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This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. The European Commission has approved a €900 million French scheme to support companies investing in the use of biomass and renewable hydrogen in energy and fuel production, to foster the transition towards a net-zero economy in line with the Green Deal Industrial Plan. The scheme was […]
This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Joe Myers, Writer, Forum Agenda 1. China’s industrial profits return to growth Industrial firms in China posted higher profits in the opening months of 2024, according to official data. The National Bureau of Statistics said that profits at industrial firms […]
This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Naoko Tochibayashi, Communications Lead, Japan, World Economic Forum, Naoko Kutty, Writer, Forum Agenda A way of working called “digital nomadism,” allowing people to travel and work remotely for the short or medium term without being tied to a specific location, […]
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 System 1 and system 2. Those four words in Daniel Kahneman’s 2011 classic work of psychology Thinking, Fast and Slow helped revolutionize how we think about human behaviour and shaped behavioural economics. The book distilled […]
This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Katy Talikowska, CEO, The Valuable 500 One in six (16%) of the global population lives with a disability – some 1.3 billion people – yet the workforce representation of disabled individuals in most companies falls significantly short of […]
This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Ratnakar Adhikari, Executive Director, Enhanced Integrated Framework (EIF), Taffere Tesfachew, Member, UN Committee on Development Policy Digital technology touches every aspect of human lives and all the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). While digital transformation can help the […]
This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Kim Piaget, Insights Lead, Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Social Justice, World Economic Forum There is one investment that yields incremental interest in the long term, and that is people. There are 8 billion of us (and counting), all […]
Speech by Ambassador Fu Cong at the Farewell Reception Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, Dear Friends, Good evening. Thank you all for gracing my farewell reception. It is with a heavy heart that I begin my speech today. I still remember the day when I first arrived in Brussels on a wintry morning of December 2022. […]
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 2024 will be a year of uncertainty, and more trust is needed to overcome the challenges ahead of us and turn them into opportunities. This was the starting point of a Radio […]
This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Kimberley Botwright, Head, Sustainable Trade, World Economic Forum, Spencer Feingold, Digital Editor, World Economic Forum From 2029, companies in Europe will have to prove they are taking action to protect the environment and human rights throughout their supply […]
This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Victoria Masterson, Senior Writer, Forum Agenda Cities play a critical role in decarbonization efforts, which aim to reduce greenhouse gas and other emissions to net zero. Reinventing Cities, a global competition run by C40, a network of 100 […]
This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Sebastian Buckup, Head of Network and Partnerships; Member of the Executive Committee, World Economic Forum 1. Nvidia unveils new AI chip The US chip manufacturer Nvidia has unveiled a new artificial intelligence chip that it says is up […]
This article is brought to you in association with the European Parliament. Delivering on our priorities is the best tool to push against disinformation, said EP President Roberta Metsola at European Council Addressing the Heads of State or Government at the March European Council in Brussels today, European Parliament President Roberta Metsola highlighted the following topics: […]
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. Today, the EU and the Republic of Korea held the second Digital partnership Council in Brussels. The Council was co-chaired by Commissioner for the Internal Market, Thierry Breton, and by Korean Minister for Science and Information and Communication Technology, Dr. Lee Jong-Ho. During the ministerial […]
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. Today, the Commission has published guidelines on recommended measures to Very Large Online Platforms and Search Engines to mitigate systemic risks online that may impact the integrity of elections, with specific guidance for the upcoming European Parliament elections in June. Under the Digital Services Act […]
This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Francisco Laverón, Head of Energy Prospective, Innovation and Sustainability, Iberdrola, Randolph Brazier, Global Head Clean Power Systems, Global Sustainability, HSBC, Natalia Zabolotnikova, Accenture Fellow , World Economic Forum, Xabier Mugarza Zorriqueta, Project Fellow, Clean Power and Electrification, World Economic Forum Achieving sustainability in […]
This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Akshay Ghulati, Co-founder – Strategy & Global Expansion, Shiprocket, Devansh Pathak, Strategy and Community Engagement, World Economic Forum India’s micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) form the very spine of its economic structure, employing over 110 million individuals and accounting for […]
