Geopolitical risks dominate the 2019 WEF Global Risks Report

Increasing geopolitical and geo-economic pressures are identified as the most vital risk in 2019, according to the findings of the annual World Economic Forum’s Global Risks Report 2019.The report also highlights, what it describes as “environmental squalor”, as the long-term risk that “defines our age”. Four of the top five most impactful global risks in 2019 related to climate and rapidly developing cyber, while technical threats are the most significant possible blind spots. The Global Risks Report of 2019, which incorporates the results of the Global Risks Perception Survey, points to a worsening in economic conditions and geopolitical conditions. Trade