Tag: WEF

Global Food Prices – This is the current state of global food prices (Statista, WEF)

Florian Zandt writes: After the continuous rise of the global FAO Food Price Index over the last twelve months, June marks the first time in a...

COP26/Hydrogen – Grey, blue, green – why are there so many colours of hydrogen? (WEF)

Natalie Marchant writes: Green hydrogen has been hailed as a clean energy source for the future. But the gas itself is invisible – so...

Supplier Diversity – How to achieve supplier diversity: 4 experts explain (WEF)

Victoria Mallinckrodt writes: In a world where the COVID-19 pandemic has contributed to an increase in the global gender gap by a generation and where we...

Cybersecurity – Only cross-border, cross-sector collaboration will be enough to beat cybercrime (Daniel Barriuso, WEF)

• The growing interdependence of digital systems is being exploited by cybercriminals. • Ransomware is a particularly flourishing sphere of cybercrime. • A collective response from...

Digital Culture/Future of Work – 9 ways to foster a people-centric digital culture (Christie Smith, Nora Heger, WEF)

Digital culture is characterized by the way an organization uses digital tools and insights to create positive impact across a business. Strong digital...

TechInnovation – These AI projects are improving cancer screening and outcomes (WEF)

Keren Priyadarshini - Regional Business Lead, Worldwide Health, Microsoft Asia / Ruma Bhargava - Project Lead, Fourth Industrial Revolution for Health, India, World Economic...

Energy Transition – What new strategic imperatives in the oil and gas sector mean for the energy transition (WEF)

Maciej Kolaczkowski - Community Lead, Oil and Gas Industry, World Economic Forum / Pedro Caruso - Managing Director, Global Head of Oil & Gas...

Inequality – How can the world address inequality? 7 experts explain (Abhinav Chugh, WEF)

The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated socioeconomic inequalities. Mitigating inequality requires a mix of bottom-up and top-down changes that address the underlying social and...

Resiliency Compass – Navigating Global Value Chain Disruption in an Age of Uncertainty (WEF)

Manufacturing companies have been forced to adapt to COVID-19 and the challenges are far from over. An acceleration of megatrends including climate change, geopolitical...

Cities and Urbanization/Sustainable Development/Biodiversity – How urban gardens can boost biodiversity and make cities more sustainable (Karen Kirstine Christensen-Dalsgaard, The Conversation, WEF)

Cities are now driving significant environmental problems, such as elevated pollution levels, climate change and habitat loss. This can be improved by increasing...

Climate Change/Cities and Urbanization – Heatwaves: How can cities adapt to rising temperatures? (Laurie Goering, Zoe Lieberman, Thomson Reuters Foundation, WEF)

Cities in the U.S. Pacific Northwest and Canada have record temperatures, which are more than 15 degrees Celsius above normal summer highs. Typically,...

Climate Change/Ecocide – What’s ‘ecocide’ and could it be prosecuted by the International Criminal Court? (Sean Fleming, WEF)

The International Criminal Court prosecutes some of the most heinous crimes. A new plan wants to add environmental damage - or 'ecoside' -...

Climate Change/Circular Economy – A ‘dating site’ with a difference that’s pairing waste with recycling opportunities (Douglas Broom, WEF)

How can we stop our waste ending up in landfill or even the ocean? The answer is to match material with the people...

Climate Change/Sustainable Development – The industries most at risk from extreme weather – and how to protect them (John Alarcon, Yingzhen Chuang, WEF)

Adapting economies to climate-related impacts has become a major priority. Parametric insurance – which pays out depending on the severity of an event...

Biodiversity/Future Pandemics – G20 can prevent future pandemics by stopping destruction of nature (Luciana Borio, Neil Vora, WEF)

The rise in the number of pandemics coincides with tropical deforestation. This habitat destruction causes 'spillover' – when viruses jump from wildlife to...

Latin America – COVID-19 cost Latin America and the Caribbean 1.5 million jobs. Here’s how to recover them (Carlos Felipe Jaramillo, Joana Silva, World...

Low-skilled workers in Latin America and the Caribbean have been most affected by the pandemic, and it could impact for up to a...