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In 2020, the world witnessed what happens when a global risk becomes reality. Confirmed cases of COVID-19 have now passed 95 million globally, with more than 2 million deaths. Millions more face the economic effects of the pandemic, with the world’s most vulnerable facing the worst consequences. Yet the pandemic – devastating in itself – ...

Job crisis, climate change, infectious diseases biggest global risks in next decade: WEF WEF warns that risks of job losses, a widening digital divide, disrupted social interactions, and abrupt shifts in markets could lead to dire consequences and lost opportunities for large parts of the global population BusinessToday.In | January 28, 2021 | Updated 11:05 IST The World Economic Forum (WEF) has warned that infectious diseases, environmental risks, and economic troubles including livelihood an...

After the COVID-19 Pandemic We Need to Build More Resilient Countries Time 1/19/2021 Saadia Zahidi © Photo by Joaquin Gomez Sastre/NurPhoto via Getty Images The Valle Real Shopping Center in Santander, Spain on January 16, 2021 with all stores closed due to the entry into force of the order to close large shopping areas on weekends to avoid the rise of infections by covid-19 In 2020, the world witnessed what happens when a global risk becomes reality. Confirmed cases of COV...

Business and political leaders sound alarm on asset prices ahead of World Economic Forum's virtual Davos event next week

In its 16th annual Global Risks Report, the World Economic Forum (WEF) has stressed the inequalities and challenges that countries and their exporters face in their recovery from the pandemic, as well as the continued threat to business of climate change and geopolitical tensions. According to the research, in the short term, infectious diseases and ...

World Economic Forums grim post-Covid warning: Social, economic and geo-political instability 19 Jan, 2021 04:00 PM 3 minutes to read Social instability a growing risk: University students clash with riot police during a rally in Athens. Photo / AP Social instability a growing risk: University students clash with riot police during a rally in Athens. Photo / AP Somewhat unsurprisingly "infectious disease" has topped the list of short-term risks facing the world in 2021 in the World Economic For...

Although this is the first time South Korea’s population has shrunk, the rate of population growth has been declining steadily for the past decade.

Pandemic fuels culture of institutional mistrust (Credit: Unsplash) This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Richard Edelman, President, Edelman 2020 was the year of two equally destructive viruses: the pandemic and the infodemic. Global report highlights that government and media, the usual sources of verifiable information in a crisis, have failed to meet the test. Faced with a daily diet of misinformation, 61%...

A new global survey looks to the year ahead with predictions of what is likely, or not, to happen.

April 15, 2021 You are here: Home / World Economic Forum / These charts show that even before COVID, most children weren’t doing enough exercise These charts show that even before COVID, most children weren’t doing enough exercise (Credit: Unsplash) This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Emma Charlton, Senior Writer, Formative Content Only around one in four 11-year-olds in the EU reported one hour a day of...