Anthropogenic; 'man-caused' Global Risks. 79% are caused by information deficit.


'The information to solve them is available but there is no political nor business will'


  • Ukraine-Russia War
  • Disinformation
  • Farmers Revolution
  • Corona Argument
  • Asset bubble in a major economy
  • Deflation in a major economy
  • Energy price shock to the global economy
  • Failure of a major financial mechanism or institution
  • Failure/shortfall of critical infrastructure
  • Fiscal crises in key economies
  • High structural unemployment or underemployment
  • Unmanageable inflation
  • Extreme weather events (e.g. floods, storms, etc.)
  • Failure of climate-change adaptation
  • Major biodiversity loss and ecosystem collapse (land or ocean)
  • Major natural catastrophes (e.g. earthquake, tsunami, volcanic eruption, geomagnetic storms)
  • Man-made environmental catastrophes (e.g. oil spill, radioactive contamination, etc.)
  • Failure of national governance (e.g. corruption, illicit trade, organized crime, impunity, political deadlock, etc.)
  • Interstate conflict with regional consequences
  • Large-scale terrorist attacks
  • State collapse or crisis (e.g. civil conflict, military coup, failed states, etc.)
  • Weapons of mass destruction - bio weapons
  • Failure of urban planning
  • Food crises
  • Large-scale involuntary migration
  • Profound social instability
  • Rapid and massive spread of infectious diseases
  • Water crises
  • Breakdown of critical information infrastructure and networks
  • Large-scale cyber attacks
  • Massive incident of data fraud/theft
  • Massive and widespread misuse of technologies (e.g. 3D printing, artificial intelligence, geo-engineering, synthetic biology, etc.)’

 

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