The Global Risks
Report 2020

Executive Summary

The 15th edition of the World Economic Forum’s Global Risks Report is published as critical risks are manifesting. The global economy is facing an increased risk of stagnation, climate change is striking harder and more rapidly than expected, and fragmented cyberspace threatens the full potential of next-generation technologies — all while citizens worldwide protest political and economic conditions and voice concerns about systems that exacerbate inequality. The challenges before us demand immediate collective action, but fractures within the global community appear to only be widening. Stakeholders need to act quickly and with purpose within an unsettled global landscape.

Source: World Economic Forum

Contents

1. Global Risks 2020: An Unsettled World

2. The FrayingFundamentals

3. A Decade Left

4. Save the Axolotl

5. Wild Wide Web

6. False Positive