Global Risks 2017

Weather and Natural Disasters lead the 2017 global risks moving water out of the top 5.

Climate change, ageing population, and cyber risk (Weaponized AI, digital espionage and other technology risks for 2017) lead the top global risks according to the World Economic Forum 2017 report.

Among the new technologies - AI, the internet of things (IOT) and Geoengineering are above neurotech and nanotech as perceived risk.

The global risk landscape has changed for 2017 and so has the global political dynamic - as risk trends go it will be an interesting 2018.