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The impact of the EU's CBAM on business and the carbon-pricing landscape: With the EU's CBAM about to come into full effect, other jurisdictions around the world ...
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The impact of the EU's CBAM on business and the carbon-pricing landscape
Why is it so hard to talk about money? For some the barrier might be cultural or social; for others it can be emotional, especially where financial ... Show more

Global Future Council on Financial Education
The first Annual Meeting in 1971 brought together 450 participants from 31 countries in the Swiss Alps, setting out a bold idea that companies should serve all ... Show more
How integration of national grids can power Africa’s future: Africa can unlock its vast energy potential through integration of their national grids ...
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How integration of national grids can power Africa’s future
AI for sustainable development: how Bahrain is driving public-sector transformation through tech
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AI for sustainable development: how Bahrain is driving public-sector ...
16 books that changed leaders in 2025: From CEOs of multinationals to start-up founders and Ivy League professors, what was on leaders' reading lists in 2025? ...
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16 books that changed leaders in 2025
From salt farmers to solar technicians: this project is boosting women's incomes by 600% - while cutting CO2 emissions. India's largest union of poor informal ... Show more

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#Copenhagen is enlisting an unusual ally in the fight to protect itself from ever-increasing rainfall: its parks. Many of the city’s historic green spaces have been ... Show more

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How the private sector can boost utility resilience amid climate change: Utility resilience is key for businesses as climate risks grow, but adaptation finance ...
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How the private sector can boost utility resilience amid climate change
The AI energy challenge: How to scale responsibly and win : Data centre electricity demand is only rising, making efficiency gains and clean energy urgent ...
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The AI energy challenge: How to scale responsibly and win
Having surgery can be an overwhelming experience. But early evidence shows that #VR could help, explains Dr John Stulak from Mayo Clinic ... Show more

Accelerating responsible digital transformation of healthcare ecosystems globally
Which roles will see the highest growth in demand by 2030? And which #skills are #employers looking for? Learn the answers in the World Economic Forum’s Future of ... Show more

The Future of Jobs Report 2025
How to build the circular economy after global talks stall: Post 'Paris Agreement for Plastics' and COP30 in Belém, we are shifting from negotiation to alignment ...
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How to build the circular economy after global talks stall
Comfort Ero, President and Chief Executive Officer of the International Crisis Group (ICG), will join the World Economic Forum’s Annual Meeting 2026 in #Davos ... Show more

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Innovation beyond borders: MENA diaspora entrepreneurs are reshaping systems: Diaspora entrepreneurs are perfectly placed to act as builders of cooperation and ...
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Innovation beyond borders: MENA diaspora entrepreneurs are reshaping ...
Japan is building an inclusive workforce through disability employment: Japan is moving to expand disability employment through stronger policies ...
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Japan is building an inclusive workforce through disability employment
The top nature and climate stories of 2025: From 'no deal' on a global plastics treaty to renewables overtaking coal in power production ...
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The top nature and climate stories of 2025
Imagine trying to solve several different jigsaw puzzles all at once - without being able to see the pictures on the boxes ... Show more

Industries in the Intelligent Age White Paper Series
Nawaf Salam, President of the Council of Ministers of Lebanon, will join the World Economic Forum’s Annual Meeting 2026 in #Davos , Switzerland ... Show more

World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2026
Artificial intelligence is reshaping industries, but its rapid rise brings energy demands that could offset #climate gains. A new report from the World Economic ... Show more

From Paradox to Progress: A Net-Positive AI Energy Framework
#Quantum tech is transforming health and life sciences - speeding up drug discovery and enabling earlier, less invasive diagnostics ... Show more

Quantum Technologies: Strategic Imperatives for Health and Healthcare Leaders 2025
With just 0.5 doctors per 1,000 people, access to essential care remains a major challenge in #Indonesia – especially for the 41% of the population living in rural ... Show more

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Behind every World Economic Forum Annual Meeting is a host country whose continuity and commitment make this gathering possible. For over five decades ... Show more

World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2026
The top-performing nations on clean energy are well-known - but what about the planet’s biggest innovators? From an Asian powerhouse that builds 70% of the ... Show more

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The world needs a transition to 'precision globalization': In this new era of 'precision globalization', multinational companies must be able to tune the best ...
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The world needs a transition to 'precision globalization'
5 ways to push progress on the industrial energy transition: The industrial energy transition is underway. Here's where we see progress and pressure – and what ...
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5 ways to push progress on the industrial energy transition
In an era of shrinking aid budgets and rising displacement, businesses have a part to play in helping refugees, says Raouf Mazou ... Show more

