This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Spencer Feingold, Digital Editor, World Economic Forum. Concrete is produced on a truly enormous scale. Every year, four tonnes of concrete are produced for every person on earth — but that scale of production has a price. Cement, […]This new material could change how we make cement — and cut 500 million tons of emissions by 2030
October 31, 2023 by 1 Comment
This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Spencer Feingold, Digital Editor, World Economic Forum. Concrete is produced on a truly enormous scale. Every year, four tonnes of concrete are produced for every person on earth — but that scale of production has a price. Cement, […]How to make vaccines more sustainable, from a producer that churned out 1.5 billion doses during the pandemic
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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 Vaccines must be more accessible, affordable and sustainable, says Biozeen CEO Dr Vibin Joseph.The company has a presence in 23 countries and a vision to produce vaccines locally.Dr Joseph is a member […]EU and Japan conclude landmark deal on cross-border data flows at High-Level Economic Dialogue
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This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. The EU and Japan have concluded, on the margins of the G7 Trade Ministerial in Osaka, a landmark deal to make doing business in the online world easier, less costly and more efficient. The agreement was concluded at the EU-Japan High-Level Economic Dialogue (HLED), […]Frontex: MEPs want an effective border agency compliant with fundamental rights
October 27, 2023 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Parliament. Scale down operations in member states where there are allegations of lack of respect of EU values Concern over the situation in Greece, Lithuania and Hungary MEPs acknowledge managerial changes but call for more to ensure transparency and respect of EU principles The Civil […]European elections 2024: MEPs’ proposals for the lead candidate system
October 26, 2023 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Parliament. Call for an interinstitutional agreement on the procedure to elect the Commission President Proposals to increase turnout, ensure citizens can exercise their right to vote and accessible participation The Committee on Constitutional Affairs is proposing ways to enhance the democratic aspects of the upcoming […]Commission proposes fishing opportunities for 2024 in the Atlantic, Kattegat and Skagerrak
October 26, 2023 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. Today, the Commission published its proposal to set catch limits, or total allowable catches (TACs), for 18 fish stocks in the EU waters of the Atlantic Ocean, Kattegat and Skagerrak for 2024. The proposal is based on scientific advice and covers fish stocks managed […]MEPs support CO2 emissions reduction targets for trucks and buses
October 25, 2023 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Parliament. The Environment Committee adopted its proposals to strengthen EU CO2 emission standards for new heavy-duty vehicles, which include buses, trucks and trailers. The report was adopted on Tuesday with 48 votes in favour, 36 against and one abstention. It says that strengthening CO2 emission […]Commission welcomes political agreement to strengthen protection of high quality food and drink products
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This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. The European Commission welcomes the political agreement reached today by the European Parliament and Council to review and strengthen the geographical indications (GIs) system for wine, spirit drinks and agricultural products. The new Regulation will increase the uptake of GIs across the Union and […]State of the Energy Union 2023: EU responds effectively to crisis, looks to the future, and accelerates the green transition
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This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. In the State of the Energy Union Report 2023, the European Commission looks back on the EU response to the unprecedented energy crisis of the past two years, assesses the state of play with the green transition at national, European and global level, and […]8 steps to make your organization AI resilient
October 23, 2023 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Andrea Bonime-Blanc, Founder and CEO, GEC Risk Advisory How does the world govern for the unknowns of exponential tech, including generative AI (GenAI)?Building organizational resilience around the development and deployment of GenAI is essential.From embedding GenAI metrics into […]What are non-fungible tokens (NFTs) and where are they useful?
October 23, 2023 by 3 Comments
This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Shawn Dej, Lead for Blockchain and Digital Assets, World Economic Forum, Sandra Waliczek, Blockchain and Digital Assets, World Economic Forum Non-fungible tokens (NFTs) are unique digital assets stored on the blockchain.NFTs were created in 2014 but their popularity […]The right to be forgotten allows people to ask for data about them to be removed from the internet. How does it work?
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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 The EU’s right to be forgotten rule allows individuals to request that organizations remove and delete personal information about them from online platforms.People can only ask organizations to erase their personal data […]U.S.-EU Summit Joint Statement
October 23, 2023 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. 1. The United States and the European Union and its Member States, representing nearly 800 million citizens, united by our values and bound together by the most dynamic economic relationship on earth, reaffirm our commitment to a transatlantic partnership that delivers for all our people. […]4 next-generation leaders on the power of collaboration and community
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This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Stéphanie Thomson, Writer, Forum Agenda The Forum of Young Global Leaders is a community of next-generation leaders acting as a force for good. The community has helped launch initiatives that address challenges as diverse as air pollution and […]3 ways the climate crisis is impacting jobs and workers
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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 By 2030, up to 3.8% of total working hours could be lost because of climate-induced high temperatures.Poor air quality, disease-carrying pests, flooding and wildfires will also impact workers and lead to job […]MEPs condemn Hamas attack on Israel and call for a humanitarian pause
October 20, 2023 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Parliament. Parliament has condemned Hamas’ despicable terrorist attacks against Israel while expressing serious concern over the humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip. In the resolution adopted on Thursday with 500 votes in favour, 21 against and 24 abstentions, MEPs strongly condemn the brutal attacks, express […]Wars surrounding Europe exposed EU’s Impotence in Hard Power Matters
October 20, 2023 by Leave a Comment
This article was exclusively written for The European Sting by one of our passionate writers, Mr. Alexandros K. Liakopoulos. The opinions expressed within reflect only the writer’s views and not necessarily The European Sting’s position on the issue. As war surrounds Europe, expanding and deepening day-by-day, the EU proves incapable to cope with the situation. Its impotence […]Inclusivity: Leaders have the power to change things – here’s how
October 19, 2023 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Rosebell Kagumire Inclusivity remains a buzzword, but all too often representation stops at tokenism.To go deeper, a more foundational restructuring of power systems is required.Leaders have the power to affect great positive change within and beyond their organizations.In […]Commission sets out measures to tackle potential threats from civilian drones
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This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. The European Commission is adopting today a Communication on countering threats posed by unlawful and dangerous use of drones that are designed for civil use. With this Communication, the Commission sets out a comprehensive EU counter-drone policy that aims to ensure that rapid technological […]Commission supports the ramp-up of European ammunition and missiles production with first calls for proposals
October 19, 2023 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. Today, the Commission intensifies its support to the European defence industry with the adoption of the Work Programme foreseen the Regulation on supporting Ammunition Production (ASAP) for 2023-2025. ASAP will allocate €500 million to the support of investment projects worth up to €1.4 billion, […]The first 10 years of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI): Can a China-led global economy balance out Washington’s imperialism and find the world’s equilibrium?
