Top global risks

In its Global Risks Report for 2016, the World Economic Forum ranked large-scale involuntary migration as the No. 1 most likely risk. At a January conference, Martin Junge, Lutheran World Federation general secretary, emphasized the need to strengthen collaboration between faith-based organizations and other bodies in protecting refugees and addressing the root causes of displacement and forced migration. The risk with the greatest impact, the report stated, is “a failure of climate change mitigation and adaptation.”