The UN is marking its 80th birthday with a plan for change
Sinking cities, the world's best cities – and more urban transformation news: Top stories: Urgent action needed on sinking cities; London tops the World's Best ...
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Sinking cities, the world's best cities – and more urban transformation ...
10 ways to turbocharge partnerships in global development: Since 2015, Unilever, the UK’s FCDO and EY have collaborated via the TRANSFORM public-private ...
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10 ways to turbocharge partnerships in global development
Building energy reliability into the low-carbon economy: In Latin America, energy reliability can result from a resilient electricity system that creates a solid ...
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Building energy reliability into the low-carbon economy
79% of healthcare professionals are optimistic that AI can improve patient outcomes. Fewer patients are optimistic about AI in healthcare overall ... Show more

Accelerating responsible digital transformation of healthcare ecosystems globally
How to turn a $5 trillion green economy into long-term growth: The green economy is growing – companies involved often financially outperform twofold. Now ...
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How to turn a $5 trillion green economy into long-term growth
How Asian firms are decarbonizing value chains for growth: Decarbonization of Scope 3 emissions along value chains is complex, but many Asian businesses are ...
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How Asian firms are decarbonizing value chains for growth
Packaging is a huge contributor to the #plastic crisis, accounting for 40% of all plastic waste. Using bamboo offcuts from the construction industry ... Show more

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In Europe’s highest town, preparations are underway for the World Economic Forum’s Annual Meeting, which will take place 19-23 January 2026 ... Show more

Davos 2026: World Economic Forum's 56th Annual Meeting takes place under the theme ‘A Spirit of Dialogue’
Collective action is reshaping philanthropy and partnerships: Collective action is reshaping Canadian philanthropy, shifting funder–non-profit relationships ...
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Collective action is reshaping philanthropy and partnerships
Want to know the #books that changed how 15 top change makers build, think and lead? Check out the books #CEOs , founders and Harvard University professors ... Show more

15 top leaders share the books that changed them: 2025 Books Roundup
Africa’s social enterprises are rewriting the continent’s growth story: Around 2.18 million African social enterprises generate around $96 billion in annual ...
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Africa’s social enterprises are rewriting the continent’s growth story
AI and education: why human connection and care are key: Care is more vital than content in education, says Akshay Saxena of Avanti Fellows ...
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AI and education: why human connection and care are key
In the #Amazon , old giants are quietly growing bigger. Amid climate change, mining, fires, and deforestation, a new study shows that the average tree size is ... Show more

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What if a factory could make cars one day and smartphones the next? That’s the idea behind universal factories - and CynLr’s CyRo #robot is bringing that ... Show more

Meet the tech pioneers driving innovation in 2025
Batteries pose a growing problem at e-waste facilities, sparking fires in refuse trucks or processing lines. And due to the rise of low-cost ‘fast tech’ such ... Show more

Securing Minerals for the Energy Transition: Unlocking the Value Chain through Policy, Investment and Innovation 2024
#Quantum computing holds enormous potential, but realising it requires bridging the complex gap between laboratory theory and real-world application ... Show more

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The World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2025 brought together nearly 3,000 leaders from more than 130 countries to explore the promise and pressures of a ... Show more

World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2026
Meet Mexico’s ‘cocineras solas’ or solar cooks. These Indigenous women from Oaxaca state have swapped their traditional wood or gas-fired ovens with clean ... Show more

Putting people, together with planet, at the centre of the shift to a low-carbon future.
Gaps in nature finance, data gathering, and community engagement are holding back global #conservation efforts. To address these critical barriers ... Show more

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How can leadership evolve in a volatile world?: Amid falling trust and rapid change, leadership must evolve. Success requires new models grounded in ethics ...
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How can leadership evolve in a volatile world?
How Australia can lead the global transition to green iron: A shift to renewable energy-produced green iron could help Australia abate up to 4% of global ...
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How Australia can lead the global transition to green iron
Don't treat it like dirt – healthy soil boosts resilience: This World Soils Day, leaders should consider what communities, businesses and economies would look ...
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Don't treat it like dirt – healthy soil boosts resilience
The countdown to #WEF26 is on. In a world of accelerating change, dialogue has never mattered more. On 19–23 January 2026, leaders from government, business ... Show more

World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2026
How China adds more renewable energy than any other economy: China is adding more solar and wind power to its energy grid than any other economy – but that huge ...
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How China adds more renewable energy than any other economy
Investment in 'green' computing can unlock $1.5t in Africa : Africa has the talent for AI, but without affordable GPUs and green computing ...
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Investment in 'green' computing can unlock $1.5t in Africa
#AI is transforming the ways we work so fast that it presents a moving target for students trying to prepare for the #jobs of tomorrow. Here, Raquel Bernal ... Show more

