The World Economic Forum has released its latest report on global risks. For the first time in 15 years, one risk category occupies all five of the top spots in terms of likelihood: climate change. I’m linking to the preface which gives a nice overview, but the report is worth digging deeper, into specific topics and visualisations.

From Weekly Filet #285, in March 2020.

Global Risks Report 2020

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