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A host of interconnected “megathreats” is imperiling our future. While some of these have been long in the making, others are new. The stubbornly low infla..

Soaring energy prices are driving the current wave of street protests, in contrast to a decade ago when food prices were to blame, say researchers.

DAVOS: Two-thirds of chief economists at the World Economic Forum have predicted a global recession in 2023 with continued geopolitical tensions, and further monetary tightening in the US and Europe. The conclusion came in key findings of the Chief Economists Outlook, launched on Monday on the first day of the forum’s Annual Meeting in Davos, Switzerland. Of the majority

The World Economic Forum has long been perceived by critics as an exclusive club for the global elite. It may, therefore, seem ironic to some that the theme of this week’s conference is “Cooperation in a Fragmented World.” Critics of the WEF will point to the fact that, according to the organization’s own Global Risks Report 2023 published last week, the biggest perceived

Climate activists Vanessa Nakate, Helena Gualinga and Luisa Neubauer will join Greta in demanding a stop to new oil and gas projects.

Apart from the return of older risks, 2023 is witnessing amplification of these risks by relatively newer ones like unsustainable levels of debt and a new era of low growth;...

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2023 will be complex and challenging for Latin America. The region will face an unfavourable international context in which it is expected, according to the IMF, that there will be a simultaneous slowdown of the three leading economies (United States, China, and the European Union), whose effect will be weak global economic growth of 2.7%, which could even fall below 2%

‘Failure to mitigate climate change’ and ‘failure of climate change adaptation’ are world’s top two most severe risks in the long term