UpLink, the World Economic Forum community supporting early-stage impact-focused entrepreneurs, launched four new initiatives today. These aim to ignite innovative technology solutions that can accelerate the transition to a circular carbon...
A report released today by the World Economic Forum’s Centre for Urban Transformation features best practices developed by pioneer cities that are reducing carbon emissions from urban development projects. As cities grow...
Global elites and world leaders met in Davos for the World Economic Forum’s (WEF) annual event. The wintery conditions belied the largely snowless Alps and a worrying downward trend in...
Key Impact Points: The World Economic Forum, supported by leading private sector and philanthropic partners of the Giving to Amplify Earth Action initiative (GAEA), announces today new commitments to unlock...
Key Impact Points Europe must transition towards greater sovereignty in defence, clean energy generation and essential technologies, including artificial intelligence (AI), quantum and semiconductors, announced President Emmanuel Macron of France...
BBVA Chair Carlos Torres Vila advocated for “involving the end consumer in the energy transition” in order to step up decarbonization. Speaking on a panel at the Davos meeting hosted...
Key Impact Points: The World Economic Forum announces today the launch of a new alliance to provide a platform for developing economies to raise awareness about their clean energy needs,...
Key Impact Points: The Schwab Foundation’s Global Alliance for Social Entrepreneurship today launched the Rise Ahead Pledge, a new initiative that will mobilize private sector commitments on social innovation to help...
Key Impact Points: In a special address at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2024, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres urged leaders to tackle the existential threats posed by climate...
The livelihoods of over half a billion people in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) are under threat, as current projections indicate a 4C increase by 2050. A new...
Brazil will require an estimated $200 billion (BRL 1 trillion) investment to reach its 2030 climate goals, according to a new study released by the World Economic Forum. That’s over...
HCL, a global conglomerate and UpLink, the open innovation platform of the World Economic Forum, announced opening the applications for the Zero Water Waste Challenge – part of the Aquapreneur Innovation Initiative....
In order to reach 2050 emissions reduction targets, trillions of dollars in public and private capital are needed to adopt and scale green energy technologies, financial experts told participants at...
Recent economic signals have given experts reasons for hope, if not complacency about the outlook for 2023. Signs of declining inflation, resilient consumer spending and strong labour markets, among others,...
Nine leading industrial clusters in China, Indonesia, Japan, Spain, and the United States have joined the World Economic Forum initiative, Transitioning Industrial Clusters towards Net Zero, to help industries reduce...
In a special address at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2023, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz reaffirmed Germany’s goal of attaining climate neutrality, or net-zero greenhouse gas emissions, by 2045....
Some 39 organizations signed the Global Health Equity Network Zero Health Gaps Pledge at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2023 in Davos and committed to take concerted action to advance health...
The World Economic Forum signed at the Annual Meeting 2023 a new partnership with the Government of Indonesia to support its ambitions to scale blue carbon restoration and ocean conservation...
World Economic Forum 2023 in Davos was an exciting and eventful day of discussions, speeches, and panels. The highlight of the day was a keynote address from Naomi Klein, author...
The second day of the World Economic Forum 2023 in Davos brings a lot of exciting happenings. Among the most talked about events was a speech by Indian Prime Minister...