Tag: World Economic Forum

GLOBAL EYE – How the institutional response to COVID-19 can prepare us for climate change (Giulio Boccaletti, World Economic Forum)

Political institutions' response to the pandemic could be a crucial dress-rehearsal for a transition to a different economic model in the face of...

GLOBAL EYE – Here’s how fishing stifles the ocean’s ability to capture carbon (Harrison Tasoff, Futurity, World Economic Forum)

When fish die naturally, their bodies and the carbon they contain sink to the depths of the ocean. Yet when fished, this carbon...

NEW ZEALAND – New Zealand is about to declare a climate emergency – here’s what that means (Praveen Menon, Reuters, World Economic Forum)

The Prime Minister of New Zealand, Jacinda Ardern, is putting forward a motion to declare a climate emergency on Wednesday. If passed, New...

GLOBAL EYE – This project maps bees around the globe. Here’s why that matters (Marie Quinney, World Economic Forum)

There are many more bee species than most people realise - more than 20,000 - and now, we know where to find them. This...

NORTH KOREA – Why sanctions are not the way to fix relations with North Korea (Geoffrey See, World Economic Forum)

How the two Koreas cooperate on the Gangwon province could make it the site for the next stage of the peace process. North...

GLOBAL EYE – Remote working is here to stay. But who will be doing it? (Anu Madgavkar, Susan Lund, WEF)

• Questions remain about how persistent remote working will be post-pandemic. • A fifth of the workforce in advanced economies can work just as effectively...

GLOBAL EYE – Why addressing the aluminium industry’s carbon footprint is key to climate action (Renee Van Heusden, Morrison Harr, Mary Puleo, World Economic...

The aluminium industry must act now to meet global decarbonisation goals. It generates 2% of global human-caused emissions. 2020 could mark a turning...

GLOBAL EYE – 3 ways to fight corruption and restore trust in leadership (Børge Brende, Pedro Gabriel Gomez Pensado, World Economic Forum)

As people around the world place their trust in the production and distribution of a COVID-19 vaccine, we must ensure corruption does not...