UN Global risk report

This report, drawing on data collected in 2024, offers a valuable snapshot of how stakeholders around the world—governments, the private sector, academia, and civil society—perceive global risks and assess the multilateral system’s readiness to address them. The insights in this report are based on survey responses from over 1,100 stakeholders across 136 countries considering their perception on the importance of 28 risks across societal, technological, economic, environmental and political categories (Annexes 1 and 2), as well as the interactions between these risks.

The paper concludes that while stakeholders recognize the interconnectedness of risks, this understanding is not adequately reflected in current international institutions, which often address risks in siloes. Upgrading our shared capacity to assess, prepare and respond is imperative. Multilateral institutions need to be more inclusive, networked and effective, so that they can better anticipate, adapt and respond to new challenges.