diverse stakeholders to work together. It highlights the rising importance of cyber insecurity, societal polarization, extreme weather events, and misinformation/disinformation as key short-term risks. Artificial intelligence (AI) is also recognized as a potential source of both risks and opportunities. The report urges businesses to assess their digital and cybersecurity footprints and enhance supply chain resilience. It also emphasizes the necessity of building trust with workforces and stakeholders amidst growing mistrust in society.

Introduction

4min

Structural Forces Shaping the Global Risks Landscape

16min

International Financial Institutions, Tipping Points, and Enhancing Resilience

4min

Addressing the Lack of Action on Climate Tipping Points

2min

Emergence of High-Stakes Armed Conflict: A Wake-Up Call for Society's Self-Focus

2min

Global Supply Chain Disruptions and Mitigation Strategies

8min

As leading figures from government, business, academia and civil society head to Davos for the Annual Meeting 2024, what are the big global challenges they will be discussing?

The World Economic Forum's Global Risks Report sets out the biggest issues over the short and medium terms, based on a survey of more than 1,400 global risks experts, policy-makers and industry leaders.

This year, the impact of artificial intelligence is felt throughout the report, with rising concern about disinformation and cyberinsecurity.

Gayle Markovitz hears from two of the people who put the report together, Carolina Klint, Managing Director at Marsh McLennan, and Peter Giger, Group Chief Risk Officer at Zurich Insurance.

Links:

Read the Global Risks Report 2024: https://www.weforum.org/publications/global-risks-report-2024/

Follow all the action from the World Economic Forum's Annual Meeting 2024 in Davos at wef.ch/wef24 and across social media using the hashtag #WEF24.

Forum Agenda blogs:

Global Risk Report 2024: The risks are growing — but so is our capacity to respond

How to build business resilience in an era of risk turbulence

Previous episodes on the Global Risks Report:

Welcome to the age of the polycrisis: the Global Risks Report 2023

Instability, inflation and the 'polycrisis' - the Global Risks Report half a year on

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