Contents
6 Preface
Klaus Schwab
7 Foreword
Espen Barth Eide
8 Executive Summary
10 Introduction
11 Box 1: How has the Global Risks report been
used?
12 Part 1: Global Risks 2015
14 Box 1.1: The evolution of the risks of highest
impact/likelihood
17 Box 1.2: The rising threat from non-state actors
18 Box 1.3: Asset bubbles – a new old risk?
19 Box 1.4: Recent advances in the global regulation
of the fnancial system
20 Box 1.5: Black Sky – risks to critical infrastructure
21 Box 1.6: The road to Paris – is 2015 make or break
for climate change?
22 Box 1.7: Governing the Internet – the need for
mechanisms to maintain a unifed and resilient
network
26 Part 2: Risks in Focus
26 2.1 Introduction
27 2.2 Global Risks Arising from the Accelerated Interplay
between Geopolitics and Economics
29 Box 2.1: Global supply chains – too lean?
30 Box 2.2: The World Economic Forum’s work on
geo-economics
31 2.3 City Limits: The Risks of Rapid and Unplanned
Urbanization in Developing Countries
32 Box 2.3: Life in the city – how smart is smart?
33 Box 2.4: Health in cities – robust plans are needed
to face the threat of pandemics
36 2.4 Engineering the Future: How Can the Risks and
Rewards of Emerging Technologies Be Balanced?
36 Box 2.5: Classifying emerging technologies
37 Box 2.6: Synthetic biology – protecting mother
nature
39 Box 2.7: Gene drives – promises and regulatory
challenges
40 Box 2.8: Artifcial intelligence – rise of the
machines
44 Part 3: Good Practices on Risk Management and Risk
Resilience
50 Conclusion
53 Appendix A: Description of Global Risks and Trends 2015
56 Appendix B: The Global Risks Perception Survey 2014
and Methodology
58 Appendix C: The Executive Opinion Survey and Views of
the Business Community on the Impact of Global Risks
on Their Business
62 Acknowledgements
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