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This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Gayle Markovitz, Acting Head, Written and Audio Content, World Economic Forum, Kate Whiting, Senior Writer, Forum Agenda Generative artificial intelligence (AI) is widely touted to bring productivity gains that could drive economic growth. But those gains will only […]
This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Anna Cecilia Frellsen, Chief Executive Officer, Maternity Foundation Imagine being a midwife in a remote, fragile context, like the Afar region in Ethiopia. This hot, low-land and desert like area has been affected by conflict, driving up the […]
This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Flora McCrone, Lead, Immersive Interactions, Centre for Nature and Climate, World Economic Forum Geneva, Jemilah Mahmood, Executive Director, Sunway Centre for Planetary Health, Sunway University Changes wrought on our climate by human activity are starting to take their […]
After five years China’s President Xi Jinping seized the momentum for a European tour, amidst tough trade tensions with the EU and a turbulent global scence. Why now? First, a major anti-subsidy EU probe against Chinese electric cars is being cooked by Brussels in the coming weeks or so. Actually, the deadline for the EU […]
This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Susan Taylor Martin, Chief Executive Officer, BSI In recent decades, the prevailing expectation has been that careers span between 30 and 40 years, with people retiring in their 60s. That no longer holds true. Work is changing. Not […]
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. Good afternoon, Today was the third time I met President Xi in just over one year, and I think this reflects the importance we both attribute to EU-China relations. Once again, we had an open and honest exchange and discussion on points where we […]
This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Sha Song, Partnership Specialist, China Climate Action, World Economic Forum According to the most recent IPCC report, we have hit a global record for greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) by pumping out 57.4 gigatonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent into […]
This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Simon Torkington, Senior Writer, Forum Agenda How would you feel if your salary was about to be cut by 20%? You may be about to find out, since climate change will cost us almost a fifth of our […]
This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Phil Baty, Chief Global Affairs Officer, Times Higher Education Education, science and technology are core catalysts powering the “Asian Century” – and as we approach the first quarter of this much-heralded geopolitical era, a new data analysis of […]
This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Emma Charlton, Senior Writer, Forum Agenda Reading glasses can change lives – and many of us have already experienced their power. Whether it’s being able to read, watch TV or drive a car, we can all think of […]
This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Roberto Bocca, Head, Centre for Energy and Materials; Member of the Executive Committee, World Economic Forum 1. G7 nations agree 2035 coal exit Energy ministers from the G7 nations have signed a deal to end the use of […]
This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Ana Kreacic, Chief Operating Officer of the Oliver Wyman Forum and Chief Knowledge Officer, Oliver Wyman, Michael Zeltkevic, Managing Partner and Global Head of Capabilities, Oliver Wyman Business leaders are devoting enormous amounts of capital and leadership attention […]
This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Hallie Spear, Specialist, Capital Markets and Resilience Initiatives, World Economic Forum The financial landscape is more complex than ever before. In the past forty years, individuals have increasingly felt compelled to financially prepare themselves for different life stages. […]
This article is brought to you in association with the European Parliament. Lithuanian campaign to fight violence against women, French platform to empower young people, and German visual journalism on Europe are winners of the 2024 prize. On Tuesday, the European Parliament and the International Charlemagne Prize Foundation awarded the 2024 European Charlemagne Youth Prize in […]
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. The Commission is providing €125 million in new EU humanitarian funding to address the most pressing needs of people in Yemen amidst the ongoing crisis and escalating tensions in the region. The announcement comes on the occasion of the sixth Senior Officials Meeting on […]
This article was exclusively written for The European Sting by Ms. Sophia Aguja, a 22-year-old medical student at the Faculty of Medicine of Universidad San Carlos de Guatemala. 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 writer and do […]
This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Meg Jones, Writer, Forum Agenda 1. G7 agrees to phase out use of unabated coal power plants by 2035 Energy and climate ministers from the G7 group have agreed to phase out the use of coal power where […]