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Growth measured in humanity: why dialogue must shape the new economy: The future of growth must be shaped by human values and the spirit of dialogue – which ...
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Growth measured in humanity: why dialogue must shape the new economy
#Tech powers the modern world. But without urgent action, rapid advances could threaten global #resilience . The World Economic Forum's latest report ... Show more

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How data centres can avoid doubling their energy use by 2030: Data centres consume immense energy but leading facilities use around 84% less than the norm; ...
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How data centres can avoid doubling their energy use by 2030
Beneath urban centres worldwide, leaking #water infrastructure means cities often release untreated wastewater directly into the environment ... Show more

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The #green economy is already a multitrillion-dollar market, projected to exceed $7 trillion by 2030. This latest World Economic Forum report ... Show more

Already a Multi-Trillion-Dollar Market: CEO Guide to Growth in the Green Economy
Davos in charts: The convening power of the Annual Meeting: The World Economic Forum's Annual Meeting in Davos has brought together leaders for over half a ...
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Davos in charts: The convening power of the Annual Meeting
‘Social engineering’ scams target people directly, manipulating them into revealing data or providing access to funds. But Filipino government #cybersecurity expert ... Show more

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Davos 2026: World Economic Forum's 56th Annual Meeting takes place under the theme ‘A Spirit of Dialogue’
#Water has a global economic value of $58 trillion yet it receives less than 1% of climate-tech investments, according to experts ... Show more

Why investment in water is crucial to tackling the climate crisis
The pursuit of economic growth has raised living standards and lifted millions out of poverty - but this progress has been achieved with a significant cost to ... Show more

Making the Green Transition Work for People and the Economy 2025
The World Economic Forum's Annual Meeting will take place 19–23 January 2026 in Davos, Switzerland. Find out more about #WEF26 here: World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2026
The AI-energy nexus will dictate AI’s future. Here's why: Global AI spend will exceed $2 trillion in 2026. Now, it's the energy-AI nexus that will determine this ...
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The AI-energy nexus will dictate AI’s future. Here's why
A twice-yearly injection of this new drug can prevent high-risk populations from catching #HIV . Now the EU has given it a green light ... Show more

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At its heart, the universe is fundamentally unpredictable. Even Einstein found this mind-boggling aspect of reality difficult to get his head around – but it ... Show more

Quantum Technologies: Key Strategies and Opportunities for Financial Services 2025
Using electrification to boost European competitiveness: To boost the energy transition, electrification can cut emissions, support future demand and drive ...
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Using electrification to boost European competitiveness
Singapore launches quantum readiness tools, the UK's new cyber laws - and other cybersecurity news
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Singapore launches quantum readiness tools, the UK's new cyber laws - and ...
Discover the latest must-read finance stories: Top finance stories to read: Summits push for private finance; Banking enters the 'agentic era'; Big ...
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Discover the latest must-read finance stories
Just like a lizard, these #robots climb walls and pipelines gathering data on the state of critical infrastructure. A software platform powered by #AI uses ... Show more

Technology Convergence Report 2025
How the bioeconomy is enhancing the 5 senses: Merging biological and digital worlds, the bioeconomy can help us tackle the climate crisis as well as food ...
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How the bioeconomy is enhancing the 5 senses
About half of the world’s 7,000 languages are under threat - and especially its Indigenous languages, which are disappearing at a rate of one a fortnight ... Show more

Advancing Responsible AI Innovation: A Playbook 2025
It’s difficult to break down old clothes so the fibres can be reused - but this process can #recycle cotton fibres up to 10 times ... Show more

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Money myths: 3 experts debunk common financial misconceptions: Myths continue to influence how people approach financial matters. To separate fact from fiction ...
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Money myths: 3 experts debunk common financial misconceptions
Reflections from the Chief Risk Officers Community: In a more dynamic world, it is increasingly important for organizations to understand ...
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Reflections from the Chief Risk Officers Community
#Caregivers in Hong Kong struggle to balance work, family, and looking after elderly relatives, with one in three reporting high stress levels ... Show more

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This month in AI: The rise and risks of AI shopping agents: From AI-powered shopping to fresh research insights and the latest governance moves ...
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This month in AI: The rise and risks of AI shopping agents
Around 9 in 10 women living in northern #Ghana ’s rural areas rely on shea trees for their income. Most live on less than $2 a day ... Show more

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