Global Risks 2008

The World Economic Forum released Global Risks 2008 report, which is based on input from a network of more than 100 top business leaders, decision-makers, scientists and other leading academics convened throughout 2007 as part of the World Economic Forum’s Global Risk Network. The report highlights the need for new thinking on many issues, warns that food security will become an increasingly complex political and economic problem over the next few years, expresses fears of a US recession in the next 12 months and finally, with the dollar price of oil at record highs, the report recommends an improved approach to securing viable energy supplies in the years ahead.