What the world worries about: global perceptions and experiences of risk and harm
In a rapidly changing world, understanding the risks individuals face, and how they perceive them, is crucial to keeping people safe.
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World Risk Poll
The Lloyd’s Register Foundation World Risk Poll is the first and only global study of worry about, and harm from, risks to people’s safety.
147,000
147,000
people interviewed for the latest World Risk Poll.
142
142
the latest edition of the Poll collected insights from 142 countries.
£2 million
£2 million
invested by Lloyd's Register Foundation in projects to put the World Risk Poll into Action.
Turning the World Risk Poll into action
Lloyd’s Register Foundation is inviting funding proposals for projects that use World Risk Poll data for further research and/or practical interventions that improve safety.
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2019 World Risk Poll
The 2019 World Risk Poll explores a variety of themes, including food and water safety, occupational health and safety, and climate change.
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The World Risk Poll: an evolving evidence base on global risk and safety
Nancy Hey, Aaron Gardner and Caitlin Vaughan from the Foundation's evidence and insight team discuss the development of the World Risk Poll as it progresses into 2025.
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'Climate change needn’t be a partisan issue’ – report highlights perceptions in the USA
A new World Risk Poll report places the USA as one of the top 20 countries worldwide for the proportion of people who don’t feel threatened by climate change.
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Call for proposals: Turning the World Risk Poll into Action 2024
Lloyd’s Register Foundation is inviting funding proposals for projects that use World Risk Poll data for further research and/or practical interventions that improve safety.
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A climate mismatch? Perception versus projections
James Chabin and Josefin Pasanen from the Human Development Report Office of the United Nations Development Programme discuss gaps between climate change risk perceptions and projected impacts, as highlighted by the latest World Risk Poll report.
Dr Etienne Krug Director, Department for Social Determinants of Health, World Health Organisation
The World Risk Poll provides us with a lot of very interesting information about how people perceive their risk internationally and we haven't had that so far. We need more widespread risk interventions across the world and we hope that the World Risk Poll will contribute to generating more action by policymakers, as well as encourage individuals to speak up and demand more action.
Dr Reuben Ng Lloyd’s Register Foundation Institute for the Public Understanding of Risk, National University of Singapore
Seldom does one get a front row seat on the risk perceptions of almost 99% of the global population. The Lloyd’s Register Foundation World Risk Poll is a treasured evidence base that policymakers can use to design risk communication strategies that fit a country’s context and culture. That’s a game changer to create a safer world.
