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This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Sanjay Borkar, CEO and Co-Founder, FarmERP The agricultural sector plays a critical role in the global economy. It provides employment for a significant proportion of the world’s workforce and contributes to the GDP of many countries. However, conventional farming […]
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 Are online meetings just the same as in-person ones? Most of us would say no, and the new remote-working norms create three implications for managers, according to a study. Many of us now have […]
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. The Commission is allocating €106.2 million to Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg, Portugal, Romania and Türkiye to develop the new rescEU EMT (Emergency Medical Team) capability. The objective is to boost emergency medical support to populations affected by large-scale natural or man-made disasters. The […]
This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Paul Marriott, President, Asia-Pacific, Japan, SAP Asia Pte Ltd, Neeraj Aggarwal, Regional Chair, Asia-Pacific, Boston Consulting Group The battle for net-zero will be won or lost in Asia, as this dynamic region continues to act as the engine for […]
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. The European Commission has today adopted a package to further simplify its procedures for reviewing concentrations under the EU Merger Regulation. The package includes: (i) a revised Merger Implementing Regulation (‘Implementing Regulation’), (ii) a Notice on Simplified Procedure (‘Notice’), and (iii) a Communication on […]
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. Today, Ukraine becomes a Participating State of the EU Civil Protection Mechanism – the European solidarity framework that helps countries overwhelmed by a disaster. Commissioner for Crisis Management, Janez Lenarčič, is today in Kyiv to officially sign an agreement on behalf of the European Union granting Ukraine full membership […]
This article was exclusively written for The European Sting by Ms. Sadia Khalid, early-stage researcher (ESRs), medical writer and specialist at Tallinn University of Technology (TalTech), Estonia. 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 […]
This article is brought to you in association with the European Parliament. In a resolution adopted on Wednesday, MEPs say EU membership for Moldova would be a geostrategic investment in a united and strong Europe. Moldova remains exposed to Russian pressure and energy blackmail, economic upheaval due to the war in neighbouring Ukraine as well as […]
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. The European Commission has prolonged the Motor Vehicle Block Exemption Regulation (‘MVBER’) for five years, meaning that it will now be applicable until 31 May 2028. It has also updated the Supplementary Guidelines for the sector. The revised Guidelines will help companies in the […]
Last week the trilateral meeting in Beijing between China’s President Xi, French President Macron and the President of the European Commission Von der Leyen was a much anticipated and needed sign of renaissance in the relations of the EU and China, two of the world’s largest economies. It is positive to see that finally sanity […]
This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Shyam Bishen, Head, Shaping the Future of Health and Healthcare, Member of Executive Committee, World Economic Forum The COVID-19 pandemic presented the biggest test our modern global healthcare systems have ever seen. It revealed stark inequalities and systemic issues, […]
This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Douglas Broom, Senior Writer, Forum Agenda How seriously do you take the threat of the climate crisis? You might think that the currently available data would be enough to convince anyone of the need to take action – but […]
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. Today, the Commission is responding to the European Citizens’ Initiative (ECI) “Save bees and farmers! Towards a bee-friendly agriculture for a healthy environment”. The Commission welcomes the initiative and acknowledges the importance of the ECI, in particular as the interlinked crises of climate change, pollution […]
This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Maya Ben Dror, Industry Manager, Automotive and New Mobility, World Economic Forum Geneva, Maria Alonso, Lead, Automotive and New Mobility, World Economic Forum Geneva, Nikolaus Lang, Managing Director and Senior Partner, Boston Consulting Group, Alex Koster, Managing Director and […]
This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Landry Signé, Senior Fellow, Global Economy and Development Program, Brookings Institution, Chido Munyati, Head of Regional Agenda, Africa, World Economic Forum Under the African Continental Free Trade Agreement over 1.3 billion people will be connected into a single market.The […]
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. Following an alert from the European Consumer Organisation (BEUC), the European Commission and EU consumer authorities (Network of Consumer Protection Cooperation (CPC) Authorities) contacted Nintendo to address a recurring technical problem with irresponsive controllers. Following this action, Nintendo has agreed to offer all consumers […]
