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The World Economic Forum

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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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
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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AI for sustainable development: how Bahrain is driving public-sector transformation through tech
weforum.org/stories/2025/12/ai-bahrain-sustainability/

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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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
Davos Baukultur Alliance
Davos Baukultur Alliance

How the private sector can boost utility resilience amid climate change: Utility resilience is key for businesses as climate risks grow, but adaptation finance ...
weforum.org/stories/2025/12/4-ways-the-private-sector-can-empower-utility-resilience-amid-severe-climate-risks/
The AI energy challenge: How to scale responsibly and win : Data centre electricity demand is only rising, making efficiency gains and clean energy urgent ...
weforum.org/stories/2025/12/net-positive-ai-energy-2030/

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
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
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 ...
weforum.org/stories/2025/12/building-circular-economy-after-global-negotiations-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
World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2026
Crises beneath the Headlines
World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2026
Crises beneath the Headlines
Innovation beyond borders: MENA diaspora entrepreneurs are reshaping systems: Diaspora entrepreneurs are perfectly placed to act as builders of cooperation and ...
weforum.org/stories/2025/12/mena-diaspora-entrepreneur/

Japan is building an inclusive workforce through disability employment: Japan is moving to expand disability employment through stronger policies ...
weforum.org/stories/2025/12/building-an-inclusive-workforce-through-disability-employment-in-japan/

The top nature and climate stories of 2025: From 'no deal' on a global plastics treaty to renewables overtaking coal in power production ...
weforum.org/stories/2025/12/top-nature-and-climate-stories-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
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
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
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
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
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
World Economic Forum
World Economic Forum

The world needs a transition to 'precision globalization': In this new era of 'precision globalization', multinational companies must be able to tune the best ...
weforum.org/stories/2025/12/world-needs-precision-globalization-how-pharma-showing-way/

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 ...
weforum.org/stories/2025/12/industrial-energy-transition-progress-pressure/
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
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 ...
weforum.org/stories/2025/12/sinking-cities-and-other-urban-transformation-stories-to-read/

10 ways to turbocharge partnerships in global development: Since 2015, Unilever, the UK’s FCDO and EY have collaborated via the TRANSFORM public-private ...
weforum.org/stories/2025/12/ways-to-turbocharge-public-private-partnerships-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 ...
weforum.org/stories/2025/12/resilience-amid-power-blackouts-lessons-for-energy-reliability-in-latin-america/

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
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 ...
weforum.org/stories/2025/12/the-5t-green-economy-is-growing-here-s-how-ceos-can-turn-opportunity-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 ...
weforum.org/stories/2025/12/how-asian-businesses-are-using-value-chain-decarbonization-to-drive-growth-and-sustainability/

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’
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 ...
weforum.org/stories/2025/12/how-collective-action-is-rewiring-philanthropic-and-community-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
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 ...
weforum.org/stories/2025/12/africa-s-2-18-million-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 ...
weforum.org/stories/2025/12/ai-is-transforming-education-by-allowing-us-to-be-more-human/

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
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
Securing Minerals for the Energy Transition: Unlocking the Value Chain through Policy, Investment and Innovation 2024

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
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.
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 ...
weforum.org/stories/2025/12/in-a-volatile-world-how-can-leadership-evolve/

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 ...
weforum.org/stories/2025/12/australia-global-transition-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 ...
weforum.org/stories/2025/12/healthy-soils-and-land-global-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
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 ...
weforum.org/stories/2025/12/china-adding-more-renewables-to-grid/
Investment in 'green' computing can unlock $1.5t in Africa : Africa has the talent for AI, but without affordable GPUs and green computing ...
weforum.org/stories/2025/12/investing-in-green-compute-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
Education - Accelerators network
Education - Accelerators network

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 ...
weforum.org/stories/2025/12/growth-dialogue-humanity/

#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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World Economic Forum
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; ...
weforum.org/stories/2025/12/data-centres-and-energy-demand/

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
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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‘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’
World Economic Forum
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
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
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 ...
weforum.org/stories/2025/12/ai-energy-nexus-ai-future/

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
Health For All Initiative
Health For All Initiative

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
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 ...
weforum.org/stories/2025/11/electrification-europe-reinvested-energy-transition/

Singapore launches quantum readiness tools, the UK's new cyber laws - and other cybersecurity news
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Discover the latest must-read finance stories: Top finance stories to read: Summits push for private finance; Banking enters the 'agentic era'; Big ...
weforum.org/stories/2025/11/summits-push-blended-finance-and-other-finance-news-to-know/

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
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 ...
weforum.org/stories/2025/11/bioeconomy-biotechnology-circular-economy/

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
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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Technology Pioneers: Innovators Addressing Global Challenges | World Economic Fo

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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Reflections from the Chief Risk Officers Community: In a more dynamic world, it is increasingly important for organizations to understand ...
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#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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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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