COVID-19 Requires a Mindset Shift on Inequality
How often do you or those around you recognize that a problem exists but come up with any number of…
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The Climate-COVID19 Nexus
Will the COVID-19 pandemic make it easier or harder to combat climate change? Many articles have appeared in recent weeks…
The Top Gray Rhino Risks of 2020
This is a strange year for my fifth annual round-up of the things that keep the world’s risk observers up…
How Hard Will COVID-19 Slam the Global Economy?
As infections accelerate in South Korea, Italy, and Iran, policy makers are wondering if the COVID-19 virus is escalating into…
The COVID-19 Infodemic
Viral disinformation is making it harder for public health workers to deal with the very real challenges of fighting the…
Stop Calling the Coronavirus Outbreak a Black Swan
Coverage of the coronavirus outbreak in China includes maddening references to the outbreak as a “black swan” –that is, a…
The Climate and Investment Risk Feedback Loop
A recent welcome rainstorm in Australia provided firefighters a brief respite in their months-long battle against raging wildfires. Amid record high temperatures…
Cyber risk governance should take centre stage in financial services
It feels as though cyber risk has crept up on us without warning and with great intensity. We have come…
The Gray Rhinos of 2019: Where Did We End Up?
The earliest Top Risks, predictions, and outlook lists for 2020 are out already. For the fifth year in a row,…
The Road to You-Know-Where in the Gig Economy
You know where they say the path littered with good intentions leads: No place you want to go. That’s what…