Respondents were asked: "Which approach(es) do you expect to have the most potential for driving action on risk reduction and preparedness over the next 10 years?"
Share of respondents from the following fields: - International organization: nine percent - Civil society: 10 percent - Academia: 19 percent - Government: 12 percentÂ
- Private sector: 48 percentÂ
- Other: two percent.
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Top risks addressed by research and development worldwide 2023
In 2023, the top risk identified by research and development professionals working across several different industries worldwide was ****. Second in the list was adverse outcomes of frontier technologies, with ** percent of respondents who were the most concerned with this risk. Almost ** percent of respondents claimed that natural resource shortages would drive research and development.
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