A recently published white paper from the World Economic Forum titled Industries in the Intelligent Age - Artificial Intelligence’s Energy Paradox: Balancing Challenges and Opportunities, suggests four key interlinked areas for navigating this uncertainty, managing challenges and unlocking opportunities for sustainable AI deployment.
The 20th edition of the Global Risks Report 2025 reveals an increasingly fractured global landscape, where escalating geopolitical, environmental, societal and technological challenges threaten stability and progress. This edition presents the findings of the Global Risks Perception Survey 2024-2025 (GRPS), which captures insights from over 900 experts worldwide. The report analyses global ...
Health was a major focus in 2024, shaping global news and driving key discussions at the World Economic Forum. From climate change health impacts to the rise of antimicrobial resistance and improving health equity for women, here are 6 top health stories of the year.
This shift has exposed structural challenges in Japan’s approach to innovation – ranging from educational priorities and talent shortages, to the lack of global-standard product development strategies.
Critical minerals and rare earth elements are pivotal to the energy transition. A Forum white paper explores their supply chain challenges and how to address them.
The most pressing concern emerging from our research is the growing cyber inequity between the "haves" and "have-nots." This disparity manifests across three critical dimensions, each with its own set of challenges and implications for global cyber resilience. First, the gap between large and small organizations has reached alarming proportions.
War and conflict, polarized politics, a continuing cost-of-living crisis and the ever-increasing impacts of a changing climate are destabilizing the global order. The key findings of the World Economic Forum’s Global Risks Report 2024 reflect these most pressing challenges faced by people in every region of the world.
