| Resumen: |
The Global Risks Report 2013 analyses 50 global risks in terms of impact, likelihood and interconnections, based on a survey of over 1000 experts from industry, government and academia.
The findings of the Eighth edition of the report show that the world is more at risk as persistent economic weakness saps our ability to tackle environmental challenges.
The report highlights wealth gaps (severe income disparity) followed by unsustainable government debt (chronic fiscal imbalances) as the top two most prevalent global risks. Following a year scarred by extreme weather, from Hurricane Sandy to flooding in China, respondents rated rising greenhouse gas emissions as the third most likely global risk overall.
The findings of the survey fed into an analysis of three major risk cases:
- Testing Economic and Environmental Resilience,
- Digital Wildfires in a Hyperconnected World and
- The Dangers of Hubris on Human Health. |
