Oil and gas industry needs to step up climate efforts now
Oil and gas companies are facing a critical challenge as the world
increasingly shifts towards clean energy transitions. Fossil fuels drive the
companies’ near-term returns, but...
Meet the Climate Heroes Coming to Davos
This year’s World Economic Forum 2020 Annual Meeting will be more
action-oriented than ever. Or, in the words of Founder and Executive Chairman
Klaus Schwab, a...
Artificial Intelligence Toolkit Helps Companies Protect Society and Their Business
The global spend on artificial intelligence (AI) is expected to hit $52
billion in the next three years and to double the annual growth rates...
New UNIDO publication on Quality Infrastructure and the SDGs
If
companies want to access and compete in new markets, they have to demonstrate
the quality and safety of their goods and services and comply with
international...
Leading Platform Companies Commit to Principles on Good Platform Work
Leading
platform companies – Cabify, Deliveroo, Grab, MBO Partners, Postmates and Uber
– have partnered through the World Economic Forum platform to create principles
for the quality...
2019 second hottest year on record
Last
year was the second warmest year on record, the World Meteorological
Organization (WMO) confirmed on Wednesday.
“The
average global temperature has risen by about 1.1°C since the pre-industrial
era and...
Drought in southern Africa: EU releases over €22 million in humanitarian aid
The
European Commission is mobilising a humanitarian aid package of €22.8 million
to help address emergency food needs and support vulnerable people in Eswatini,
Lesotho, Madagascar, Zambia...
Social Entrepreneurs Have Improved 622 Million Lives
Over
the past 20 years, social entrepreneurs working in partnership with the Schwab
Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship have improved the lives of 622 million
people around the...
Implementing peace deal only path for stabilization in Mali
Implementation of
the 2015 peace agreement in Mali provides the
only pathway for stabilization there, the head of UN
peacekeeping told the Security Council on Wednesday.
Jean-Pierre
Lacroix updated ambassadors on developments in the West African
country, where a UN operation,...
AIIB Investing to Address the Digital Divide in Asia
With four billion people globally still
unconnected, the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) is seeking to
address the growing digital divide.
In Asia only 26 per...