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This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Andre Hoffmann, Chairman, Massellaz, Nadja Skaljic, Board Member, Weidenfeld-Hoffmann Trust, Carlos Alvarez Pereira, Vice-President, Club of Rome The present is full of fear. Wars, pandemics, climate warming, ecological disasters, economic downturn, social and political turmoil: We are not […]
This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Michael van den Berg, ACT Fund Investment Director, Common Fund for Commodities Circular economy and recycling are key to tackling the growing waste crisis.However, a paradox arises when we examine the environmental footprint of these activities, as they […]
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 “You can get a long way towards being able to produce something that will target a novel virus before that virus even emerges.” This is how Kate Kelland described the sleuthing work […]
This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Alexis Crow, Partner; Global Head, Geopolitical Investing, PwC, Danny Quah, Dean and Li Ka Shing Professor in Economics, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore National security is quickly moving to the top of […]
This article is brought to you in association with the European Parliament. Today’s Bureau agreement reaffirms Parliament’s commitment as an employer to offer a safe and inclusive working environment, where there is zero tolerance towards inappropriate behaviour. In January 2023, President Metsola mandated the Quaestors to work on proposals to reinforce Parliament’s anti-harassment policies. Building on […]
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. The European Commission has adopted today the rules for implementing the Foreign Subsidies Regulation (‘FSR’). The Implementing Regulation details procedural aspects of the implementation of the FSR. It also contains notification forms for concentrations involving foreign financial contributions and for foreign financial contributions in […]
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. The latest Standard Eurobarometer survey conducted in June 2023 and published today shows that EU citizens continue to back overwhelmingly the energy transition and to expect massive investment in renewables. They continue to widely approve measures taken by the EU to support Ukraine and […]
This article was exclusively written for The European Sting by Ms. Tafiya Erum Kamran, a 21-year-old medical student, who is currently studying at Shifa college of Medicine Islamabad, Pakistan. 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 […]
This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. AuthorCharlotte Edmond, Senior Writer, Forum Agenda Wildfires in Canada have led to several health authorities releasing warnings about air quality.Wildfires are also on the rise as a result of the climate crisis and land use changes.The Air Quality Index […]
This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Amanda Sturgeon, CEO, Built by Nature, Robyn van den Heuvel, Program Lead, Climate Smart Forest Economy Program Over half the global population lives in cities and by 2050 this is expected to rise to 70%. All these people […]
This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Utkarsh Amitabh, Chief Marketing Officer, 5ire A week before graduating with my MBA, I had a bad accident. I had a couple of job offers in hand and was interviewing for another role. I was in the final […]
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. The Commission welcomes the agreement reached today at the International Maritime Organization (IMO) to revise its 2018 strategy on reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from ships. The agreement is a milestone to cut the carbon footprint of international maritime transport and ensure that the […]
This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Daniel Murphy, Risk and Resilience Specialist, World Economic Forum Climate change poses a conundrum for the insurance industry. Extreme weather events have been occurring with heightened frequency, severity and unpredictability in recent years, upending the climate models and […]
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. The Commission welcomes the political agreement reached between the European Parliament and the Council of the European Union on the Regulation on supporting ammunition production (ASAP) with a budget of €500 million. ASAP will ensure that the EU can efficiently ramp up its production […]
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. The EU and New Zealand have today signed their free trade agreement (FTA), which will deliver significant gains for the EU. The deal will cut some €140 million a year in duties for EU companies from the first year of application. As a result, […]
This article was exclusively written for The European Sting by Ms. Sura Abdallat, a rising third-year medical student at the University of Debrecen. 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 not necessarily reflect IFMSA’s […]