October 19, 2023 by Leave a Comment
Yesterday, the third Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation (BRF) concluded in Beijing, with the attendance of officials from 130 countries, including heads of state and the Secretary General of the United Nations, Antonio Gutteres. China presented the accomplishments of the BRI around the world during the past decade nurturing global growth. The third […]5 principles of public-private data collaboration to improve resilience of the maritime supply chain
October 18, 2023 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Pascal Ollivier, Chairman of Data Collaboration Committee, International Association of Ports and Harbors (IAPH), Gadi Benmoshe, Vice-Chair of the Data Collaboration Committee, International Association of Ports and Harbors (IAPH), Margi Van Gogh, Head, Supply Chain and Transportation Industry, […]What is a soft landing from an economic crisis?
October 18, 2023 by Leave a Comment
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 Central banks are trying to engineer a soft landing from the global economic crisis.A soft landing avoids the risk of economies sliding into a damaging recession.The Forum’s Chief Economists Outlook says recessionary […]How an incentive-based market instrument aimed at consumers could help reduce emissions
October 17, 2023 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Gbenga Ibikunle, Professor and Chair of Finance, The University of Edinburgh Many of the actions needed to achieving net zero involve societal behavioural change, including changes to how we heat our homes, travel and shop.Incentive-based market instruments are […]Collaboration is key to strengthening the global economic system: ‘We must come together’
October 17, 2023 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Mirek Dušek, Managing Director, World Economic Forum Al-Bayan, a UAE daily newspaper, conducted the following Q&A with Mirek Dušek, Managing Director World Economic Forum, during the Annual Meeting of the Global Future Councils in Dubai. The follow English […]Towards an EU ban on products made with forced labour
October 17, 2023 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Parliament. On Monday, the Internal Market and International Trade committees adopted their position on keeping products made using forced labour out of the EU market. The draft regulation would put in place a framework to investigate the use of forced labour in companies’ supply chains. […]How Japan solved its rare earth minerals dependency issue
October 16, 2023 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Tatsuya Terazawa, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, The Institute of Energy Economics, Japan All countries should develop measures to avoid over-dependency on rare earth minerals.Japanese dependency on rare earth minerals was exposed by a diplomatic incident in 2010 […]Second Life: What this 20-year-old virtual world can tell us about the future of the metaverse
October 16, 2023 by Leave a Comment
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 “The metaverse has always been an amazingly powerful, aspirational North Star for a lot of engineers and Silicon Valley-type people. But it remains a kind of a mystery as to what it might […]The top takeaways from Lighthouses Live 2023: How 4IR is revolutionizing manufacturing
October 13, 2023 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Federico Torti, Initiatives Lead, Advanced Manufacturing and Supply Chains, World Economic Forum, Adam Gavin, Impact Communications Specialist, Foundations, World Economic Forum Formed in 2018, the Global Lighthouse Network is a World Economic Forum community of leading global manufacturers […]Women are under-represented in tech, and 50% of them leave the industry by 35: Here’s how this non-profit wants to change things
October 13, 2023 by Leave a Comment
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 Women are under-represented in the tech sector, but the non-profit ‘Girls Who Code’ aims to close the gender gap in new entry-level tech roles by 2030.Its CEO, Tarika Barrett, told the World […]Why water security is our most urgent challenge today
October 13, 2023 by Leave a Comment
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 […]How national-level blended finance can catalyse the climate transition in emerging markets
October 13, 2023 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Varad Pande, Partner and Director, Climate & Sustainability, Boston Consulting Group (BCG), Dave Sivaprasad, Managing Director & Partner, Boston Consulting Group (BCG), Nurlin Salleh, Managing Director & Partner, Boston Consulting Group (BCG), Daniel Tan, Senior Associate , Boston […]Climate Change: a silent but yet the biggest health crisis
October 13, 2023 by Leave a Comment
This article was exclusively written for The European Sting by Mr. José Diogo Soares, a recently graduated medical doctor from Portugal. 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 writer and do not necessarily reflect IFMSA’s view on the […]
