The Reskilling Revolution: Better Skills, Better Jobs, Better Education for a Billion People by 2030
The World Economic Forum today launches Reskilling Revolution, a multistakeholder initiative aiming to provide better education, new
skills and better work to a billion people...
Forgotten Your Password? Not Having One Will Make You Safer
A new report released by the World Economic Forum finds that freeing
ourselves of passwords will actually make us safer and businesses more
efficient. Cybercrime is...
Insufficient paid work affects almost half a billion people
Almost half
a billion people are working fewer paid hours than they would like or lack
adequate access to paid work, according to a new International...
CEO pessimism over global growth reaches record high
As we enter a new decade, CEOs are showing record levels of pessimism in
the global economy, with 53% predicting a decline in the rate...
Revealed: Why Economies Benefit from Fixing Inequality
Creating societies where every person has the same opportunity to fulfil
their potential in life irrespective of socioeconomic background would not only
bring huge societal benefits...
Seeking New Leadership: Youth Voices Say Success in New Decade Requires New Approach
The 2020s have been declared the “decade of delivery” for society to come
together and tackle the challenges ahead. To succeed in this new era...
Half of World’s GDP Moderately or Highly Dependent on Nature
Businesses are more dependent on nature and biodiversity than expected,
according to The New
Nature Economy Report, released today.
Analysis of 163 industry sectors and their...
Appetite for Change: 4 New Ideas to Incentivize Change in How We Produce and Consume Food
A
new report by the World Economic Forum, Incentivizing
Food Systems Transformation, highlights the role of incentives
to effectively shift behaviour of 7.7 billion people who produce...
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...
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...