This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Ravit Dotan, Researcher, Center for Governance and Markets, University of Pittsburgh, Emmaline Rial, Graduate student, University of Pittsburgh, Ana Maria Dimand, Assistant Professor of Public Policy and Administration, Boise State University, Virginia Dignum, Professor of Responsible Artificial Intelligence, […]
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 This article was originally published in May 2023. The UK, Vietnam, Poland, Spain, China, Latvia, Myanmar, Portugal, Belarus, the Netherlands, Thailand … these are just some of the countries where temperature records […]
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. The 2023 edition of the European Innovation Scoreboard and the bi-yearly edition of the Regional Innovation Scoreboard published today showcase that, despite the recent crises, EU Member States and their regions keep improving their innovation performance. The European Innovation Scoreboard 2023 highlights a substantial […]
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. Today, the European Commission presented the 2023 Strategic Foresight Report, which analyses how to put ‘sustainability and people’s wellbeing at the heart of Europe’s Open Strategic Autonomy’ and suggests ten concrete actions to achieve this aim. The EU is engaged in a profound and […]
This article was exclusively written for The European Sting by Ms. Sinem İnal from Turkey. 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 not necessarily reflect IFMSA’s view on the topic, nor The European Sting’s […]
This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Dominic King, Senior Principal, Accenture Research, Ana Clara Gimenez, Manager, Accenture Research, Andrea Moore, Manager, Accenture Strategy, Catalina Mainardi, Specialist, Accenture Research Corporate purpose matters. Purpose statements should clearly articulate why an organization exists; making money is not […]
This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Michael van den Berg, ACT Fund Investment Director, Common Fund for Commodities Transferring money to some hard-to-reach regions can take days. Often several intermediaries are involved – and a small mistake can cause a whole chain of transactions […]
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. One of the biggest Cohesion Policy-funded projects, the Brăila bridge in Romania, is inaugurated today. It will connect the Black Sea ports and the Danube Delta with the rest of the country and with the wider Trans-European Transport Network. The EU’s contribution to this […]
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. Today, the Commission adopted a package of measures for a sustainable use of key natural resources, which will also strengthen the resilience of EU food systems and farming. A soil monitoring law will put the EU on a pathway to healthy soils by 2050, […]
This article is brought to you in association with the European Parliament. The law would ensure that EU sanctions are enforced uniformly across member states, with common definitions and dissuasive penalties. On Thursday, MEPs in the Civil Liberties Committee adopted a draft negotiating mandate on violating and circumventing EU sanctions by 36 votes in favour, 2 […]
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. Today, the Commission is responding to the European citizens’ initiative ‘Stop finning – Stop the trade’ asking the Commission for action to end international trade of loose shark fins. The cruel and illegal practice of ‘finning’ means fins have been cut off the animal […]
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. The modernised EU-Chile agreement has today taken a step towards ratification, with the Commission sending the Advanced Framework Agreement (AFA) and the Interim Trade Agreement (iTA) to the Council for authorising its signature. Once the Council gives its green light, the EU would sign […]
This article was exclusively written for The European Sting by Ms. Shivani Nirgudkar, a fourth year medical student of Rajiv Gandhi Medical College, Maharashtra, India. 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 not necessarily […]
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 The US has just issued a health alert after cases of locally-transmitted malaria were identified in the states of Florida and Texas. Malaria is typically viewed as a disease affecting tropical countries […]
This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Fair Pisuttisarun, Global Shaper, Bangkok Hub; Co-Founder, Mindterra, Irvan A. Sutiono, Outgoing Curator, Bangkok Hub, Venture Manager, Zipmex From North America to East Asia, a similar story in the world of work is unfolding: companies are struggling to […]
This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Emanuela Orsini, Digital Content Specialist, World Economic Forum Making the way we live environmentally sustainable is among the biggest challenges we face. Today’s ‘take-make-waste’ linear model is not sustainable, which is why the transition to a circular economy […]
This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Abdirahman Abdishakur Warsame, Office of Special Presidential Envoy for Droughts and Humanitarian Affairs, Federal Government of Somalia Somalia, like other sub-Saharan countries, is suffering the humanitarian effects of climate change.Climate change-induced crises often have knock-on effects in other […]
