Believe that crises have an increasingly significant impact on our daily lives
October 14, 2024
AXA Future Risks Report 2024
11th edition
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The Future Risks Report explores the emerging risks we may face in the future. This report is based on an annual survey asking 3,000 experts from 50 countries and a representative sample of 20,000 individuals from 15 countries to rank their top 10 emerging risks, based on their potential impact on society over the next five to ten years.
For this 11th edition, the Future Risks Report highlights the growing complexity of managing risks, making decisions and tackling challenges in a world marked by rapid technological advances and increasingly interconnected risks, from geopolitics to security to misinformation.
Discover the 2024 emerging trends and key findings in video:
What are the Top 10 risks in 2024?
Climate change remains the top concern of experts in every continent. Meanwhile, popular awareness of its impact continues to increase: 77% of the general public who selected this risk in their top five say they feel vulnerable to it in their everyday life, up from 73% in last year’s survey and tied for first place.
Geopolitical instability is worrying more experts. Second overall, it was ranked as the top risk by 16% of experts compared to 9% in 2023. This increase is likely linked to the ongoing crisis in the Middle East, combined with the continuing conflict in Ukraine and a heightened global atmosphere of tensions, defiance and protectionism.
Cyber security continues to be seen as a major threat. Although it falls to third place from second last year, cyber security featured in the top five risks of more individual experts. Concern about this risk is likely closely linked to geopolitical instability, alongside continued progress in the capabilities of artificial intelligence and increasing dependency on large providers.
Agree that misinformation has serious consequences for the functioning of political institutions
Stress the importance of the role of insurers in protecting people against emerging risks