This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Meagan Andrews, Lead, Capital Markets Initiatives, World Economic Forum, Haleh Nazeri, Lead, Longevity Economy, World Economic Forum The world of finance can be a complex place, but it’s important to develop a basic understanding of the influential role […]
This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Cathy Li, Head, AI, Data and Metaverse; Member of the Executive Committee, World Economic Forum Geneva 1. UK considers under-16s ban on smartphones Under-16s may soon be prohibited from purchasing smartphones in the UK. A government proposal to […]
This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Ted McKlveen, Co-founder & Chief Executive Officer, Verne, Bav Roy, Co-founder & Chief Operating Officer, Verne Hydrogen is the most promising solution to decarbonize several difficult-to-decarbonize sectors, including steel production (8% of global carbon dioxide, or CO2, emissions) […]
This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Brett Loubert, US Principal and Deloitte Space Leader, Deloitte, Bridget Fawcett, Head, Sustainability and Corporate Transitions, Investment Banking, Citi, Helen Burdett, Head, Technology for Earth, World Economic Forum Every day, more than one thousand satellites capture detailed images […]
This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Khushboo Awasthi Kumari, Evangelist, Designer, Punjab Education Collective, Tasso Azevedo, Founder and General Coordinator, MapBiomas, Danya Pastuszek, Co-Chief Executive Officer, Tamarack Institute for Community Engagement Societal challenges like climate change, quality education and inequities, among others, loom large […]
This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Mekala Krishnan, Senior Fellow, McKinsey Global Institute, McKinsey & Company, Humayun Tai, Senior Partner, Electric Power & Natural Gas, McKinsey & Company The refrain has become disturbingly familiar: though there has been meaningful momentum, the net-zero transition is […]
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. To further reinforce and strengthen sustainable urban development in EU cities, the Commission today is launching a third call for proposals worth €90 million under the European Urban Initiative(EUI). Projects selected under this call will test innovative solutions in cities to help them to […]
This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Michael Eisenberg, Fellow, Sustainable Investing, World Economic Forum, Zlatan Plakalo, Lead, Global Industries Team, World Economic Forum The impact fund market is at an interesting inflection point. As pointed out in a recent World Economic Forum whitepaper, over […]
This article was exclusively written for The European Sting by Dr. Tinatin Kutchukhidze from Georgia, MD, a distinguished Princess Diana Award laureate of 2023, presently immersed in a rigorous Gynecology and Obstetrics residency. 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 […]
This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Sreevas Sahasranamam, Professor, Adam Smith Business School, University of Glasgow, Vivek Soundararajan, Professor, School of Management, University of Bath At least 1.1 billion people globally are currently experiencing poverty, many in low- and middle-income countries. Recent research suggests […]
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. Today, the European Commission has finalised its analysis on the rule of law situation in Poland in the context of the Article 7(1) TEU procedure. The Commission considers that there is no longer a clear risk of a serious breach of the rule of […]
This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Roger Spitz, President of Techistential (Climate & Strategic Foresight) and Chair, Disruptive Futures Institute, San Francisco As the complexities of our world grow, the inherent uncertainty of the future intensifies. In 1982, John Naisbitt defined megatrends as large, […]
This article is brought to you in association with the European Parliament. European Parliament President Roberta Metsola and the Head of the United Transitional Cabinet of Belarus Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya sign a Letter of Intent, in Valletta. During a ceremony at the European Parliament Office in Valletta today, the President of the European Parliament and the Head […]
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. Today, the Commission has endorsed a positive preliminary assessment of France’s third payment request for €7.5 billion under the Recovery and Resilience Facility, the centrepiece of NextGenerationEU. Following its assessment of the payment request submitted on 16 January 2024, the Commission has preliminarily concluded that […]
This article was exclusively written for The European Sting by Ms. Sophia Aguja, a 22-year-old medical student at the Faculty of Medicine of Universidad San Carlos de Guatemala. 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 writer and do […]
This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Prakash Tyagi, Founder-Director, GRAVIS Hospital; Executive Director, GRAVIS All over the world, people are leading longer lives. This increased life expectancy is one of the great success stories of human development. Advancements in medical sciences and public health […]
