See World Economic Forum, Global Risks Report 2017 ISBN: 978-1-944835-07-1, REF: 050117 - Bibliography

Table 1.1: Top 5 Trends that Determine Global Developments: (1) Rising Income and wealth disparity, (2) Changing climate, (3) Increasing polarization of societies, (4) Rising cyber dependency, (5) Ageing population

Table 1.2: Most Important Risks’ Interconnections: (1) Unemployment and underemployment - Profound social instability, (2) Large-scale involuntary migration - State collapse or crisis, (3) Failure of climate-change mitigation and adaption - Water crises, (4) Failure of national governance - Profound social instability, (5) Interstate conflict with regional consequences - Large-scale involuntary migration
 
The report and an interactive data platform are available at http://wef.ch/risks2017

Part 2 Assess - Timeline - Future - Political Challenges