La pandemia de Covid-19 se produjo como resultado de ignorar los riesgos a largo plazo y ahora es un riesgo global inmediato, seg\u00fan el Informe de riesgos globales del Foro Econ\u00f3mico Mundial (WEF). El cambio clim\u00e1tico, el colapso del estado y las armas de destrucci\u00f3n masiva (ADM) siguen siendo una amenaza a largo plazo. El\u00a0presidente del\u00a0WEF\u00a0, B\u00f8rge Brende,\u00a0dijo: “El Informe de Riesgos Globales ha estado advirtiendo sobre pandemias durante 15 a\u00f1os.\u00a0En nuestro primer informe de 2006, tambi\u00e9n nos centramos en c\u00f3mo una gripe letal propagada por los viajes por todo el mundo podr\u00eda representar una amenaza si no desarrollamos la resiliencia”.<\/p>\n
The report states the pandemic could increase disparities and social fragmentation, will threaten the economy over the next three to five years and in the five to ten-year timeframe will weaken geopolitical stability. It will unfairly impact billions of caregivers, workers and students who will have less chance of taking advantage of pathways to recovery, especially minorities who were disadvantaged before the pandemic.<\/p>\n
The report was produced in partnership with strategic partners Marsh McLennan, SK Group and Zurich Insurance Group and academic advisers National University of Singapore, Oxford Martin School, University of Oxford and the Wharton Risk Management and Decision Processes Center, University of Pennsylvania.<\/p>\n
At an online event to mark the launch, WEF president B\u00f8rge\u00a0Brende said: \u201cThe Global Risks Report has been warning about pandemics for 15 years. In our first report in 2006, we also focused on how a lethal flu spread by global travel could present a threat if we didn\u2019t build resilience.<\/p>\n
\u201cAt the time of writing the report, nearly 100 million worldwide have contracted COVID-19, and there have been more than two million deaths. This is one of the deadliest viruses in history, and it shows that we should pay much more attention to blind spots but also risks that we have been addressing and building resilience.\u201d<\/p>\n
Brende added that last year demonstrated that risks are global and interconnected and aren\u2019t confined by borders or categories. Issues like Covid and climate change do not recognise borders, and one of the major risks is a further geopolitically polarised world.<\/p>\n
The report divides its analysis into six chapters: fractured future, barriers to digital inclusivity, youth in an age of lost opportunity, navigating global divides, imperfect markets and reflections on responses to Covid-19.<\/p>\n
Talking through the issues addressed in each, WEF managing director Saadia Zahidi said: \u201cThe first aspect that we try to look at is the timeframes that are involved. So, which are the risks that are likely to play out in the next couple of years those clear and present dangers, which ones come up in the next three to five years after that that are simply knock-on effects. And then finally, the longer-term existential threats.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen it comes to the first couple of years, it\u2019s not just the health crisis, but it\u2019s also the unemployment crisis that has been induced by the recession. It\u2019s also the digital divides and cybersecurity failure.<\/p>\n