The most striking risks detailed in the report are:
The risk of further destabilizing consequences following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, as well as in the Middle East and in Sudan.
The danger of a decline in global trade following a spiral of tariffs and other trade-restricting measures.
The risk of a loss of support for and faith in the role of international organizations in conflict prevention and resolution.
The risk of technology accelerating the spread of false or misleading information.
The risk of a lack of sustained focus on humanitarian crises by major powers.
The risk of increasingly divided times since the Cold War, with a bleak outlook across current, short-term, and long-term outlooks.
The risk of a decline in the Western-led global order over the next decade.
The risk of a lack of concrete action to address polluting activities.
The risk of low-probability, high-impact risks over a 10-year time horizon, including intrastate violence from biological terrorism and adverse outcomes of frontier technologies involving accidental or malicious misuse of gene editing technologies, or even of brain-computer interfaces.
The risk of a lack of reliable data on health risks, including reproductive and developmental toxicity and longer-term effects of low-level exposures.
Source: Risksreport, WEF2025
