This article is brought to you thanks to the strategic cooperation of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Sarah Mousa, Co-founder, Shamsina & Deena Mousa, Co-founder, Shamsina As home to some of the world’s top energy suppliers, the Arab world is often associated with energy wealth. Saudi Arabia, Iraq, the United Arab Emirates and Kuwait are […]Universal access to energy is a major challenge for the Arab world. Here’s why
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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: Sarah Mousa, Co-founder, Shamsina & Deena Mousa, Co-founder, Shamsina As home to some of the world’s top energy suppliers, the Arab world is often associated with energy wealth. Saudi Arabia, Iraq, the United Arab Emirates and Kuwait are […]Tunisia wants to change inheritance rules to boost gender equality
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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 Tunisia is pushing forward with legislation that would give women equal inheritance rights, despite drawing criticism from some Islamic scholars. The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, said the Tunisian […]This is what happens when a school swaps french fries for quinoa
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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: Mauricio Rodas Espinel, Mayor of Quito, Municipality of Quito In Quito, about 70% of the deaths are caused by non-communicable diseases like hypertension and diabetes. Obesity is a primary risk factor, and here – like just about everywhere […]We must work together to build a new world order. This is how we can do 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: Gülnur Aybet, Senior Adviser to the President, Office of the President of Turkey and member of the World Economic Forum’s Global Future Council on Europe, Professor Yildiz Technical University It is almost 30 years since the former Warsaw […]This AI-powered app aims to help people with autism improve their social skills
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This article is brought to you thanks to the cooperation of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Emma Charlton, Writer Could artificial intelligence benefit children with autism? Ned Sahin, a neuroscientist and founder of company Brain Power, thinks so. He is part of a wave of scientists who hope technology can improve the social communication and […]Why CFOs need to rethink what it means to create value
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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: Mark Hawkins,Chief financial officer, Salesforce As the Fourth Industrial Revolution makes business more and more complex, many executives feel the pressure to focus on satisfying the immediate demands of shareholders and delivering the current or next quarter’s results. […]Madrid is banning high-polluting vehicles from the city centre
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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 If you happen to be walking through the Spanish capital this weekend, you might think its roads are a little less busy than other cities – and you’d be right. Madrid has just […]An open letter from business to world leaders: “Be ambitious, and together we can address 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: Alliance of CEO Climate Leaders This open letter is to be released ahead of the 24th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) by the World Economic Forum on behalf […]South Africa still hasn’t won LGBTQ+ equality. Here are 5 reasons why
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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: Rivonia Pillay, Civil Engineer Candidate, Department of Water and Sanitation of South Africa In the fight for LGBTQ+ rights on the African continent, South Africa leads the way for marriage equality and legal protection against discrimination. In fact […]Business is stepping up its fight against climate change. This is how
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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: Emily Farnworth, Head of Climate Change, World Economic Forum An open letter, sent today by the Forum’s Alliance of CEO Climate Leaders, is significant for two reasons. Firstly, with 50 global CEOs running organizations with a combined annual […]Postal workers in France are helping elderly people fight loneliness
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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 While we’re living longer, not everyone is living healthier and happier lives – and many countries are struggling to look after an increasingly lonely, ageing population. By 2050, it’s predicted that more […]How to build a paradise for women. A lesson from Iceland
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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: Katrín Jakobsdóttir, Prime Minister of Iceland, Office of the Prime Minister of Iceland Iceland is honoured to be a frontrunner in the World Economic Forum’s Global Gender Gap Report, and as Prime Minister I am frequently asked about […]Texting is a daily source of stress for 1/3 of people – are you one of them?
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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 Do you ever feel stressed by the number of text messages you have to reply to? Are you constantly checking your phone? Do you sometimes forget you have replies that are due? You’re not alone. […]Asian and Pacific economies: decreases in tax revenue highlight need to broaden tax bases
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This article is brought to you in association with OECD. The fifth edition of Revenue Statistics in Asian and Pacific Economies – released today – shows that tax-to-GDP ratios fell in most of the 16 Asian and Pacific economies covered by the report between 2015 and 2016 due to a combination of policy reforms and decreasing […]Here’s how to bring agility into the boardroom
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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: David GillespiePartner, Oliver Wyman & Margarita Economides, Engagement manager, Oliver Wyman Today’s corporate world is being shaped by a near constant onslaught of unpredictable events. In such turbulent times the traditional corporate governance model risks becoming outdated and […]Growth is running out of steam. How do we prepare for the next crisis?