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. The European Commission has informed Deutsche Lufthansa AG (‘Lufthansa‘) and the Italian Ministry of Economy and Finance (‘MEF‘) of its preliminary view that their proposed acquisition of joint control of ITA Airways (‘ITA‘) may restrict competition on certain routes in the market for passenger […]
This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Noopur Desai, Programme Lead, Food Innovation Hubs, World Economic Forum, Morgan Booher, Specialist, Food and Water, World Economic Forum Securing the future of the world’s food and water systems is critical for a well-functioning society. Water is a resource at […]
This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Roberto Bocca, Head of Centre for Energy and Materials; Member of the Executive Committee, World Economic Forum 1. Stronger 2024 energy efficiency target for China China has set a stricter energy intensity target for 2024 as part of renewed efforts to […]
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. The European Commission is today proposing to increase the tariffs on imports into the EU of cereals, oilseeds, and derived products (‘grain products’) from Russia and Belarus, including wheat, maize, and sunflower meal. These tariffs, while high enough to suppress such imports into the EU […]
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. The Commission is financing the purchase of new firefighting planes to increase the aerial firefighting capacity of rescEU, the EU Civil Protection Mechanism’s strategic crisis response reserve. €600 million in EU funds will be used to purchase 12 new planes, which will be hosted […]
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. Korea will join the growing group of countries associated to Horizon Europe, the EU research and innovation programme. Today, Iliana Ivanova, Commissioner for Innovation, Research, Culture, Education and Youth, and Lee Jong Ho, Korean Minister for Science and Information and Communication Technology concluded negotiations on […]
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. Today, the Commission has opened non-compliance investigations under the Digital Markets Act (DMA) into Alphabet’s rules on steering in Google Play and self-preferencing on Google Search, Apple’s rules on steering in the App Store and the choice screen for Safari and Meta’s “pay or consent model”. The Commission suspects that the measures put in […]
This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: James Fell, Senior Writer, Formative As predictions go, they don’t come much bigger. “This is going to be the most transformational moment, not just in technology, but in culture and politics of all of our lifetimes.” These are the […]
This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Satwik Mishra, Acting Executive Director, Centre for Trustworthy Technology, Neeraj Jain, Vice President, Network Expansion, ONDC, Rajeesh Menon, Head, Growth & Strategy, Foundation for Interoperability in Digital Economy (FIDE) For a thriving global economy, smooth transactions that encourage value creation and […]
This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Margot Edelman, General Manager, Edelman The rapid development of artificial intelligence (AI) offers technology companies endless opportunities for progress and growth. However, the tech industry can only seize the moment if it earns the public’s trust in developing and […]
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. How high will the tariffs be? Which goods will be affected? The increased duties will apply to imports of cereals, oilseeds and derived products from Russia and Belarus that are currently classified under Chapters 10, 12, 14, 15 and 23 of the Combined Nomenclature (CN). The […]
This article is brought to you in association with the European Parliament. More than 3.5 million workers received training from 2,500 organisations under the Pact for Skills in 2022 and 2023, according to key results of the annual survey on the Pact, published today on the occasion of the Pact for Skills Forum. These results highlight the importance of skills development, in line with […]
This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Chavalit Frederick Tsao, Chairman, IMC Pan Asia Alliance The urgent need to address climate change and accelerate a green transition is imperative for our shared future, as indicated by the World Economic Forum’s New Nature Economy report, which stated approximately […]
This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: John Dutton, Head, Uplink; Member of the Executive Committee, World Economic Forum, Allison Voss, Innovation Ecosystem Lead – Nature, World Economic Forum The concept of biodiversity may be broad and complex, encompassing all life-forms on our planet and the finely-tuned […]
This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Marina Ruta, Business Engagement Lead, 1t.org., Allison Voss, Innovation Ecosystem Lead – Nature, World Economic Forum Today marks International Forest Day, an occasion to raise awareness about the importance of forests and trees. This year’s theme, Forest and Innovation – […]
This article is brought to you in association with the European Parliament. On Tuesday, the Employment and Social Affairs Committee endorsed a political deal on a new bill aiming to improve the working conditions of platform workers. The new rules, agreed on by the Parliament and the Council in February, aim to ensure that platform workers have […]
