Tag: WEF

G7/Financial and Monetary Systems – Corporate tax isn’t working – how can we fix it, globally? (Andrea Willige, WEF)

Taxation will play a big part in the post-pandemic rebuild of the world economy. Corporate tax has been a thorny topic as some...
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G7/Vaccine – The G7’s vaccine pledge is a ‘big help’, but what about distribution and delivery? (John Letzing, WEF)

The G7 pledged to dramatically increase vaccine donations to developing countries. But serious challenges remain in terms of distributing the doses necessary to...
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Ghana – Country Financing Roadmap for the SDGs: Ghana (WEF)

Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, Ghana had taken proactive measures to solidify its commitments to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), including financing the...
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Climate Change – Is video streaming pushing up harmful emissions? (Lin Taylor, WEF)

The surge of video conferencing and streaming has fuelled concerns about the emissions they generate. An hour of streaming in Europe has a...
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Climate Change – New material inspired by spider silk could help solve our plastic problem (Hom Dhakal, WEF)

Packaging was responsible for 46% of plastic waste generated globally in 2018. The demand for food will double by 2050, increasing the amount...
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Climate Change – Addressing climate change through carbon taxes (Aimée Dushime, WEF)

Research shows that putting a price on carbon-based fuels, in the form of a fee or tax, is an effective way of reducing...
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TechInnovation – Chatbots are on the rise. This approach accounts for their risks (Venkataraman Sundareswaran, WEF)

Regulations for AI are falling behind the exponential growth of the use of it. Developing an internal governance framework for "high-risk chatbots" would...
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India – COVID-19 has devastated India’s self-employed women. Here’s how to support them (Mirai Chatterjee, WEF)

Self-employed women in India have been facing the brunt of the pandemic. The informal sector plays a pivotal role in the Indian economy...
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Fairer Economies – Consumers are getting more complex. Brands need to keep up to survive (Alicia Friend, WEF)

The pandemic has shifted consumer habits and values in ways that present longer-term implications. A new report by dentsu highlights four consumer trends that brands...
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Climate Change – Global solutions: Four things that came out of the G7 summit (Douglas Broom, WEF)

The G7 summit in the UK ended with pledges on COVID-19, tax and the environment. A promised billion doses of COVID-19 vaccine was...
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TechInnovation – Here are some of the most exciting green Technology Pioneers of 2021 (Sean Fleming, WEF)

Here is our pick of some of the most innovative and exciting green-tech pioneers. From lab-grown fish to food coatings you can eat. ...
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Southern Africa – Why Southern Africa is the perfect place to become the world’s solar hotspot (Hartmut Winkler, WEF)

The majority of South Africa has excellent conditions for solar power, writes a physics professor. However, the rollout of necessary facilities has been...
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Climate Change – Meet the world’s first 16 tonne electric truck (Douglas Broom, WEF)

Nine out of 10 people breathe polluted air, most of them in cities. Although there are ever more zero emission cars, trucks are...
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Sustainable Development – How the creative manufacturing and handmade sector can craft a post-COVID-19 future (Alison Phillips, WEF)

The COVID-19 pandemic brought many creative manufacturing and handmade businesses to a standstill; The sector's workforce is one of the world's largest, but...
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Gender Parity – 8 female CEOs on bridging the gender gap in tech (Hannah Ransom, WEF)

The technology industry is booming – in the first quarter of 2021, global venture investments reached $125 billion (a 94% year on year increase). But if...
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Climate Change – Human nature can combat climate change, says Belgium’s Prime Minister (Alexander De Croo, WEF)

COVID-19 pandemic has brought into sharp relief the EU's ambitious aim to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050. We can learn lessons from the...
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