Dangerous times: WEF warns of conflicts and fake news 2025!

The upcoming annual meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos is ahead of its shadows, especially in view of the alarming results of the Global Risk Report 2025. According to this report, based on surveys under 900 experts from various areas, armed conflicts have been identified as the greatest worldwide risk. Almost a quarter of the respondents are concerned about potential wars and terrorism, which considerably stresses the security situation at a global level. The destabilizing effects of the Ukraine conflict and ongoing crises in the Middle East reinforce the fears, as the WEF states, also because the differences between government leaderships are increasing, such as trendingtopics.eu reports

In a dramatic warning, the report also describes the short -term dangers from misinformation and disinformation, which could undermine trust between the nations. Extreme weather events and social tensions also rank under the greatest concerns of the experts. In the long term, environmental issues are still prevalent, since pollution and loss of biodiversity are the greatest risk of the next ten years. These challenges are likely to determine the agenda of discussions in Davos, where the leaders of the world come together under the motto "Collaboration for the Intelligent Age" to think about effective solutions, such as Today. reported.