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This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Adrian Gore, Group Chief Executive, Discovery As a society, we are living in increasingly poor health. Today, 70% of deaths worldwide are attributable to four lifestyle behaviours: physical inactivity, poor diet, excess alcohol consumption and smoking. This is […]
This article was exclusively written for The European Sting by one of our passionate writers, Ms. Kaksha Parrikh, a medical graduate from MBBS from Govt. medical college, Bhavnagar, Gujarat, India. The opinions expressed within reflect only the writer’s views and not necessarily The European Sting’s position on the issue. Similar to covid 19 pandemic, there is a […]
This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Habib Abdur-Rahman, Global Head of Sustainability, Investcorp, Brynne Stanton, Thematic Lead, Bioeconomy – Center for the Fourth Industrial Revolution (C4IR), World Economic Forum, Faisal Khan, Director, Precision Medicine Lab Synthetic biology has significant potential to decarbonize the necessities […]
This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Gim Huay Neo, Managing Director, Centre for Nature and Climate, World Economic Forum, Saroj Kumar Jha, Global Director, Water Global Practice, The World Bank With just seven years left to meet the Sustainable Development Goals, the world remains […]
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. The European Commission will invest €90 million in 17 new research projects contributing to the EU Mission: ‘A Soil Deal for Europe’. These projects will work on restoring and protecting soil health for the sustainable production of healthy food, protecting biodiversity, building climate resilience, […]
This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Johnny Wood Writer, Forum Agenda This weekly round-up contains key nature and climate news from the past week. Top nature and climate stories: World nations agree global fund to protect nature; Severe drought in Panama causes shipping delays; […]
This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Holger Stamm, Principal, Oliver Wyman (MMC), Nils Naujok, Partner, Energy and Natural Resources, Oliver Wyman (MMC) Steel production is the planet’s largest-emitting manufacturing sector, responsible for 7% of all man-made greenhouse gas emissions. This is because it relies […]
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. As several countries grapple with rapidly spreading wildfires, the EU steps in to reinforce firefighting efforts and provide much-needed support to the affected communities with over 490 firefighters and 9 firefighting planes deployed to Greece and Tunisia since 18 July. The two Mediterranean countries […]
This article is brought to you in association with the European Parliament. On Thursday, Parliament adopted plans to increase EU production of ammunition and missiles to address the current shortage. According to the text, agreed upon with Council last week, the Act in Support of Ammunition Production (ASAP) aims to accelerate the delivery of ammunition and […]
This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Ian Shine, Senior Writer, Forum Agenda This article was originally published in May 2023. The UK, Vietnam, Poland, Spain, China, Latvia, Myanmar, Portugal, Belarus, the Netherlands, Thailand … these are just some of the countries where temperature records […]
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. Today, the Commission is proposing rules to make producers responsible for the full lifecycle of textile products and to support the sustainable management of textile waste across the EU. This initiative will accelerate the development of the separate collection, sorting, reuse and recycling sector […]
This article is brought to you in association with the European Parliament. The law would ensure that EU sanctions are enforced uniformly across member states, with common definitions and dissuasive penalties. On Thursday, MEPs in the Civil Liberties Committee adopted a draft negotiating mandate on violating and circumventing EU sanctions by 36 votes in favour, 2 […]
This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author:Ian Shine, Senior Writer, Forum Agenda A single long-haul flight can create more carbon emissions in a few hours than the average person in 56 different countries will generate in an entire year. So is it possible for aviation […]
This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum./ Author: Emma Charlton, Writer, Forum Agenda Stress, work-life balance and the cost-of-living crisis. That’s what’s keeping younger people up at night, according to Deloitte’s latest Gen Z and Millennial Survey. And the report uncovers deep-seated unease about the future, with […]
This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Kate Whiting, Senior Writer, Forum Agenda The future looks more hopeful for the giant turtles of the Galapagos Islands thanks to Ecuador’s innovative “debt-for-nature” swap that raises money to protect the endangered ecosystem. Millions will go towards conservation on […]
This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Andrea Willige, Senior Writer, Forum Agenda Sea surface temperatures have hit a record high, leading to marine heatwaves around the globe, the Guardian reports. This is according to data compiled by the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) in […]
