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Social Innovators of the Year 2023: Creating Opportunities for Youth in Rural Nigeria and Protecting the Amazon

The Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship announced today 16 awardees for social innovation in 2023. The 2023 Social Innovators of the Year includes a list...

Cybercrime Initiative to Boost Coordination between Private Sector and Law Enforcement

In an effort to tackle rising cybercrime levels, the World Economic Forum launched today at the Annual Meeting 2023 an initiative to map cybercriminal...

Landmark Reports on Future of Metaverse Focus on Interoperability and Value Creation

The Defining and Building the Metaverse initiative, launched by the World Economic Forum in May 2022, has released initial findings in two briefing papers...

United States: Life after default

The transition of the US House of Representatives under the control of the Republicans threatens America with a default. The fact is that the...

The Reskilling Revolution: 350 Million People Reached with Future-Ready Skills, Education and Jobs

The World Economic Forum today announced that more than 350 million people are being reached with better skills, jobs and education through commitments made...

World Economic Forum Launches the Centre for Trustworthy Technology

The World Economic Forum is launching the Centre for Trustworthy Technology in Austin, Texas. Its mission is to promote responsible production and use of...

Geopolitical Instability Raises Threat of ‘Catastrophic Cyberattack in Next Two Years’

Geopolitical instability is exacerbating the risk of catastrophic cyberattacks, according to the Global Cybersecurity Outlook 2023 report, which was launched today at the World...

New Initiative to Help Unlock $3 Trillion Needed a Year for Climate and Nature

The World Economic Forum, supported by more than 45 partners today launched the Giving to Amplify Earth Action (GAEA), a global initiative to fund...

WEF Establishes Purpose-driven Metaverse to Tackle World’s Most Pressing Challenges

The World Economic Forum, in partnership with Accenture and Microsoft, today unveiled at its Annual Meeting 2023 a working prototype of its Global Collaboration...

Unchecked Cyberattacks ‘Are Growing Threat to Fragile Global Economy’

Adoption of connected devices during the pandemic led to a dramatic increase in cyberattacks. According to a new report launched today at the World...

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