Tag: WEF

(Gender Equality) This is a watershed moment for gender equality: If companies act now (WEF)

Sue Duke The Global Gender Gap Report 2021 highlights the disproportionate hit the pandemic has had on working women https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2021/03/a-watershed-moment-for-gender-equality-this-is-why-companies-need-to-act-now/
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(Climate Change) Targeted ocean protection could offer 3X the benefits (Futurity, WEF)

Harrison Tasoff A new study is the first to map ocean areas showing that if they are strongly protected, they can help solve climate, food,...
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(Innovation/Technology) Why artificial intelligence is key to renewable energy grid resilience (WEF)

Emmanuel Lagarrigue The global transition to renewable energy will need artificial intelligence (AI) technology to manage decentralized grids. https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2021/03/artificial-intelligence-is-key-to-grid-resilience/
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(Climate Change) First-of-its kind study offers blueprint for ocean protection (WEF)

Olivia Rosane A new study has endorsed protecting 30% of the world's land and ocean by 2030 to meet 3 overall goals https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2021/03/first-of-its-kind-study-offers-blueprint-for-ocean-protection/
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(Climate Change) Sea levels are rising fastest in big cities – here’s why (WEF)

Sally Brown, Robert James Nicholls Land is sinking - or subsiding - in coastal areas even faster than the sea is rising. https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2021/03/sea-levels-cities-climate-change-ocean/
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(Climate Change) How to build the next natural Wonder of the World (WEF)

Nyaguthii Chege The Great Green Wall is a reforestation initiative that will span the width of Africa https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2021/03/how-to-build-the-next-natural-wonder-of-the-world/
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(Innovation/Technology) 6 data policy issues experts are tracking right now (WEF)

Evîn Cheikosman Responsible data practices must minimize negative impacts https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2021/03/6-key-issues-that-are-trending-in-data-policy-right-now/
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(USA) FBI report: How much internet crime cost the US in 2020 (WEF)

Niall McCarthy An FBI report has shown that 2020 was the worst on record for victims of internet crime in the US. https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2021/03/fbi-report-shows-that-2020-was-the-worst-year-on-record-for-internet-crime/
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(Climate Change) How we planted more than 5,000 trees during the COVID-19 pandemic (WEF)

Jake Okechukwu Effoduh, Abdullahi Murtala The Abuja Hub of Global Shapers took on the challenge of tackling deforestation in Nigeria’s capital with a plan to...
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(Global) 5 ways social enterprise funders can act differently in 2021 (WEF)

Lior Ipp The COVID-19 crisis has exposed the fragility of global systems and created a new awareness around glaring inequities https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2021/03/what-social-enterprise-funders-need-to-do-differently-in-2021/
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(Global) We asked more than 110 investors how they plan for the unexpected. Here’s what we found out (WEF)

Ashley Knight, Fiona Dunsire, Maha Eltobgy From climate change, water security and demographic shifts to geopolitics, low and negative real long-term interest rates and technological...
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(Global) Trendsetters: Transformational Investment Practices of Advanced Investors (WEF)

The global investment community is in a period of great risk and great opportunity. Global asset owners and managers must consider climate change, interest...
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(Africa) Sub-Saharan Africa needs fair access to global carbon budget (WEF)

Rose Mutiso, Katie Auth The majority of western funding institutions have pledged to stop financing fossil fuel projects overseas https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2021/03/genuine-climate-justice-means-allowing-sub-saharan-africa-to-access-to-global-carbon-budget/
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(Climate Change) What a mile-deep soil sample can teach us about climate change (WEF)

Andrew Christ, Paul Bierman A frozen soil sample from 1963 could help us understand the effects of a changing climate on our planet. https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2021/03/preserved-sample-greenland-glacier-climate-change/
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(Climate Change) Met Office: Atmospheric CO2 now hitting 50% higher than pre-industrial levels (WEF)

Richard Betts Carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is now reaching levels 50% higher than before the industrial revolution https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2021/03/met-office-atmospheric-co2-industrial-levels-environment-climate-change/
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(Climate Change) Innovative finance tools could protect cities from climate change (WEF)

Nidhi Upadhyaya, Morgan Richmond City residents living in poverty are severely affected by climate change and extremely vulnerable to health risks such as COVID-19 https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2021/03/innovative-finance-protect-cities-climate-change/
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