The unstable economic context, a failure of the Eurozone, the fragility of the financial system, widening income inequality, structural unemployment – these are the top issues leaders must address in 2013.

The Global Agenda Outlook 2013 is a publication of the Network of Global Agenda Councils, a unique network of over 1,500 of the world’s most relevant experts from academia, business, civil society, government and international organizations. This report provides insights and views into pressing global issues, through a collection of survey results and interactive ...

Our world is continuously faced with unexpected events that could potentially have enormous consequences. From the financial crisis to the Arab Spring to the Tohoku earthquake and Fukushima disaster, they characterize the type of events that throughout history have challenged and changed the structure and functions of the ecological and social systems that we have created and participate in.

The consequences of these events are more and more determined by the interconnectivity of our world. Unexpected events will continue to hit us, their effects expanding through the ...