THE BRIEFING
CREDIT: WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM / KAMAL KIMAOUI
The launch of the Global Risks Report 2026 with Yann Zopf, Head of Media; Member of the Executive Committee, World Economic Forum; Saadia Zahidi, Managing Director, World Economic Forum
GEOPOLITICS IN FOCUS
The 2026 Global Risks Report, published by the World Economic Forum in partnership with Marsh McLennan and Zurich Insurance shows exec anxiety shifting, with‘ geoeconomic confrontation’ being crowned the highest-ranked risk. From state-based conflicts to tariff turbulence, leaders are hunkering down on resilience.
Here’ s four key takeaways >
18 % 5o %
3o % + 8 of leaders selected geoeconomic confrontation as the risk most likely to trigger a material global crisis
now anticipate a turbulent or stormy global outlook over the next two years( a 14 % increase from 2025)
of CEOs are‘ very confident’ in their company’ s revenue growth for 2026
Economic downturn and inflation both jumped eight places in the 2026 survey businesschief. com
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