Global competition, local polarization and the associated inability to tackle shared challenges collectively · will create new risks for the rule of law and societal stability. ... World Economic Forum Executive Opinion Survey 2025. Executive Opinion Survey rank of national risks from the question “In your country, what are the top five risks that are most likely to pose

January 23, 2026 - A rise in nationalism, unsettling developments among nations that have historically been allied partners, and increased conflicts among nations is raising concerns about overall stability at a global level. ... These same top five risks remain as the top five risks when looking out over short-term horizons (2028), with geopolitical confrontation remaining as the #1 short-term risk concern. Interestingly, that risk concern increased eight positions from its ranking last year, suggesting a noticeably elevated concern.

Adverse outcomes of AI is the risk with the largest rise in ranking over time, moving from #30 on the two-year outlook to #5 on the 10-year outlook. Section 2.7: AI at large explores how, over the next decade, AI could impact labour markets, ...

Geopolitical, economic and geoeconomic risks surge · Geoeconomic confrontation tops the near-term rankings, with 18% of respondents viewing it as the risk most likely to trigger a global crisis in 2026, as well as being ranked 1st for severity ...

January 14, 2026 - The report captures a shifting landscape where geoeconomic confrontation leaps to the top spot on the list of business worries over the next two years

January 14, 2026 - Of the biggest concerns in the next two years, mis- and disinformation is another that is also perceived as a severe long-term risk, in fourth place, with the fear of adverse outcomes of AI rounding off the top five. Global risks ranked by severity, short term (2 years) and long term (10 years) Image: World Economic Forum

January 14, 2026 - Extreme weather events and biodiversity loss identified as the biggest global threats over a 10-year timeframe ... Economic conflicts between major powers are the greatest risk facing the world over the next two years, according to experts polled ...

January 29, 2026 - State-based armed conflict ranks second in the WEF report, selected by 14% of respondents. Notably, there are 59 active state-based conflicts worldwide, the highest number since World War II. Rounding out the top three risks are extreme weather events, selected by 8% respondents overall. From wildfires to droughts, severe weather events are meaningfully contributing to food inflation, displacement, and higher insurance costs. As global temperatures continue to rise, these impacts could intensify in both frequency and severity.

The World Economic Forum (WEF) released the 21st edition of its annual Global Risks Report (January 2026). The report analyses global risks through three timeframes (i.e., current or immediate term (in 2026), the short-to-medium term (to 2028), and in the long-term (to 2036)) to enable ...

The World Economic Forum publishes a comprehensive series of reports which examine in detail the broad range of global issues it seeks to address with stakeholders as part of its mission of improving the state of the world. Besides reports on its key events and standalone publications such ...

February 16, 2026 - Geoeconomic confrontation – the ... to the top of the global risk rankings, selected by eighteen per cent of respondents as the most likely trigger of a material crisis in 2026....

In the next 10 years, environmental risks have retained their ranking as the most severe risks, with Extreme weather events identified as the top risk and half of the top 10 risks being environmental in nature (Figures 7 and 10). In this year’s GRPS, we also asked respondents about their perceptions of the global outlook by risk category: societal, technological, environmental, economic and geopolitical.

January 14, 2026 - For the next two years, the majority of environmental risks experienced declines in ranking, with Extreme weather events moving from #2 to #4, Pollution from #6 to #9, and declines also in ranking for Critical change to earth systems and ...

State-based armed conflict emerges as the top immediate risk for 2025, identified by a quarter of respondents, reflecting heightened geopolitical tensions

February 11, 2026 - Top 10 Global Risks Report 2026: According to the report, geoeconomic confrontation has risen sharply, moving up two positions in 2026 risk list and eight positions in the short term, to become one of the most severe risks by 2028.

The Global Risks Report 2025 analyses global risks to support decision-makers in balancing current crises and longer-term priorities.

The World Economic Forum's Global ... that include energy supply and food crisis, rising inflation, cyberattacks, failure to meet net-zero targets, weaponization of economic policy, weakening of human rights....

As an example, consider the ‘risk ... of 34 global risks, on a 1–7 scale [1 – Low severity, 7 – High severity]. A simple average based on the scores selected was calculated and the results ranked by severity: 1) Misinformation and ...