This article is brought to you thanks to the strategic cooperation of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Vanessa Candeias, Head of Global Health and Healthcare System Initiative, World Economic Forum & Rihana Diabo, Project Specialist, Global Health and Healthcare, World Economic Forum One in four people in the world will be affected by mental ill […]Here are five ways we can make mental healthcare better
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This article is brought to you thanks to the strategic cooperation of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Vanessa Candeias, Head of Global Health and Healthcare System Initiative, World Economic Forum & Rihana Diabo, Project Specialist, Global Health and Healthcare, World Economic Forum One in four people in the world will be affected by mental ill […]Here are three ways Africa’s youth are defeating corruption
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This article is brought to you thanks to the strategic cooperation of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Jen Hyatt, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, troo.ai The cost of corruption in Africa is higher than the total combined amount of development aid that the continent receives from foreign donors, according to estimates by the African Development […]What the Amazon rain forest tells us about globalization
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This article is brought to you thanks to the strategic cooperation of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Peter Vanham, Media Lead, US and Industries, World Economic Forum Can globalization and the fight against climate change co-exist? Or is the environment doomed to suffer as people fly, goods are shipped, and agriculture and industry tap international […]Where EU air pollution is deadliest
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This article is brought to you thanks to the strategic cooperation of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Joe Myers, Formative Content Deadly pollution is not a problem that is consigned to the developing world. As new data from the European Environment Agency shows, it’s a significant issue in Europe as well. Across the 28 EU […]The future of energy in Puerto Rico is renewable
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This article is brought to you thanks to the strategic cooperation of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Yamil Colón, Assistant Professor, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Notre Dame Hurricane Maria tore apart the green mantle of foliage covering Puerto Rico, leaving destruction in its wake. It laid bare the island’s old and […]How banking with blockchain can stamp out corruption and increase financial inclusion
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This article is brought to you thanks to the strategic cooperation of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Joseph Thompson, Co-founder and CEO, Aid:Tech Banking institutions were primarily built to provide a trusted intermediary between two parties, such as a borrower and a lender. Legitimate commerce required the use of an institutional bank. While banks have […]How to stop data leaks
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This article is brought to you thanks to the strategic cooperation of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Algirde Pipikaite, Project Lead, Governance and Policy, World Economic Forum Our data infrastructure is incredibly porous. The latest cybersecurity incidents have highlighted the vulnerabilities created in the mishandling of massive data access by developers of third party applications. […]How sustainable infrastructure can help us fight climate change
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This article is brought to you thanks to the strategic cooperation of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Amal-Lee Amin, Chief of the Climate Change Division, Inter-American Development Bank & Graham Watkins, Principal Environmental Specialist, Inter-American Development Bank In October, a climate change report struck like a bolt of lightning. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change […]How a new approach to meat can help end hunger
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This article is brought to you thanks to the strategic cooperation of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Paul Laudicina, Chairman, A.T. Kearney Global Business Policy Council Today, one in nine people are hungry. And there will be nearly 20% more mouths to feed in 2030 than there are today. But there is a reason to […]These countries have some of the highest voter turnout in the world
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This article is brought to you thanks to the strategic cooperation of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Rosamond Hutt, Formative Content The US midterm elections typically have a much lower voter turnout than presidential elections. But this year, early voting exceeded that of many previous midterms, breaking records in multiple states. An estimated 40 million […]The eight types of AI you should know about
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This article is brought to you thanks to the strategic cooperation of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Jen Hyatt, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, troo.ai Artificial intelligence (AI) is a broadly-used term, akin to the word manufacturing, which can cover the production of cars, cupcakes or computers. Its use as a blanket term disguises how […]Nordic noir: The unhappiness epidemic affecting young people in the world’s happiest countries
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This article is brought to you thanks to the strategic cooperation of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Sean Fleming, Senior Writer, Formative Content Scandinavia. The Nordics. Home to pine trees, fjords, and the most contented people in the world. From hygge to Janteloven, the people seem to instinctively know how to strike the perfect balance. […]Your smartphone may know more about your mental health than you
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This article is brought to you thanks to the strategic cooperation of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Amit Etkin, Professor, Stanford University “How have you been feeling since we last met?” As a psychiatrist, this is how I often open a session with a patient. But as a Silicon Valley-based neuroscientist, I am struck by […]100 years after Polish independence, 5 reasons to be cheerful for the future
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This article is brought to you thanks to the strategic cooperation of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Kornel Koronowski, COO @Boryszew Energy & Vijay Raju, Head of Strategy, Forum Members, World Economic Forum Poland is one of the world’s most impressive growth stories. In September 2018, Poland was officially declared the first country from the […]The fat from your next takeaway meal could help clean up global shipping
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This article is brought to you thanks to the strategic cooperation of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Sean Fleming, Senior Writer, Formative Content Your next takeaway meal could hold the key to helping the global shipping sector hit ambitious new emissions targets due to come into effect in 2020. Most of us are aware of […]How to stop plastic pollution at source
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This article is brought to you thanks to the strategic cooperation of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Ellen MacArthur, Founder, Ellen MacArthur Foundation The problem with plastic starts long before it reaches our oceans, rivers and beaches. Plastic waste and pollution are symptoms of a broken system in which we design products without considering what […]Open-plan offices make workers less collaborative, Harvard study finds
