Tag: WEF

USA – 40 weeks and counting: This chart shows the severity of the U.S. drought (Katharina Buchholz, Statista, WEF)

A major heatwave is affecting the Pacific Northwest of the United States. The high temperatures have exacerbated longstanding droughts. Currently 61% of continental...

TechInnovation – Blockchain can help us beat climate change. Here’s how (Adelyn Zhou, WEF)

Smart contracts running on blockchains can unlock new ways to fight climate change and to cope with its impact. This approach relies on...

Africa – How Africa could soon start making its own medicines (Alison Buckholtz, International Finance Corporation, WEF)

In most of sub-Saharan Africa, pharmaceutical imports comprise as much as 70 to 90 percent of drugs consumed. This dependence on imports leaves...

Philippines – Meet the team trying to clear up one of the world’s most polluted rivers (Peter Blaza, Adrian Portugal, Reuters, WEF)

Manila's notorious Pasig River is one of the world's most polluted rivers. Filipinos come together everyday raking out rubbish, trying to clear the...

Climate Change – Climate change has driven 16% drop in ‘snow meltwater’ from Asia’s high mountains (Ayesha Tandon, Carbon Brief, WEF)

Climate change is reducing the supply of water from melting snow to many of the largest rivers in Asia. This is negatively affecting...

Climate Change – This is how climate change could impact the global economy (Natalie Marchant, WEF)

Climate change could wipe off up to 18% of GDP off the worldwide economy by 2050 if global temperatures rise by 3.2°C, the...

Indonesia – 12 innovators improving the lives – and livelihoods – of Indonesia’s informal sector workers (Gulipairi Maimaiti, WEF)

Indonesia's waste management issue has reached an alarming scale and therefore calls for immediate action. The country requires collaboration from all sides, to...

Eurasia – A digital platform for Eurasia could help overcome region’s distance and fragmentation (Yaroslav Lissovolik, WEF)

The current challenge is to bring out the best from different parts of Eurasia to create a human-centred digital platform that is globally...

Europe – What Europe’s SMEs need to do for a cyber-secure future (Alba Perez Grandi, Anna Sarri, Viktor Paggio, WEF)

Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) constitute 99% of businesses in the EU and face diverse cybersecurity challenges including low management awareness and commitment; ...

Social Innovation/Sustainable Development/SDGs – How collaborations with social entrepreneurs are helping to make the SDGs a reality (Kristine Pearson, Colin McElwee, WEF)

Social innovators are tackling some of the world’s greatest threats – and by working more collaboratively, are shifting the entire landscape of the...

Clean Energy Investment/Developing Economies – 5 ways to boost clean energy investment in developing economies (Bradley Handler, Morgan Bazilian, Michael Hayes, WEF)

Achieving a net-zero energy future in developing economies is going to require trillions of dollars of private investment. Many obstacles remain in the...

Future of Work – Towards healthier, more efficient buildings post-pandemic (Sarah Golden, WEF)

The COVID-19 pandemic has ushered in changes making working environments safer and more efficient. Demand for healthy building services surged during the pandemic,...

Global Health – Humans may have suffered a large coronavirus outbreak before Covid. Here’s what our DNA can tell us (Yassine Souilmi, Ray Tobler,...

A coronavirus may have swept across East Asia more than 20,000 years ago. New research has found evidence of genetic adaptation to the...

GCC Region – How industrialisation could future-proof MENA’s Gulf economies (Alexandre Raffoul, Fatima Al Zahra Hewaidi, WEF)

Encouraging industrial innovation has bolstered recent efforts to diversify the economies of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) region, say local business leaders. They...

Cybersecurity – Why we need a global framework to regulate harm online (Cathy Li, Farah Lalani, WEF)

Digital platforms used by billions of people around the world are being misused to cause harm and endanger people. Urgent areas of concern,...

Digital Safey – Advancing Digital Safety: A Framework to Align Global Action (WEF)

This White Paper distils a user-centric framework for advancing digital safety. It explores tensions regarding privacy, free expression, innovation, business incentives, private power and...