Tag: WEF

(Emerging Technologies/Sustainable Development) What taking VR and AR mainstream means for sustainable development (WEF)

Doreen Bogdan-Martin For the privileged few, augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) have become commonplace, increasingly used in everything from entertainment and online commerce...

(World Trade) What the future holds for world trade, according to 8 global leaders (WEF)

Kate Whiting Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has made history – becoming the first woman and the first African ever to hold the post of director-general of the...

(Global Health) Diagnostics for Better Health: Considerations for Global Implementation (WEF)

Diagnostics are essential to the healthcare system. They are the cornerstone of precision medicine, enabling the customization of medical decisions and treatments. They predict...

(China/Mauritius) Here’s why China’s trade deal with Mauritius matters (WEF)

Lauren Johnston, Research Associate, SOAS China Institute Marc Lanteigne, Associate Professor of Political Science, UiT: The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø 2021 marks the start of...

(Climate Change) Climate change: Are forests carbon sinks or carbon sources? (WEF)

Nancy Harris, Research Manager, Global Forest Watch, World Resources Institute David Gibbs, GIS Research Associate, World Resources Institute Forests are an important asset in the fight...

(Pakistan/Climate Change) How Pakistan is aiming for a green recovery from the pandemic (WEF)

Malik Amin Aslam Khan The COVID-19 crisis has highlighted the need for humans to nurture a more harmonious, rather than adversarial, relationship with nature. https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2021/02/pakistan-green-recovery/

(Cyberattacks) Fifth-generation cyberattacks are here. How can the IT industry adapt? (WEF)

Itai Greenberg, Vice-President, Product Management, Check Point Cyberattacks are continuing to grow in sophistication and scale. https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2021/02/fifth-generation-cyberattacks/  

(Climate Change) Since 1850, these historical events have accelerated climate change (WEF)

Iman Ghosh https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2021/02/global-warming-climate-change-historical-human-development-industrial-revolution/

(Climate Change) Annual temperature is the highest in 10,000 years (WEF)

Todd Bates https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2021/02/global-temperature-holocene-conundrum-climate-change/

(Circular Economy) The circular economy can save the planet –⁠ if we start innovating now (WEF)

Peter Lacy, Chief Responsibility Officer & Global Sustainability Services Lead, Accenture Wesley Spindler, Senior Manager & Circulars Program Director, Accenture Strategy John Dutton,...

(Africa) 6 reasons why Africa’s new free trade area is a global game changer (WEF)

Caroline Kende-Robb, Senior Fellow, African Center for Economic Transformation (ACET) https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2021/02/afcfta-africa-free-trade-global-game-changer/

(Digital Currency) Key takeaways on digital currency from The Davos Agenda (WEF)

Kathryn White, Project Fellow, Centre for the Fourth Industrial Revolution, World Economic Forum Ashley Lannquist, Project Lead, Blockchain and Distributed Ledger Technology, World...

(Capitalism) How we measure stakeholder capitalism will determine our recovery (WEF)

Katica Roy, CEO and Founder, Pipeline Equity https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2021/02/measure-stakeholder-capitalism-determine-recovery/

(Tropical Deforestation/Climate Change) Collective action to enable sustainable growth will be critical to end tropical deforestation (WEF)

Justin Adams https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2021/02/stopping-commodity-driven-deforestation/

(Sub-Saharan Africa) Here’s how the start of the rainy season can help Sub-Saharan Africa prepare for drought (Futurity, WEF)

Harrison Tasoff https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2021/02/weather-model-drought-prediction-sub-saharan-africa/

(Greenland) Wind-blown dust is causing Greenland’s ice to melt faster (EcoWatch, WEF)

Emily Denny https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2021/02/greenland-glacial-melt-algae-bloom/