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Economic
Environmental
Chronic fi scal imbalances
Chronic labour market imbalances
Extreme volatility in energy and
agriculture prices
Hard landing of an emerging economy
Major systematic fi nancial failure
Prolonged infrastructure neglect
Recurring liquidity crises
Severe income disparity
Unforeseen negative consequences of
regulation
Unmanageable infl ation or defl ation
Antibiotic-resistant bacteria
Failure of climate change adaptation
Irremediable pollution
Land and waterway use mismanagement
Mismanaged urbanisation
Persistent extreme weather
Rising greenhouse gas emissions
Species overexploitation
Unprecedented geophysical destruction
Vulnerability to geomagnetic storms
Geopolitical
Societal
Critical fragile states
Diffusion of weapons of mass destruction
Entrenched organised crime
Failure of diplomatic confl ict resolution
Global governance failure
Militarisation of space
Pervasive entrenched corruption
Terrorism
Unilateral resource nationalisation
Widespread illicit trade (goods and
people)
Backlash against globalisation
Food shortage crises
Ineffective illicit drug policies
Mismanagement of population ageing
Rising rates of chronic disease
Rising religious fanaticism
Unmanaged migration
Unsustainable population growth
Vulnerability to pandemics
Water supply crisis
Technological
Critical systems failure
Cyber attacks
Failure of intellectual property regime
Massive digital misinformation (rapid and extensive deliberate misinformation)
Massive incident of data fraud/theft
Mineral resource supply vulnerability
Proliferation of orbital debris
Unforeseen consequences of climate change mitigation
Unforeseen consequences of nanotechnology
Unforeseen consequences of new life sciences technologies
Figure 14.1 World Economic Forum's global risks (2013a)
Source: World Economic Forum (2013a).
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