Contents
4   Preface
By Klaus Schwab
6   Executive Summary
8   Introduction
10  Part 1: Global Risks 2016
11  Box 1.1: Methodology of The Global Risks Report
14  Box 1.2: The Paris Agreement: A Historic Turning
Point on Climate Change
16  Box 1.3: Refugees in Malaysia
17  Box 1.4: China’s Financial Vulnerabilities and the
Transition to the New Normal
19  Box 1.5: Pathways to Resilience: Effective
Leadership and Institutional Values
24  Part 2: The Security Outlook 2030
24  Box 2.1: International Security Defned
25  Box 2.2: A Deep-Dive into International Security
27  Box 2.3: Public-Private Collaboration in Complex
Crises
29  Box 2.4: The Seven Driving Forces of International
Security
30  Box 2.5: Scenarios Methodology
38  Part 3: Risks in Focus
39  3.1 (Dis)Empowered Citizen
40  Box 3.1.1: The (Dis)Empowered Citizen:  
A Defnition
42  Box 3.1.2: Digital Government Technologies:
The (Persisting) Challenges of Inclusiveness and
Engagement
50  3.2 Climate Change and Risks to Food Security
52  Box 3.2.1: Adaptation and Its Limits
53  Box 3.2.2: Reducing Food Waste
59  3.3 Global Disease Outbreaks
61  Box 3.3.1: Health Communication
62  Box 3.3.2: Developing an Ebola Vaccine:
Refections on the Current Regulatory
Environment
63  Box 3.3.3: The Pandemic Emergency Financing
Facility (PEF)
68  Part 4: Risks for Doing Business at a Glance
69  Box 4.1: The World Economic Forum’s Executive
Opinion Survey
82   Conclusions
84   Appendices
85   Appendix A: Description of Global Risks and Trends
2016
88   Appendix B: Global Risks Perception Survey and
Methodology 2015
90   Appendix C: The Executive and Opinion Survey 2015:
Views of the Business Community on the Global Risks
of Highest Concern for Doing Business
92   Acknowledgements