Tag: WEF

USA/CLIMATE CHANGE – How Biden and Kerry could rebuild America’s global climate leadership (Dolf Gielen, Morgan Bazilian, WEF)

Kerry’s decades of experience may give him a chance of making real progress. Image: REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY - RC2TPD9I1RPI The Trump...

CLIMATE CHANGE – Explained: why renewables became so cheap so fast (Max Roser, WEF)

Falling renewable energy costs is good news for our planet. Image: REUTERS/Stringer Despite the emissions they produce, fossil fuels currently account for 79% of the...

CLIMATE CHANGE – 4 vital steps to protect the world’s remaining rainforests (Tharanga Gunawardena, WEF)

Nearly half of the world’s rainforests have been destroyed since the 1960s. Image: REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino Protecting rainforests is worth more to modern economies than destroying...

FUTURE OF WORK – 4 ways to reskill the global workforce – and this is where it’s already happening (Jeff Maggioncalda, Shireen Yacoub,...

The Forum’s Future of Jobs report pointed to the double disruption of automation and pandemic, with 85 million jobs displaced by 2025. But...

BETTER BUSINESS – Take the Meritocracy Stress Test to find out the truth about diversity in your company (Laura Liswood, WEF)

• The Meritocracy Stress Test does for equality what the bank stress test did for liquidity. • Despite claiming to be meritocracies, many workplaces do...

BETTER BUSINESS – How to make your business thrive by doing good (Laurent Marbacher, Isaac Getz, WEF)

Stakeholder capitalism will enable a Great Reset of the economy. Image: Wonderlane/Unsplash Doing good indiscriminately is a pitfall, because it’s not effective enough. A company...

COVID19 – How countries are dealing with the delicate matter of who to vaccinate first (John Letzing, WEF)

A medic fills a syringe with an experimental COVID-19 vaccine before administering it to a health worker during trials in Ahmedabad, India, November 26,...

COVID19 – We can’t let the pandemic derail progress for disabled people (Susannah Rodgers, WEF)

Powering ahead: The author Susannah Rodgers competing at the London 2012 Paralympic Games. Image: Action Images COVID-19 has been devastating for disabled people who face...

COVID19 – ‘A game changer’ – Austria’s Sebastian Kurz and other leaders on COVID vaccines (Christopher Alessi, WEF)

Austria's Sebastian Kurz spoke at the Forum's Great Reset Dialogues on 2 December. Image: REUTERS/Lisi Niesner "Vaccination is the game changer. It’s difficult to plan the...

FINTECH MARKET – Global COVID-19 FinTech Market Rapid Assessment Study (WEF)

pdf: http://www3.weforum.org/docs/WEF_The_Global_Covid19_FinTech_Market_Rapid_Assessment_Study_2020.pdf The World Economic Forum’s Global COVID-19 FinTech Market Rapid Assessment Study has gathered empirical data from 1,385 FinTech firms that are currently operating in 169...

FOURTH INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION – Global Technology Governance Report 2021 (WEF)

pdf: http://www3.weforum.org/docs/WEF_Global_Technology_Governance_2020.pdf An essential consideration for government, business and civil society is how technologies are harnessed and regulated to accelerate growth, encourage innovation and build...

CLIMATE CHANGE – 7 ways packaging is changing to reduce plastic waste (Alex Thornton, WEF)

Plastic pollution remains one of the world's biggest challenges. Image: REUTERS/Heo Ran Packaging generates the most plastic waste of any sector. Brands are investing in...

CLIMATE CHANGE – Climate change is making autumn leaves change colour earlier – here’s why (Philip James, WEF)

The up side? Prolonged autumnal colours, and more time for us to kick through the leaves! Image: REUTERS/Russell Cheyne A new study has shown that...

INTERNATIONAL TRADE – A focus on foreign investment can drive our recovery from COVID-19 (Sergio Segovia, WEF)

Some advice from Brazil - one of the world's top destinations for FDI. Image: Raphael Nogueira / Unsplash Investment promotion agencies (IPAs) around the world...

CHINA – Nature can be China’s strongest ally in the fight against climate change (Wei Dong Zhou, WEF)

China's pledge to become carbon-neutral by 2060 is the biggest stated climate goal to-date. Nature-based solutions could provide a third of China's efforts...

CLIMATE CHANGE – Carbon capture can help us win the race against climate change (Brad Page, WEF)

The Tomakomai carbon, capture and storage (CCS) test site in Hokkaido prefecture, Japan. Image: REUTERS/Aaron Sheldrick The pandemic presents us with an opportunity to embrace...