Green Car Congress: World Economic Forum: Global Risks Are Outpacing Ability to Mitigate Them: "The core risks fall into five primary categories:

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Economic
o Oil price shock/energy supply interruptions
o US current account deficit/fall in US$
o Chinese economic hard landing
o Fiscal crises caused by demographic shift
o Blow up in asset prices/excessive indebtedness
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Environmental
o Climate change
o Loss of freshwater services
o Natural catastrophe: Tropical storms
o Natural catastrophe: Earthquakes
o Natural catastrophe: Inland flooding
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Geopolitical
o International terrorism
o Proliferation of weapons of mass destruction (WMD)
o Interstate and civil wars
o Failed and failing states
o Transnational crime and corruption
o Retrenchment from globalization
o Middle East instability
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Societal
o Pandemics
o Infectious diseases"

Green Car Congress: World Economic Forum: Global Risks Are Outpacing Ability to Mitigate Them: "World Economic Forum: Global Risks Are Outpacing Ability to Mitigate Them
15 January 2007
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Likelihood of core global risks vs. projected economic loss. Click to enlarge.

The World Economic Forum—the organization that convenes the annual Davos meeting of global leaders—has released the Global Risks 2007 report. The report, published in cooperation with Citigroup, Marsh & McLennan Companies, Swiss Re and the Wharton School Risk Center, highlights a growing disconnect between the power of global risks to cause major systemic disruption and our ability to mitigate them.

Many of the 23 core global risks explored in the report have worsened over the last 12 months, despite growing awareness of their potential impacts, according to the report. In addition to specific risk mitigation measures, institutional innovations may be needed to create effective responses to a complex risk landscape."