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WEF report: The findings of the WEF’s latest Global Risks Report are quite relevant to Bangladesh since many of the short-term and long-term issues have already been experienced or witnessed in the country.

Here are the global risks in the short term, i.e roughly in the next two years, as per the latest World Economic Forum (WEF) report.

Hydrogen produced through the electrolysis of water and powered by renewable energy, which is known as green hydrogen, is considered a clean, flexible and versatile energy carrier that can also help address the tension between energy supply and climate change, the report said. India is currently the third-largest economy in the world in terms of energy needs, and the countrys demand for energy is set to surge. The demand is estimated to grow 35 per cent by 2030.

Since 2020, global cooperation has started to decline due to weakened cooperation in peace and security, as well as health and wellness

The livelihoods of over half a billion people in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) are under threat from climate change, according to a new World Economic Forum (WEF) report. The report forecasts a four degrees Celsius rise in warming in the Middle East by 2050, an overwhelming difference from the agreed-upon one-and-a-half degrees

During the week of the WEF 2022, 1,040 private jet flights entered and exited airports servicing the ski town of Davos in Switzerland.

In a new experimental programme, eight healthcare centres with a population of over 3,00,000 people took part in a 45-day trial in which the health workers delivered vaccines, COVID-19 testing samples and medical products using over 300 drones.

Geneva-based WEF, which describes itself as an international organisation for public-private cooperation, said cities can take a leading role in unlocking economic opportunities with nature-based solutions.

Nearly half of GDP in cities at risk from nature loss: WEF survey - Nearly half of the GDP in cities around the world or USD 31 trillion is at risk of disruption from nature loss.

The Global Risks Report 2022 stated that fracture of interstate relations, debt crisis, and failure of technology governance are also amid the top risks.