World Economic Forum’s unequal world warning

Rising inequality and social polarisation are set to shape world developments for the next decade after contributing to Britain’s decision to leave the EU and the US ballot-box success of Donald Trump, the World Economic Forum said.

Climate change was underlined as the third major global trend in the WEF’s annual assessment of global risks, published yesterday.

It said world leaders must work together to avoid “further hardship and volatility in the coming decade.”