The Global Risk Report 2025published by the World Economic Forum (FEM), revealed that the climate change and its consequences will represent the greatest threat to humanity in the next ten years.
Statista said the report is based on a survey conducted in September and October 2024, in which more than 900 experts from different fields participated.
Among the most severe risks for the global security extreme climatic events, the loss of biodiversitythe critical changes in earth systems and the ecosystem collapseas well as the scarcity of natural resources. These factors are at the top of the list of threats to global stability.
Disinformation, the greatest risk in the short term
The Global Risk Report 2025 indicated that in the short term, the misinformation and the false information are considered the most significant risk for the second consecutive year. With the advance of the artificial intelligenceThe generation of misleading content in text, image and video format has become a growing concern.
After the "super election year" of 2024, this phenomenon threatens to deepen polarization and social radicalization, generating an environment of political instability in various regions of the world, says the Statista article signed by María Florencia Melo.
The report highlights that although the cost-of-living crisis has abated in most parts of the world, geopolitical fragmentation and environmental, social and technological challenges will continue to shape the future.
The twentieth edition of the Global Risks Report of the World Economic Forum concludes that "the global landscape is increasingly fractured, with challenges that threaten the stability and progress of humanity".
The following chart illustrates well the difference between what experts consider to be short-term risks and the challenges that will shape the world for years or even decades to come.
Source: Statista
