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A steady stream of revelations about a desolate, forbidding region have helped build a stronger case for doing more to combat climate change.

To be successful in a post-pandemic world, business leaders should focus on being phygital, agile, anti-fragile, exponential and curious, write two experts.

coronavirus, health, COVID19, pandemic What is the World Economic Forum doing to manage emerging risks from COVID-19? The first global pandemic in more than 100 years, COVID-19 has spread throughout the world at an unprecedented speed. At the time of writing, 4.5 million cases have been confirmed and more than 300,000 people have died due to the virus. As countries seek to recover, some of the more long-term economic, business, environmental, societal and technological challenges and op...

Displaced people, particularly those employed in sectors that have been highly impacted by COVID-19, are having issues integrating into the labor market.

This group of remarkable people under 40 come from different communities and industries worldwide. We celebrate the individuals in this class of 2021 and the difference they are committed to making globally, particularly at this critical juncture. Over the past year, the world has dealt first hand with the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, systemic inequalities, discrepancies in our healthcare systems, economic downturns and education shifting to digital. While many leaders call on the need to ...

These creative spirits are being dampened by long hours, burn out, or disillusionment with corporate systems. A culture change is needed at corporations if they are to fully access this precious internal source of renewable energy. As the world visibly slowed down to cope with the grip of the global pandemic, people who didn’t consider themselves part of the green agenda began to recognise the benefits of fresh air and smog-free cities. It’s a timely reminder for the discussions taking plac...

With our systems and infrastructure failing multiple facets of our societies, work to promote diversity and inclusion has never been more important. A more assertive course of action to advance diversity and inclusion focuses on efforts by the Forum of Young Global Leaders to strategize, upskill and report. We will re-examine our process for identifying and selecting YGLs to ensure it is one that helps inspire and open doors for new generations of leaders from diverse backgrounds. When I was 14...

April 14, 2021 last updated 16:59 ET Chinese President Xi Jinping at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Jan. 17, 2017 (AP photo by Michel Euler). Globalization’s Perverse Convergence In retrospect, the early 2000s can be considered, if not the high-water mark, then the golden age of contemporary globalization. Liberalized trade had achieved a quasi-theological status, with the catalogue of its benefits—both real and anticipated—extending far bey...

Decarbonizing the Humber industrial cluster will play a big role in the UK's climate goals – and can light the way for clusters around the world, too.

WTO chief calls for urgent vaccine boost in developing countries, US vaccinates over 93 million and South Korea prioritizes vaccines for auto chip buyers.