Tag: WEF

Global Health/Future of Food/SGD03 – Food meets health: How a new approach to metabolic health could tackle chronic disease (Sir Mohammad Jaafar, WEF)

Chronic disease driven by processed food provided the backdrop for COVID-19 to spiral out of control. Fundamental and structural changes are needed in...
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Scientific Collaboration – 10 challenges to scientific collaboration and how to overcome them (Ruth Morgan, Hans Hilgenkamp, Rees Kassen, WEF)

The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the importance of scientific collaboration. However, there are currently are a number of hurdles to scientists working together,...
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Artificial Intelligence – 9 ethical AI principles for organizations to follow (Ilana Golbin, Maria Luciana Axente, WEF)

As organizations increasingly apply artificial intelligence (AI), they must consider ethical and moral concerns as a strategic priority. A PwC analysis proposes 9...
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Climate Change/SDG13 – What is ‘nature positive’ and why is it the key to our future? (WEF)

Dominic Kailash Nath Waughray - Managing Director, World Economic Forum Diane Banino Holdorf - Managing Director, Food and Nature, World Business Council for...
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Education – Achieving digital equity means tackling ‘tech poverty’ (Enrique Lores, Project-Syndicate)

One-third of the world's children have missed out on remote learning during the pandemic. This statistic further exposes the digital divide – not...
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Climate Change – Peatlands worldwide are drying out, threatening to release 860 million tonnes of carbon dioxide every year (Yuanyuan Huang, Yingping Wang, WEF)

Peatlands cover just 3% of the Earth’s total land surface but they store over one-third of the planet’s soil carbon. If peatlands dry...
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Climate Change – In ten years, this ice sheet could collapse, causing sea levels to rise (Olivia Rosane, EcoWatch, WEF)

New research shows the Pine Island Glacier is closer to collapse than previously thought. Research has shown that the vulnerable glacier had sped...
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Cities and Urbanization – Why we need to make planetary health part of city design (Tolullah Oni, WEF)

Planetary health, which links human health to that of the Earth's natural ecosystems, is at the heart of the African Union's 2063 goals...
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Cities and Urbanization – It takes a village to build a healthy city. These projects show why (Zara Ingilizian, Mayuri Ghosh, Partha Bose, WEF)

Addressing the challenge of unhealthy lifestyles including access to improved nutrition and sanitation options is a complex problem, especially in cities. City governments...
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Climate Change – Making sense of frontier risks and identifying early warning signs (Gail Whiteman, WEF)

Frontier risks are characterized by unknown likelihood/unknown impacts – they may carry small signals, forecasting larger, more unpredictable disasters. In order to deal...
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Sustainable Development/Fairer Economies/Human Rights – The elephant and the mouse: how corporate giants can avoid trampling on their stakeholders (John Morrison, Julia Olofsson, WEF)

• Business is increasingly keen to be seen to be doing due diligence on ESG. • The 'affected stakeholder' concept is a key way of...
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Remittance Regulations/Migration/Africa – Putting people first: Africa leads the way on reimagining remittance regulations (Ulla Andrén, Henri Dommel, WEF)

Differing rules and regulations mean that what should be a simple act – sending one’s own money back home – is often a...
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Hybrid Work – Post-pandemic: why a hybrid working model may be most effective (Nicholas Bloom, Paul Mizen, Shivani Taneja, VoxEU, WEF)

The COVID-19 pandemic prompted a collective shift to working from home, with a number of employees still anxious about returning to the office. ...
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Climate Change/Environment and Natural Resource Security – New report shows why fighting climate change and nature loss must be interlinked (Marie Quinney, WEF)

A new report shows the importance of addressing nature loss as part of the fight against climate change. The report is from the...
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Gender Parity/LGBTI Inclusion – 3 ways businesses can support LGBTQ refugees in the workplace (Alphonso David, Hamdi Ulukaya, WEF)

LGBTQ refugees experience extreme discrimination, persecution and criminalization. This Pride Month we shine a light on this marginalized group of people and celebrate...
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Cities – Healthy Cities and Communities Playbook (WEF)

Maintaining health and well-being is the issue shaping our time. Around the world, in every city, poor lifestyle choices, limited opportunities and inadequate financial security have...
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