Global Risks Report 2026

Appendix D Risk governance Respondents were asked to identify approach(es) that they expect to have the most potential for driving action on risk reduction and preparedness over the next 10 years. The following figures present the set of 33 global risks in the GRPS 2025–2026 with corresponding risk reduction and preparedness approaches for addressing them, as well as the top 10 risks addressed by those approaches not already covered in Chapters 1 or 2. 20 0 60 40 80 100 Share of responses (%)Adverse outcomes of AI technologies Adverse outcomes of frontier technologies Asset bubble bursts Biodiversity loss and ecosystem collapse Biological, chemical, or nuclear weapons or hazards Censorship and surveillance Concentration of strategic resources and technologies Crime and illicit economic activity Critical change to Earth systems Cyber insecurity Debt Decline in health and wellbeing Disruptions to a systemically important supply chain Disruptions to critical infrastructure Economic downturn Erosion of human rights and/or of civic freedoms Extreme weather events Geoeconomic confrontation Inequality Infectious diseases Inflation Insufficient public infrastructure and social protections Intrastate violence Involuntary migration or displacement Lack of economic opportunity or unemployment Misinformation and disinformation Natural resource shortages Non-weather related natural disasters Risk governance FIGURE D.1 "Which approach(es) do you expect to have the most potential for driving action on risk reduction and preparedness over the next 10 years?" Financial instruments National and local regulations Minilateral treaties and agreements Development assistance Corporate strategiesGlobal treaties and agreements Research and development Public awareness and education Multi-stakeholder engagement Global Risks Report 2026 91