World Economic Forum Plato was right: we need more scientists at the heart of global governanceweforum.org This article is part of the World Economic Forum's Geostrategy platform In the famous Dialogues of Plato one of the central themes in the essay …
World Economic ForumWorld Economic Forum 5 creative alternatives to plastic packagingweforum.org - Katharine Rooney Around 13 million tonnes of plastic leaks into our oceans every year, causing untold damage to marine life, biodiversity and human health. Most …
World Economic ForumWorld Economic Forum UK renewables generate more electricity than fossil fuels for first timeweforum.org - Simon Evans In the third quarter of 2019, the UK’s windfarms, solar panels, biomass and hydro plants generated more electricity than the combined output from …
World Economic ForumWorld Economic Forum What paleoecology can teach us about fires in the Amazonweforum.org - Katharine Rooney The Amazon rainforest has been ravaged by fire in 2019 – much of it believed to be fuelled by deforestation. This is how Germany is fighting to save …
World Economic ForumWorld Economic Forum It’s time we harnessed Big Data for goodweforum.org - Bob Grove Technology and data have transformed the way we live, work and play. So far, the outcomes have been mixed. While we are undoubtedly more connected …
World Economic ForumWorld Economic Forum How keeping score can end the era of short-termismweforum.org - Klaus Schwab As finance ministers gather for the World Bank and International Monetary Fund’s annual meetings, they will face no shortage of urgent matters to …
World Economic ForumFisheries Small-scale fisheries are old, driven by tradition and vital for our oceansweforum.org - John Virdin Flying along the coast in Senegal, it’s impossible not to notice thousands of dots below in the water. These are large, planked fishing canoes, the …
World Economic ForumWorld Economic Forum Davos 2020: World Economic Forum announces the themeweforum.org - Oliver Cann The World Economic Forum has announced the theme and details for its 50th Annual Meeting, to be held 21-24 January in Davos, Switzerland. The …
World Economic ForumFourth Industrial Revolution Welcome to the age of the platform nationweforum.org - Samir Saran Since the First Industrial Revolution, growth and welfare have depended upon increasing the efficiency of production. Specialization, manufacturing, …
World Economic ForumWorld Economic Forum Switzerland has the most highly skilled workers in the world. This is whyweforum.org - Kate Whiting For a country that fits into the state of California 10 times, Switzerland punches above its weight when it comes to global competitiveness. In the …
World Economic ForumWorld Economic Forum Altruism can be good for business, as these companies showweforum.org - Isaac Getz Despite all the benefits that capitalism has brought to society, we have reached the moment when its downsides – social and environmental – have …
World Economic ForumPoverty This is how we've been able to measure extreme poverty over the agesweforum.org - Max Roser The poverty researcher Martin Ravallion spent decades researching how poverty can be measured and which policies can help us in our fight against …
World Economic ForumChildbirth The shocking abuse that many women endure during childbirthweforum.org - University of Melbourne The study shows that women were at the highest risk of experience physical and verbal abuse between 30 minutes of birth until 15 minutes after …
World Economic ForumWorld Economic Forum Developing countries export so much of their fish stocks that they lack basic nutrients, researchers sayweforum.org - Thin Lei Win Much of the fish on supermarket shelves in Europe comes from developing countries which can export more than 90% of their catch. Swapping fish for …
World Economic ForumEducation These countries spend the most on educationweforum.org - Emma Charlton Luxembourg leads the way on education spending on a per-student basis, followed by the US and Sweden, according to a recent report from the …
World Economic ForumWorld Economic Forum How to harness data to tackle rare diseasesweforum.org - Peter Goodhand Every year, millions of patients and families experience the emotional and financial burden of the seemingly unending “diagnostic odyssey” of a rare …
World Economic ForumFourth Industrial Revolution Wages are flatlining around the world – is automation to blame?weforum.org - Emma Charlton Fast-paced technological developments like automation are becoming an everyday reality, transforming the workplace. And a new report from recruitment …
World Economic ForumMental Health We need to talk about mental health at work, say employeesweforum.org - Rosamond Hutt Half of Millennials and 75% of Generation Z workers have left a job voluntarily for mental health reasons, compared to 20% of older …
World Economic ForumWorld Economic Forum After a horrific year of fires, how can Indonesia save its forests?weforum.org - Sakinah Ummu Haniy Indonesia's forest fires have made headlines globally over the past few weeks. This year's forest fires have affected millions of people. Schools …
World Economic ForumThe Arctic We can save the Arctic if we follow the Nordic countries' leadweforum.org - Paula Lehtomäki The Arctic, with its unique and vulnerable ecosystem, is particularly sensitive to rising global temperatures. Limiting the consequences of climate …
World Economic ForumWorld Economic Forum Just by going to work, you could be polluting your entire officeweforum.org - Kayla Wiles You could be polluting your office space, new research suggests. Researchers have been conducting one of the largest studies of its kind in the office …
World Economic ForumWorld Economic Forum The 7 most pervasive ‘Mom stereotypes’weforum.org - Angie Hunt New research documents the stereotypes that moms both face and apply to others. “It’s not unusual for moms to have low self-esteem or feel they’re not …
World Economic ForumEmerging Markets Here’s how companies can benefit from the emerging market boomweforum.org - Aubrey Hruby Emerging markets may be subject to political uncertainty and volatile commodity prices, but they also happen to be among the fastest-growing …
World Economic ForumManagement The way your company approaches strategic communication is flawed – here’s whyweforum.org - Knowledge @Wharton Strategists often wait too long to invest in communications, and as a result they often miss multiple opportunities to make strategy development more …
World Economic ForumEducation Sex education can prevent rapes, unsafe abortions and save livesweforum.org - Helen Clark All girls and boys – and all women and men, for that matter – can benefit from comprehensive knowledge about safe sexual behavior. Yet opposition to …
World Economic ForumWorld Economic Forum Being interrupted at work could be good for you – sometimesweforum.org - Elana Feldman An email pops up on your screen. It’s a client sharing a project update. A Slack message appears. It’s your boss asking a question. A text alert …
World Economic ForumRwanda Rwanda pioneers first 'made in Africa' smartphonesweforum.org - Clement Uwiringiyimana Rwanda’s Mara Group has launched two smartphones, describing them as the first “Made in Africa” models and giving a boost to the country’s ambitions …
World Economic ForumHousing 5 million homes in 5 years – that’s Pakistan’s pledge to its peopleweforum.org - Rina Chandran An ambitious plan to build five million affordable homes within five years in Pakistan will tap student architects and use local materials and new …
World Economic ForumRenewable Energy How private equity can fund the fight against climate changeweforum.org - Jennifer Wong Technological advances in wind and solar now make renewable energy cost-competitive with traditional forms of energy generation. However, despite …
World Economic ForumWorld Economic Forum Economics Nobel Prize 2019 is awarded for 'alleviating global poverty'weforum.org - Arnab Bhattacharjee The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2019 (commonly known as the Nobel Prize for Economics) has been awarded to …