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This article is brought to you thanks to the strategic cooperation of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Johnny Wood, Writer, Formative Content Open-plan offices allow employees to see and hear their colleagues all day long, so you might think all this transparency would encourage them to work more collaboratively. But according to new Harvard research, […]To be fair or to be sustainable? That is the (retirement) question
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This article is brought to you thanks to the strategic cooperation of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Amish Gandhi, Principal, Mercer Hundreds of thousands of people march on the capital. They are protesting against a government-mandated retirement system that is perceived as favouring the investment firms which manage the people’s retirement accounts, rather than the […]Bangladesh, South Africa and Bolivia all beat the US for women’s representation in politics
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This article is brought to you thanks to the strategic cooperation of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Madeleine Hillyer, US Media Relations Intern, World Economic Forum With a record number of women running for office in the US midterm elections, many people are wondering: is a ‘pink wave’ about to hit America? If it does, […]This billion-dollar campaign wants to protect 30% of the planet by 2030
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This article is brought to you thanks to the strategic cooperation of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Kate Whiting, Senior Writer, Formative Content When the world gathers in Egypt’s Sharm El-Sheikh later this month for the biennial conference of the UN Convention on Biological Diversity, how well we’re protecting the planet will be in the […]How cities, not states, can solve the world’s biggest problems
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This article is brought to you thanks to the strategic cooperation of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Robert Muggah, Co-founder, Igarape Institute and SecDev Group & Reuben Abraham, CEO, IDFC Institute Cities, not nation states, are the dominant form of human civilization in the 21st century. Humanity transitioned from a rural to a primarily urban […]What we can learn from Asia’s courts of the future
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This article is brought to you thanks to the strategic cooperation of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Viva Dadwal, Senior Fellow, University of Ottawa Centre on Governance & Mark BeerPresident, International Association for Court Administration Technology has already transformed the way in which commerce and trade flow around the world. Will our courts be able […]Is the English language too powerful?
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This article is brought to you thanks to the strategic cooperation of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Johnny Wood, Writer, Formative Content In 2016 I published the “Power Language Index”, a research note on the efficacy of languages. It was a systematic data-driven analysis using 20 indicators to compare the clout of the world’s languages. […]Global ageing is a challenge – and an opportunity
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This article is brought to you thanks to the strategic cooperation of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Daniel Houston, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, Principal Financial Group Global projections for 2050 are mind-boggling: 1.6 billion people aged 65 and over and a $400 trillion retirement savings gap. That means a $250,000 shortfall for the […]Immigrants make good entrepreneurs. This study proves it
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This article is brought to you thanks to the strategic cooperation of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Johnny Wood, Writer, Formative Content Immigrants are good for business, according to research analyzing entrepreneur trends in the US. Not only do immigrants to the US establish proportionally more businesses than native-born entrepreneurs, their companies are also more […]People, not technology, shape the future of manufacturing
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This article is brought to you thanks to the strategic cooperation of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Torbjørn Netland, Chair of production and operations management, ETH Zurich & Lino Guzzella, President, ETH Zurich These are exciting times for manufacturing. A plethora of recent technological developments creates radically new opportunities for how we develop, manufacture, and […]Understanding the gender gap in the Global South
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This article is brought to you thanks to the strategic cooperation of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Alison Gillwald, Research ICT Africa and the University of Cape Town Despite there being no accurate data available at the global level to support claims currently being made in various gender and information and communication technology (ICT) indices, […]Intervene, don’t overthink – the new mantra of systems design
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This article is brought to you thanks to the strategic cooperation of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Tim Brown, Chief Executive Officer, IDEO Architects and urban planners of the mid-20th century believed they had the skill and the right to redesign how cities worked. Enamored with the automobile and challenged by increased urban migration, planners […]How to keep our cities cool as temperatures rise
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This article is brought to you thanks to the strategic cooperation of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Jürgen Fischer, President, Danfoss Cooling Sustainable, smart cities are at the heart of all conversations about the rising demand for cooling and rapid urbanization. This is not surprising: if you scrambled for ways to keep cool in the […]Why salaries could finally be on the way up
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This article is brought to you thanks to the strategic cooperation of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Emma Charlton, Writer Tired of reading about robots coming for your job? There’s good news for job seekers around the globe in Manpower’s latest report: hiring demand is up and talent shortages are at a 12-year high, showing […]What lies ahead for the Korean Peninsula?
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This article is brought to you thanks to the strategic cooperation of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Ruediger Frank, Department Head and Professor of East Asian Economy and Society, University of Vienna In 2017, the Korean Peninsula seemed to be on the brink of war. The risk of disastrous human and economic consequences was high, […]The vegan economy is booming – and Big Food wants a slice of it
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This article is brought to you thanks to the strategic cooperation of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Sean Fleming, Senior Writer, Formative Content Once dismissed as a trendy food fad and a fringe concern, veganism is now going mainstream. Growth in sales of plant-based food jumped 20% in the USA between June 2017 and June […]7 ways the ‘biological century’ will transform healthcare
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This article is brought to you thanks to the strategic cooperation of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Mike Moradi, Co-Founder & CEO, Sensulin & David Berry, General partner, Flagship Pioneering Among the many disruptive forces that the Fourth Industrial Revolution promises to unleash is a revolution in healthcare. We’re entering the century of biology – […]
