This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. Today, the Commission has taken further steps in infringement procedures against 26 Member States to ensure the full implementation of EU rules on the recognition of professional qualifications. Only a well-functioning Single Market can deliver its full potential for citizens and businesses around Europe. […]Commission takes further action to ensure professionals can fully benefit from the Single Market
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This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. Today, the Commission has taken further steps in infringement procedures against 26 Member States to ensure the full implementation of EU rules on the recognition of professional qualifications. Only a well-functioning Single Market can deliver its full potential for citizens and businesses around Europe. […]International Women’s Day 2019: more equality, but change is too slow
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This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. On the occasion of this year’s International Women’s Day, the Commission has published its 2019 report on equality between women and men in the EU. The good news is that Europe is making progress; however, we must speed up change. The Juncker Commission has […]International Women’s Day: Where does she belong?
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This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Alison Kay, Global Vice-Chair, Industry, EY “She belongs…” How would you complete this sentence? To celebrate International Women’s Day, EY is using the hashtag #SheBelongs. Here’s three things that came to mind for me: She belongs in the classroom […]Password managers aren’t all they’re cracked up to be. Here’s why
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This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Sean Fleming, Senior Writer, Formative Content For people who struggle to remember complex passwords or those who work at companies where the IT departments mandate password changes on a set schedule, password managers are lifesavers. Those tools work by […]Ninja innovation and the future of 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: Gary Shapiro, President and CEO, Consumer Technology Association We are entering a new era of innovation. The pace of change is accelerating. More fundamental human problems will be solved in the next two decades than have been solved in the […]Here’s how we can rethink the way we eat meat
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This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Chiara Cecchini, US director, co-founder, Future Food Institute By 2050, the world population is projected to reach nearly 10 billion. According to the Food and Agriculture Organization, food production must increase by 70% to feed this larger population. How […]Cybersecurity should be a source of hope, not fear. Here are 5 reasons why
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This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Adrien Ogée, Project Lead, Cyber Resilience, World Economic Forum This headline was in the news a few weeks ago: “Hackers are passing around a megaleak of 2.2 billion records”. Headlines like this are common in the cybersecurity space. What […]Planet’s Health is Our Health and the Reverse is True
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This article was exclusively written for The European Sting by Ms. Mayumi Cavalcante Hashiguchi, a third year medical student of University Center São Lucas – UniSL from a small city of Brazil named Porto Velho which is the capital of Rondônia, a state in the north of the country, located in Western Amazonia. She is affiliated to the […]OECD sees global growth slowing, as Europe weakens and risks persist
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The global economy is slowing and major risks persist, with growth weakening much more than expected in Europe, according to the OECD’s latest Interim Economic Outlook. Economic prospects are now weaker in nearly all G20 countries than previously anticipated. Vulnerabilities stemming from China and the weakening European economy, combined with a slowdown in trade and […]The European Agenda on Migration: EU needs to sustain progress made over the past 4 years
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This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. Ahead of the March European Council, the Commission is today taking stock of progress made over the past 4 years and setting out the measures still required to address immediate and future migration challenges. Faced with the most severe refugee crisis the world has […]Wind farms now provide 14% of EU power – these countries are leading the way
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This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Sean Fleming, Senior Writer, Formative Content The winds of change continue to blow through the European energy sector. Renewables – in particular wind power – continue to grow in overall importance, even though their rate of adoption slowed over […]Fake news: What it is, and how to spot it
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This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Emma Charlton, Writer Fake news! You’d have to have been hiding under a rock not to have heard the term that’s risen in prominence in the past few years, been hijacked by politicians and stoked international political tensions along […]The AI doctor won’t see you now
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This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Geraint Rees, Professor of cognitive neurology, University College London What makes a good doctor? When the British Medical Journal asked the question in 2002, common qualities that resonated with its readers were compassion, understanding, empathy, honesty, competence, commitment and […]Your chocolate can help save the planet. Here’s how
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This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Richard Scobey, President, World Cocoa Foundation Despite intensive efforts over the past decade to slow tropical deforestation, the equivalent of 40 football fields worth of trees was lost every minute in 2017. Commercial agricultural production of palm oil, soy, […]Gender equality in STEM is possible. These countries prove it
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This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Alex Thornton, Senior Writer, Formative Content There should be no shortage of inspirational role models for young girls dreaming of a career in science. Women have been responsible for some of the most important scientific breakthroughs that shaped the […]7 of the world’s 10 most polluted cities are in India
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This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Alex Thornton, Senior Writer, Formative Content Air pollution is an insidious killer. If you are among the 91% of the world’s population who breathes air the World Health Organisation (WHO) deems unsafe, then every time you inhale, microscopic particles […]The countries with the most satellites in space
