Radio Davos15 Jan 2025

Global Risks Report: the big issues facing the world at Davos 2025

What are the global challenges that world leaders will be addressing in Davos?

Many of them are contained in the World Economic Forum's Global Risks Report, a survey of almost 1,000 decision makers and leaders around the world that shows what they consider to be the biggest risks facing humanity in the coming year and in the medium and long terms.

The 20th edition of this annual report reveals an increasingly fractured global landscape, where escalating geopolitical, environmental, societal and technological challenges threaten stability and progress.

Two experts join us to discuss the risks facing humanity in the short, medium and long term: Ngaire Woods, dean of the Blavatnik School of Government at the University of Oxford, and Azeem Azhar, chief executive officer of Exponential View.

Hosted by World Economic Forum podcaster Robin Pomeroy, with co-host Mark Elsner, Head of Global Risks Initiative at the Forum.

Speakers:

Mark Elsner, Head of Global Risks Initiative

Ngaire Woods, dean of the Blavatnik School of Government at the University of Oxford

Azeem Azhar, chief executive officer of Exponential View

Links:

Visit the Global Risks Initiative and read the full report here.
https://reports.weforum.org/docs/WEF_Global_Risks_Report_2025.pdf

Global Future Council on the Future of Complex Risks: https://www.weforum.org/communities/gfc-on-complex-risks

Catch up on all the action from the Annual Meeting 2025 at wef.ch/wef25 and across social media using the hashtag #WEF25.

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