Most respondents to the 2022-2023 Global Risks Perception Survey chose “Energy supply crisis”; “Cost-of-living crisis”; “Rising inflation”; “Food supply crisis” and “Cyberattacks on critical infrastructure” as among the top risks for 2023 with the greatest potential impact on a global scale . Those that are outside the top 5 for the year but remain concerns include: failure to meet net-zero targets; weaponization of economic policy; weakening of human rights; a debt crisis; and failure of non-food supply chains.
Six major global issues, each of which relates to one or more of the SDGs: (i) food security; (ii) human health; (iii) land management, including land restoration; (iv) water security; (v) climate change; and (vi) biodiversity preservation.