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This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. Madam Speaker, Prime Minister Golob, dear Robert, President of the National Council, Honourable Members of the National Assembly of Slovenia, It is a great honour to address this noble House, although we gather here in dramatic circumstances. In recent years, I have visited Slovenia […]
This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Eli Joseph, Associate Faculty, Columbia University We tend to pay attention to the success of our academic and professional endeavours, spending less time learning from the low points of our careers as much as we think about the […]
This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Gabi Thesing, Senior Writer, Forum Agenda The financial services industry finds itself grappling with an unprecedented challenge – not profit margins or regulation, but coaxing its employees back to the office full-time. As Wall Street giants like JPMorgan […]
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. What’s in your regular shopping basket? What are the foods you can’t live without? And what are your occasional treats? Whatever they are, it’s pretty likely you’ve noticed a change in their price over recent months – some more than others. Shortages and supply […]
This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: David Webb, Chief Sustainability Officer, Managing Director and Senior Partner, Boston Consulting Group (BCG) By 2050, up to 10 billion tons of carbon dioxide needs to be removed from the atmosphere each year to achieve net zero.Direct air […]
This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Ginelle Greene-Dewasmes, Project Specialist, World Economic Forum The Industrial Deep Decarbonization Initiative offers Brazil’s industries a pathway for a just and equitable transition to net zero through technological innovation, capacity building and policy development.The Initiative enables Brazil to […]
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 Younger workers have been hit hard by the rising cost of living, according to a new survey.Gen Z and millennials are losing hope of owning their own homes and even starting a […]
This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Alejo Czerwonko, Chief Investment Officer Emerging Markets Americas, UBS AG Generative AI tools like ChatGPT offer great potential for emerging markets, including raising living standards and shortening their path towards achieving sustainable development.Not only can they lower barriers […]
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 Governments are introducing smoking bans and restrictions on tobacco sales to address health concerns. Smoking remains one of the gravest public health threats, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).Countries including Portugal, […]
This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Shan You, Assistant, Smardaten Techologies Due to data siloes, the digital transition is occurring slower than needed.No-code platforms could make a critical difference in maximizing digitalization’s potential.Organizations that don’t adapt to more agile ways of developing could lag […]
This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Björn Gillsäter, Former Head, World Bank-UNHCR Joint Data Center on Forced Displacement In Isabel Allende’s book A Long Petal of the Sea, the main protagonist is rescued, along with 2,000 other refugees, from the Spanish Civil War on […]
This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Lisa Johnson, Director, National Institute for Work and Learning, FHI 360 The gap between the skills employers need and those that potential employees have is growing in the US.The traditional way of bridging that gap – a college […]
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. The European Commission has opened an in-depth investigation to assess, under the EU Merger Regulation, the proposed acquisition of Figma by Adobe. The Commission is concerned that the transaction may reduce competition in the global markets for the supply of interactive product design software […]
This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Tarun Anumol, Director, Global Environment & Food Markets, Agilent Technologies Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, also known as PFAS, and microplastics have been accumulating in the environment for several decades virtually undetected.Both are now commonly detectable in our drinking […]
This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Henrik Hvid Jensen, Chief Technology Strategist NEE, DXC Technology Achieving climate and environmental goals hinges on establishing a competitive circular economy.Yet many public sectors have been slow to embrace the circular principle.By adopting circular practices, the public sector […]
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 UNESCO recommends that phones be banned from schools as they distract students and have a negative impact on their learning.Technology in education more broadly only should be used when there is a […]
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. Eurozone returns to growth, inflation cools The Eurozone returned positive growth figures in the second quarter, with a higher-than-expected expansion in gross domestic product. GDP grew 0.3% – a Reuters poll of […]
This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Julie Inman Grant, eSafety Commissioner, Office of the eSafety Commissioner, Adam Hildreth, Founder, Crisp, Minos Bantourakis, Head of Media, Entertainment and Sport Industry, World Economic Forum Geneva The global reach of the internet and the nature of online […]
This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Heather Manning M.Ed, Director of Customer Success, Floreo Globally, there are limited or no services available to support neurodiverse people, including those with autism, ADHD and anxiety.Finding ways to provide increased service access is thereby essential, and telehealth […]
This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Miao Sun, Community Lead, Greater China and North Asia, Foundations, World Economic Forum Beijing In an increasingly fragmented world, mutual understanding between China and the rest of the world is vital.The pandemic widened gaps between nations and people, […]
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. Today, the Commission selected 159 projects for funding under Erasmus+ Capacity Building for Higher Education, which supports the modernisation and quality of higher education in third countries worldwide. These projects all respond to the overall aim to support the international cooperation of higher education, […]
This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Wang Yi, Former Vice-President of the Institutes of Science and Development , Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fernando Sampaio, Director , Brazilian Beef Exporters’ Association (ABIEC), Cao Derong, President, China Chamber of Commerce for Imp. & Exp. of Foodstuffs, […]
This article was exclusively written for The European Sting by Ms. Sadia Khalid, early-stage researcher (ESRs), medical writer and research engineer at Tallinn University of Technology (TalTech), Estonia. 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 […]
This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Gil Friedrich, Vice President, Email Security, Check Point Software Technologies More use of SaaS applications means employee business accounts are being targeted for “business email compromise” (BEC).BEC has evolved from basic email phishing scams to more sophisticated iterations, […]
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 Singapore and Hong Kong SAR lead the way on students’ reading achievement globally, according to the Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS), which is published every five years. Russia is in third […]
This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Candace Vinke, Director, Nature-Based Innovation, Verra Some people believe that we shouldn’t use carbon markets to support healthy forests because forests can burn.Tools such as non-permanence buffer pools, which account for potential unexpected loss of carbon stocks, ensure […]
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. Why is the Commission adopting European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS)? EU law requires all large companies and all listed companies (except listed micro-enterprises) to disclose information on what they see as the risks and opportunities arising from social and environmental issues, and on the […]
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 Oceans cover almost three-quarters of the Earth’s surface and contain 80% of its biodiversity. Life would be impossible without them, yet they are under threat as never before. But robot technology is […]
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, Linda Lacina, Digital Editor, World Economic Forum Firefighter, investigator, diplomat, agony aunt. That’s how Bahare Heywood, the first ever Chief Risk Officer (CRO) at global law firm Clifford Chance, describes the role […]
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. Today, the Commission proposed a Toy Safety Regulation revising the current rules to protect children from potential risks in toys. Toys put on the EU market are already among the safest ones in the world. The proposed rules will further improve this protection, in […]
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. Today, the EU and the Philippines announced their intention to explore the relaunch of negotiations for an ambitious, modern, and balanced free trade agreement (FTA) – with sustainability at its core. The EU and the Philippines will shortly kick off a bilateral ‘scoping process’ […]
This article was exclusively written for The European Sting by Ms. Muneebaah Siddiqua who is a first year dental student currently studying in Shaheed Suhrawardy Medical College, Dhaka, dental unit, Bangladesh. She is affiliated with the Bangladesh Medical Students’ Society (BMSS). International Federation of Medical Students Associations (IFMSA), cordial partner of The Sting. The opinions expressed in […]
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, Matthew Stephenson, Head, Investment Policy and Practice, World Economic Forum It is well known that large volumes of climate finance are urgently needed. At last year’s United Nations climate gathering […]
