Acknowledgements Contributors Ellissa Cavaciuti-Wishart Head, Global Risks Sophie Heading Lead, Global Risks Kevin Kohler Specialist, Global Risks Saadia Zahidi Managing Director, World Economic Forum At the World Economic Forum, a debt of gratitude is owed to Professor Klaus Schwab (Founder and Executive Chairman) and Børge Brende (President), under whose guidance this report has been produced. This report has relied heavily on the dedication and expertise of World Economic Forum colleagues: Attilio di Battista, Ricky Li, Gayle Markovitz, Cam Powers, Samuel Werthmüller, and Yann Zopf. We would like to thank our Strategic Partners, Marsh McLennan, and Zurich Insurance Group, and particularly John Doyle (President and Chief Executive Officer, Marsh McLennan) and Mario Greco (Chief Executive Officer, Zurich Insurance Group). Thanks also to Peter Giger (Group Chief Risk Officer, Zurich Insurance Group) and Carolina Klint (Managing Director, Risk Management Leader Continental Europe, Marsh). Special gratitude is due to John Scott (Head of Sustainability Risk, Zurich Insurance Group) and Richard Smith-Bingham (Executive Director, Marsh McLennan Advantage) for their contributions throughout the planning and drafting of the report. The report has greatly benefited from the insight and expertise of the members of the Global Risks Report Advisory Board: Rolf Alter (Hertie School of Governance), Azeem Azhar (Exponential View), Amitabh Behar (Oxfam), Winnie Byanyima (UNAIDS), Nita Farahany (Duke University), Niall Ferguson (Stanford University), Marie-Valentine Florin (International Risk Governance Center), Charles Godfray (Oxford Martin School), Jim Leape (Stanford University), Robert Muggah (Igarapé Institute), Jonathan D. Ostry (Georgetown University), Carol Ouko-Misiko (Institute of Risk Management), Eduardo Pedrosa (Pacific Economic Cooperation Council), Danny Quah (National University of Singapore), Daniel Ralph (Cambridge Centre for Risks Studies), Pardis Sabeti (Harvard University), Samir Saran (Observer Research Foundation), John Scott (Zurich Insurance Group), Richard Smith-Bingham (Marsh McLennan), Effy Vayena (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich), Charlotte Warakaulle (CERN), Amy Webb (Future Today Institute), Beatrice Weder di Mauro (Graduate Institute Geneva), Ngaire Woods (University of Oxford), and Alexandra Zapata Hojel (Future Tense Now). We would also like to thank SalesForce (Justine Moscatello, Director of Customer & Executive Engagement) and Lovelytics for the design of the interactive global risks data visualization. Global Risks Report 2024 121

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