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. EU countries approve 2035 phaseout of CO2-emitting cars European Union countries gave final approval on 28 March to a landmark law to end sales of new CO2-emitting cars in 2035, after Germany won […]
This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Florian Reber, Head of Partnerships, Chloris Geospatial Inc. The science is clear. We have seven years left to cut emissions at the scale required to have a chance of leaving a liveable planet for future generations. The most recent […]
This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Charlotte Edmond, Senior Writer, Forum Agenda Three years after leaving the European Union, the United Kingdom has negotiated a trade pact with a band of Indo-Pacific countries. The UK’s accession to the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership […]
This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: John Letzing, Digital Editor, Strategic Intelligence, World Economic Forum Here’s one certainty about banks: there seem to be fewer around these days. Commerzbank nicely captured the existential tenor of the times when it recently updated its catalogue of potential […]
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 People living in purpose-built urban flats recycle less than residents of houses, studies find.But a new study found that average recycling rates of London flat-dwellers increased by 152% after key changes in the buildings […]
This article is brought to you in association with the European Parliament. New legislation will require EU companies to disclose information that makes it easier for employees to compare salaries and to expose existing gender pay gaps. Under the rules -adopted on Thursday by Parliament’s plenary by 427 votes to 79 against and 76 abstentions-, pay […]
This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Aymen Almoayed, Secretary General, Supreme Council for Youth & Sports, Kingdom of Bahrain From the excitement on the Formula 1 race circuits of Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Abu Dhabi to Portuguese footballer Cristiano Ronaldo’s signing to Saudi Arabia’s […]
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. Tomorrow the European Parliament is set to vote on the Commission’s proposal on pay transparency. The new Directive aims to ensure the effective enforcement of equal pay for men and women; bring more transparency in setting of pay; and improve access to justice for […]
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. The Greater Horn of Africa region is facing multiple and overlapping humanitarian crises with more than 50 million people in urgent need of food assistance. To help, the Commission will provide some €331 million in humanitarian aid primarily targeting food insecurity as well as […]
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. Today the Commission has published the Regional Competitiveness Index (RCI), a fully revised version of a now long-established tool that measures different competitiveness dimensions for all EU regions. The fully revised RCI 2.0 shows that there are still large differences between EU regions, but […]
This article is brought to you in association with the European Parliament. MEPs and the Swedish Presidency of the Council agreed on mandatory national targets for the deployment of infrastructure for alternative fuels for cars and trucks. A provisional agreement was reached on Tuesday between Parliament and Council negotiators that updates EU rules on infrastructure for […]
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 country’s current account balance tracks the amount of money it has coming in and going out.It is largely made up of trade, but also depends on flows of foreign direct investment and […]
This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Christopher Worman, Co-Founder, Chief Partnership and Strategy Officer, Connect Humanity On 1 January 2016, the world’s nations put forward a to-do list of 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to create a fairer, healthier, more sustainable world by 2030. It […]
This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Gail Whiteman, Professor of Sustainability, University of Exeter Business School, University of Exeter This week, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) published its latest synthesis of climate science. It restated that we are well on the path to […]
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 1. US raises interest rates again as it weighs up banking crisis The US Federal Reserve has raised interest rates by a quarter of a percentage point but indicated it is on the […]
This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Matt Kennedy, Founder & CEO, Again To truly scale reusable packaging, it must compete with single-use packaging on cost.The macroeconomics of the reusable packaging industry are changing wildly, it could be cheaper than single-use by 2024.The adoption of reusable […]
This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Akshay Joshi, Head of Industry and Partnerships, Centre for Cybersecurity, World Economic Forum 1. Biden announces national cybersecurity strategy The White House has announced a new cybersecurity strategy in the latest effort by the US government to bolster its […]