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. The Commission welcomes the provisional political agreement reached by the European Parliament and Council on a new Regulation to protect the intellectual property for craft and industrial products that rely on the originality and authenticity of traditional skills from their regions. This framework will […]
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. On 27 April the European Commissioner for Home Affairs – Ylva Johansson – travelled to Tunisia. She met Nabil Ammar (Minister for Foreign Affairs, Migration and Tunisians abroad), Kamel Feki (Minister of Interior) and Malek Ezzahi (Minister for Social Affairs). This visit is part of the EU and its Member States’ […]
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. On Tuesday, the Civil Liberties Committee adopted its position on new rules for checks at EU borders and updated its negotiating mandate on asylum procedures. With 41 votes in favour, 17 against, and 7 abstentions, MEPs backed a new regulation on screening at EU […]
This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Johnny Wood, Writer, Forum Agenda 1. Rising bottled water use signals safe drinking water goal is under threat, says UN think tank Surging global bottled water consumption reflects the failure by governments to improve public water supplies, which […]
This article is brought to you in association with the European Parliament. The new digital identity framework would provide EU citizens with digital access to key public services across EU borders. Parliament on Thursday confirmed -with 418 votes to 103, with 24 abstentions- the negotiating mandate for talks with the EU member states on the revision […]
This article was exclusively written for The European Sting by Ms. Mariana Fonseca Santana, a second-year medical student from Universidade Tiradentes (UNIT), Aracaju-SE, Brazil. She is affiliated to the International Federation of Medical Students Associations (IFMSA), cordial partner of The Sting. The opinions expressed in this piece belong strictly to the writers and do not necessarily reflect […]
This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Roberto Bocca, Head of Shaping the Future of Energy and Materials; Member of the Executive Committee, World Economic Forum, Stefan Ellerbeck, Senior Writer, Formative Content 1. News in brief: Energy stories from around the world South African President Cyril […]
This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Kate Whiting, Senior Writer, Formative Content On the same day the Prime Minister of New Zealand, Jacinda Ardern, stepped down saying she “no longer had enough in the tank to do the job justice”, women leaders met in Davos […]
This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Gayle Markovitz, Business Editor, World Economic Forum, Beatrice Di Caro, Social Media and Live Communications Lead, Digital Media, World Economic Forum Welcome to the second day of the World Economic Forum’s Annual Meeting in Davos. Each morning we’ll bring […]
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. The Commission welcomes the deal reached this week between the European Parliament and the Council to help make the aviation sector ‘Fit for 55′, setting in law its contribution to our target of reducing net greenhouse gas emissions by at least 55% by 2030. […]
This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Simon Torkington, Senior Writer, Formative Content The COP27 summit in Egypt is taking place at the end of another year characterized by rising temperatures and extreme weather events. It wasn’t supposed to be like this. Governments, scientists, business […]
This article was exclusively written for The European Sting by Mr. Abdul Moiz, a fourth-year medical student at Bangladesh’s Shaheed Suhrawardy Medical College in Dhaka. He is affiliated with the International Federation of Medical Students Associations (IFMSA), cordial partner of The Sting. The opinions expressed in this piece belong strictly to the writers and do not necessarily […]
This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Nick Robins, Head, Grantham Institute, London School of Economics and Political Science The importance of a just transition to a sustainable economy is part of the 2015 Paris Agreement, for which finance is a major lever. The financing […]
This article was exclusively written for The European Sting by Ms. Mariam Mohamed is a first-year medical student at the University of Montreal. She is affiliated with the International Federation of Medical Students Associations (IFMSA), cordial partner of The Sting. The opinions expressed in this piece belong strictly to the writers and do not necessarily reflect IFMSA’s […]
This article is brought to you in association with the European Parliament. An EP delegation will travel to Warsaw next week to look into the rule of law situation in Poland, in the framework of the ongoing Article 7 procedure. Ten MEPs from the Civil Liberties and Constitutional Affairs committees will be in Poland from Monday […]
This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Douglas Broom, Senior Writer, Formative Content Getting to net zero by 2050 will cost an extra $3.5 trillion a year, according to a new study by McKinsey. We’ll need a fundamental transformation of the global economy to go […]
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. Today, the Commission is proposing to suspend certain articles of the EU’s Visa Facilitation Agreement with the Republic of Belarus. This decision follows the Belarusian regime’s attempts to destabilise the EU and its Member States by facilitating irregular migration for political purposes, as well […]
