Themes and Reports

World Risk Poll 2024 Report: Resilience in a Changing World

In this report we present the second iteration of the World Risk Poll Resilience Index, which shows how resilience is changing in the face of climate change and other challenges.

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2021 Reports

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A Changed World? Perceptions and experiences of risk in the Covid age

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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A Resilient World? Understanding vulnerability in a changing climate

Communities across the world are feeling the impact of natural and human-made hazards, whether that’s severe weather and its link with climate change, or the result of industrial, social, or environmental impacts.

A Digital World: Perceptions of risk from AI and misuse of personal data

The use of personal data and artificial intelligence (AI) has grown exponentially in recent years, as more governments, businesses and organisations look to provide smarter and more tailored solutions for their people, customers, and stakeholders.

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Safe at work? Global experiences of violence and harassment

Globally, violence and harassment at work remains a problem. Understanding experiences across countries and demographics globally allows businesses, governments, and communities to develop relevant policies to prevent harassment for millions of people.

Climate Change

Discover the World Risk Poll's findings on Climate Change.

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Violence and Harassment

Discover the World Risk Poll's findings on Violence and Harassment.

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Our latest news on Resilience

This page was published on 19/09/2024

This page is approximately a 3 minute read

Indigenous inclusion for informed disaster risk reduction in Bolivia

Leon Lizon and Mónica Cuba discuss how Practical Action will use the World Risk Poll data to support the integration of indigenous knowledge into decision-making frameworks.

This page was published on 19/09/2024

This page is approximately a 3 minute read

Contextualising disaster resilience in archipelagic environments

Dexter Toyado, Aljon Francis Koji Elegado and Deborah Tangunan conduct secondary analysis of World Risk Poll resilience data in the Philippines, comparing it with local risk data and geographic risk information to support disaster preparedness.

This page was published on 19/06/2024

This page is approximately a 5 minute read

Nearly half the global population feels unable to protect themselves from disasters

According to the data – collected in 2023 – 43% of the world’s population say they can do nothing to protect themselves and their families in the event of a disaster, a seven percentage point increase from 2021.