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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: Guy Miller, Chief Market Strategist and Head of Macroeconomics, Zurich Insurance As the end of the year beckons and we ponder what the world will look like in 2019, the World Economic Forum’s latest report on Regional Risks […]Here are four steps SMEs can take for long-term success
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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: C. Keith Cargill, President and CEO, Texas Capital Bancshares There are benefits to looking beyond the traditional one-size-fits-all approach, in business and elsewhere. Recent technological innovations have made it more possible than ever before to offer clients the […]Why this city is paying people to move there
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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 Would you move to a new city for $10,000? That’s the hope of an organisation that wants to lure workers to Tulsa in Oklahoma, as it aims to bridge a widening gulf between large metropolitan […]In 1975 NASA envisioned future life in space would look like this
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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 You might think that dreaming up what life in a space colony might be like is at the cutting edge of futuristic thinking. But NASA was working on the concept more than […]Hiring is broken. Here’s how to fix 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: Rebecca Weicht, Co-Founder, Bantani Education & Susanna Williams, Impact Consultant , Hireable Hiring has not altered much since the early days of the 20th century. Despite all of the advances in technology, it costs over £30,000 to replace […]3 ways business leaders can build digital trust
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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: Bob Moritz,Global Chairman, PwC The year 2018 has seen a steady shift in cybersecurity and privacy matters: from the back office to the front office, from the tech section to the front page, and from the IT department […]One year on from #MeToo, what’s changed?
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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: Rachel Haas, Managing director, NO MORE It’s been a little more than a year since actress Alyssa Milano posted on Twitter: “If you’ve been sexually harassed or assaulted write ‘me too’ as a reply to this tweet.” That […]6 ways China and the United States could jumpstart trade reforms
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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: Ricardo Meléndez-Ortiz, Co‐founding Chief Executive, International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development & Shuaihua Cheng, Managing Director, ICTSD China, International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development (ICTSD) Whether they’re new best friends or estranged fellows, President Donald Trump […]4 ways the US can take the lead in the fight against human trafficking
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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: Troels Lund Poulsen, Minister for Employment, Denmark The US Senate recently endorsed the nomination of long-standing civil rights prosecutor, John Cotton Richmond, as new Ambassador-at-Large to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons. This statutory post, created under the […]How banks should prepare for robots going rogue
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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: Elizabeth St-Onge, Partner, Financial Services, Oliver Wyman & Ege Gürdeniz, Principal, Digital, Technology, and Analytics, Oliver Wyman Banks are rolling out machine-learning applications to handle all manner of tasks once reserved for humans, from customer service to automated […]How to future-proof India’s economy
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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: Thierry GeigerHead, Research and Regional Impact, Future of Economic Progress, World Economic Forum & Sriram GuttaCommunity Lead, Regional Agenda – India and South Asia, World Economic Forum Geneva & Sheikh Tanjeb IslamGlobal Leadership Fellow and Community Lead Regional […]What is adversarial artificial intelligence and why does it matter?
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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: William Dixon, Head of Operations, Centre for Cybersecurity, World Economic Forum Artificial intelligence (AI) is quickly becoming a critical component in how government, business and citizens defend themselves against cyber attacks. Starting with technology designed to automate specific […]Finland is a world leader in clean energy. Here’s what’s driving its success
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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 Finland uses a lot less fossil fuel than most countries. But it still has a lot to do to hit its ambitious green energy targets. The country’s commitment to biofuels is one […]Why rich countries are seeing more poverty
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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 Poverty isn’t just an issue for developing nations, with almost one child in every seven across the OECD living on extremely low income and the share rising in many countries. While child deprivation isn’t new, […]5 surprising ways to reuse coffee grounds
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This article is brought to you thanks to the strategic cooperation of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Authors: John McKenna, Formative Content Every day more than 2 billion cups of coffee are consumed across the globe. Most of the coffee grounds used to make those cups are thrown away, with six million tonnes sent to landfill […]Innovation is the key to the pay-TV industry’s long-term growth
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This article is brought to you thanks to the strategic cooperation of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Authors: Jacques-Edouard Guillemot, Senior Vice-President, Executive Affairs, Kudelski Group In the world of pay-TV there is now only one constant we can rely on – change. Consumers are constantly demanding more for less, while increasing competition from new entrants […]Europe’s poor investment in digital is threatening prosperity. Here’s what its start-ups need
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This article is brought to you thanks to the strategic cooperation of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Authors: Felix Staeritz, Founding Partner and CEO, Michael Stephanblome, Founding Partner and CSO and Andreas von Oettingen Founding Partner and CTO, FACTOR10 Europe is one of the biggest economic regions in the world. The European Union’s impressive $17 trillion […]Merkel: Nationalism and egoism must never have a chance again in Europe
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This article is brought to you in association with the European Parliament. German Chancellor Angela Merkel debated the future of Europe with MEPs and the President of the European Commission, Jean-Claude Juncker, on Tuesday. “Tolerance is the soul of Europe and an essential basic value of the European idea”, Mrs Merkel said. This soul has been […]