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This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Johnny WoodSenior Writer, Formative Content More than 1,950 active satellites are currently orbiting Earth, and plenty more could soon be joining them. Reduced costs and growing competition has seen an increasing number of commercial satellites reaching Earth’s orbit, which […]“What a Wonderful World”: the unsettled relationship between Climate Change and Human Health
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This article was exclusively written for The European Sting by Mr. Lucas Diniz, Lucas Diniz is a second-year medical student at Pontifical Catholic University of Goiás, Brazil.. He 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 writer and do not necessarily reflect IFMSA’s […]External action: more funds for human rights, development and climate change
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This article is brought to you in association with the European Parliament. EU external action funding should support development, climate and environmental goals, and promote democracy, rule of law and human rights, say MEPs. On Monday, the Foreign Affairs and Development committees adopted their joint position on the proposed Neighbourhood, Development and International Cooperation Instrument (NDICI). […]International Women’s Day 2019: women’s power in politics
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This article is brought to you in association with the European Parliament. Ahead of the European elections, MEPs and national MPs will discuss women’s power in politics during an inter-parliamentary committee meeting on Thursday. MEPs and more than 20 MPs from 15 EU national parliaments and Norway will attend this meeting marking International Women’s Day (IWD). […]Foreign Investment Screening: new European framework to enter into force in April 2019
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This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. The Council of the EU today approved a new framework to screen foreign direct investments coming into the European Union, thus concluding the legislative process on this proposal. This means, the new framework will enter into force in April this year. Based on a […]The global economy is woefully unprepared for biological threats. This is what we need to do
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This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Ryan Morhard, Project Lead, Global Health and Healthcare Industries, World Economic Forum Geneva If you found yourself in Liverpool in the late 18th century it wouldn’t have been entirely unexpected to witness a fire, threatening stocks of tobacco, sugar […]Concorde is a reminder that the only way for innovation is up
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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 Freakley, Chief Executive Officer, AlixPartners I do not think I have ever met a child who is not fascinated with flying. When an airplane passes overhead and my own children look up at the sky, I can remember […]Here are 4 tips for governing by design in the Fourth Industrial Revolution
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This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Christian Bason, CEO, Danish Design Centre & Kris Broekaert, Government Engagement Lead, World Economic Forum Geneva There is much talk about the Fourth Industrial Revolution and how its advances in technology are transforming the ways in which individuals and […]Here are the biggest cybercrime trends of 2019
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This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Einaras von Gravrock, Chief Executive Officer and Founder, CUJO AI Cybercriminals are using more advanced and scalable tools to breach user privacy, and they are getting results. Two billion data records were compromised in 2017, and more than 4.5 […]Seize the opportunities of digital technology to improve well-being but also address the risks
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This article is brought to you in association with OECD. Digital technology can improve our lives but it also poses a major risk of widening social inequality and blocking opportunities for people without the skills to navigate the online world safely, according to a new OECD report. A mix of technical, emotional and social skills is […]Could switching between summer and winter time end in 2021?
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This article is brought to you in association with the European Parliament. Proposals to end biannual clock changes from 2021 were backed by the Transport and Tourism Committee on Monday. The Transport Committee proposes that the clock change on the last Sunday in March 2021 should be the last one for EU countries that decide to […]External action: more funds for human rights, development and climate change
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This article is brought to you in association with the European Parliament. EU external action funding should support development, climate and environmental goals, and promote democracy, rule of law and human rights, say MEPs. On Monday, the Foreign Affairs and Development committees adopted their joint position on the proposed Neighbourhood, Development and International Cooperation Instrument (NDICI). […]Closing the loop: Commission delivers on Circular Economy Action Plan
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This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. All 54 actions under the plan launched in 2015 have now been delivered or are being implemented. This will contribute to boost Europe’s competitiveness, modernise its economy and industry to create jobs, protect the environment and generate sustainable growth. The European Commission today published […]This is how Britain saved some of its most precious wildlife from the threat of extinction
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This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Johnny Wood, Senior Writer , Formative Content Many of Britain’s wild carnivore species have returned in numbers from the brink of extinction, despite humanity encroaching on their natural habitat. In the face of historic declines, most of the country’s […]Modern farming is harming the planet. Tech-driven permaculture could heal it
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This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Viktor Weber, Founder & Director, Future Real Estate Institute Healthy soil leads to healthy humans. Sir Albert Howard, one of the forethinkers of organic agriculture and composting, explored this link in the early 20th century. Sir Albert recognized soil […]Fashion has a huge waste problem. Here’s how it can change
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This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Francois Souchet, Make Fashion Circular Lead, Ellen MacArthur Foundation The biggest trends in fashion today are ones no one wants to be seen in. They include vastly increased clothing production and declining use, massive levels of waste and more […]Female leaders warn about the erosion of women’s rights
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This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Kate Whiting, Senior Writer, Formative Content Just a week before International Women’s Day, a new group of female leaders has voiced its fears that full gender equality may not be achieved – and that it’s actually being eroded. The […]
