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Jan 10, 2024 · 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. A pessimistic global outlook The report reveals a world “plagued by a duo of dangerous crises: climate and conflict.”
- Poverty
- Climate Change
- Food Insecurity
- Refugee Rights
- Covid-19
- Future Pandemic Preparation and Response
- Healthcare
- Mental Health
- Disability Rights
- LGBTQ+ Rights
In fall 2022, the World Bank will update the International Poverty Line from $1.90 to $2.15. This means anyone living on less than $2.15 is in “extreme poverty.” Why the change? Increases in the costs of food, clothing, and shelter between 2011-2017 make the “real value of $2.15 in 2017 prices equal to $1.90 in 2011 prices. As for the World Bank’s ...
The IPCC released its sixth report in 2022. In its summary for policy-makers, the report’s authors outlined a series of near-term, mid-term, and long-term risks. If global warming reaches 1.5°C in the near term (2021-2040), it would cause “unavoidable increases in multiple climate hazards,” as well as “multiple risks to ecosystems and humans.” In t...
According to the 2022 Global Report on Food Crises, which is produced by the Global Network against Food Crises, the number of people in crisis or worse is the highest it’s been in the six years since the report has existed. Close to 193 million people were experiencing acute food insecurity in 2021, which is an increase of almost 40 million since ...
According to UNHCR, the war in Ukraine sparked the fastest-growing refugee crisis since WWII. Almost 6 million (as of May 10, 2022) people have fled. The UNCHR’s Refugee Brief, which compiles the week’s biggest refugee stories, has recently described situations in places like Somalia, where thousands of people were displaced due to severe drought. ...
The WHO declared COVID-19 a pandemic in March 2022. It will continue to be a major issue for the world. The WEF’s Global Risks Report 2022 discusses COVID’s effects at length, including major economic recovery disparities and social erosion. According to a January 2022 article from NPR, there are also issues with vaccinations as many countries cont...
COVID-19 taught the world the importance of prepardeness. In a Harvard blog, Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director-general of the WHO, outlined the lessons the world should take to heart. The first: science has to guide policy. The politicization of the pandemic led to a lot of unnecessary damage. Another lesson is that science must pair with eq...
The healthcare industry has experienced major shifts due to the COVID-19 pandemic. According to the World Economic Forum, there’s been new investments and innovations, especially from the technology and telehealth sectors. In 2021, $44 billion was spent on health innovation. The world will be seeing the effects of these innovations for years to com...
Globally, almost 1 billion people have some form of mental disorder. The pandemic made the world’s mental health worse. According to a scientific brief from the WHO, there’s been a 25% increase in anxiety and depression worldwide. Causes include social isolation, fear of sickness, grief, and financial anxieties. Health workers were also severely im...
According tothe WHO, over 1 billion people have some form of disability. Half can’t afford healthcare. They’re also more likely to live in poverty than those without a disability, have poorer health outcomes, and have less access to work and education opportunities. Human Rights Watchlists other discriminations disabled people face, such as an incr...
Members of the LGBTQ+ community face discrimination in many forms. According to Amnesty International, discrimination can target sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, and sex characteristics. Even in more progressive countries like the United States, people face violence and discrimination. According to the Human Rights Campaign, ...
- Afghanistan—The crisis after the conflict. Cash assistance from the IRC has enabled Afghans impacted by the economic crisis to buy food and other basic items.
- Ethiopia—A case study in climate and conflict. Halima Hashi, a refugee from Somalia, raises awareness of the rights of women and girls in Helowyn refugee camp in southern Ethiopia.
- Yemen—Cumulative impact of protracted conflict. Aisha, 10, now lives in Sahdah camp in southwest Yemen after violence forced her and her family to flee their home.
- Nigeria—Growing insecurity across the country. An attendee at a European Union-funded program for adolescents in conflict-affected northeast Nigeria. Population: 211.4 million.
- Somalia: A catastrophic hunger crisis tops the Watchlist. Topping the Watchlist for the first time, Somalia is facing an unprecedented drought and hunger crisis.
- Ethiopia: Drought and conflict torments tens of millions. Ethiopia is heading toward its sixth consecutive failed rainy season, which could prolong a drought already affecting 24 million people.
- Afghanistan: An entire population is pushed into poverty. Afghanistan ranked No. 1 on the 2022 Watchlist but dropped down for 2023—not because conditions have improved but because the situation in East Africa is so severe.
- Democratic Republic of Congo: Decades-long conflicts escalate. Over 100 armed groups fight for control in eastern Congo, fueling a crisis that has lasted for decades.
- The United State vs itself. While America’s military and economy remain exceptionally strong, the U.S. political system is more dysfunctional than any other advanced industrial democracy.
- Middle East on the brink. The fighting in Gaza will expand in 2024, with several pathways for escalation into a broader regional war. Some could draw the U.S. and Iran more directly into the fighting.
- Partitioned Ukraine. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine remains an historic failure. NATO is strengthened by new members Finland and Sweden. The EU has opened a membership process for Ukraine, Russia has faced 11 rounds of sanctions, with more on the way, and half of its sovereign assets have been frozen—money increasingly likely to be used for Ukrainian reconstruction.
- Ungoverned AI. Technology will outstrip AI governance in 2024 as regulatory efforts falter, tech companies remain largely unconstrained, and far more powerful AI models and tools spread beyond the control of governments.
Sep 15, 2021 · The latest Ipsos 'What worries the world' survey shows the issues that are front of mind for people around the world. Coronavirus remains the biggest cause for concern. Climate change is also a rising concern in some countries, only eighth on the list overall.
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May 13, 2020 · Some major international problems have been pushed to the sidelines since the outbreak of the crisis and it may now be too late to deal with them. Others have been made much more intractable.
