Browsing: General Interest

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Richard Branson Founder, Virgin Group[/box] For the first time, environmental concerns are the top five global…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Bas Burger Chief Executive Officer, Global Services, BT Group This article is part of the World Economic…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Allen Blue Co-Founder and Vice President, Product Management, LinkedIn This article is part of the World Economic…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]John Goodwin Chief Executive Officer, The LEGO Foundation This article is part of the World Economic Forum…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Ken Xie Founder, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, Fortinet[/box] Cybersecurity must be built-in…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Gwilym Pryce, University of Sheffield; Bernard Fingleton, University of Cambridge, and Dan Olner, University of Sheffield[/box]…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Claire Cozens Editor, Thomas Reuters Foundation This article is published in collaboration with Thomson Reuters Foundation…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Sandrine Dixson-Declève Co-President, The Club of Rome[/box] Our leaders must acknowledge humanity’s greatest existential threat. The…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Carla Gomez Global Shaper, Quito Hub, UNDP Ecuador This article is part of the World Economic Forum…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Jamie Morgan, Leeds Beckett University[/box] Cast your mind back a decade or so and consider how…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Carly Britton Press Officer, Cell Press This article was first published by the Stanford Woods Institute…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Grant Wilson, University of Birmingham; Iain Staffell, Imperial College London, and Noah Godfrey, University of Birmingham[/box]…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Viktor Weber Founder & Director, Future Real Estate Institute[/box] Modern science has proven environmental factors heavily…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Gavin Brown, Manchester Metropolitan University and Richard Whittle, Manchester Metropolitan University[/box] 2020 could well be the…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Anne Richards Chief Executive Officer, Fidelity International This article is part of the World Economic Forum Annual…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Lesley Van Staveren Co-founding director, ReGen Plastics[/box] Plastic is often referred to as a material that…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Heather Alberro, Nottingham Trent University; Dénes Csala, Lancaster University; Hannah Cloke, University of Reading; Marc Hudson,…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Kazumi Nishikawa Director, Healthcare Industries Division, Commerce and Service Industry Policy Group, Ministry of Economy, Trade…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Kokho Jason Sit, University of Portsmouth[/box] Christmas has passed and New Year is just around the…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Francois Austin Partner, Oliver Wyman This article is part of the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting[/box] A…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Nelson Blackley, Nottingham Trent University[/box] The “commercialisation” of Christmas has long been a feature of the…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Alexander Daniel, reNature Tom Lovett, reNature[/box] Farming is responsible for almost 30% of global greenhouse gas…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]David Poyton, Aberystwyth University[/box] Digital platforms such as Uber and Airbnb have revolutionised the services we…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Roberto Ridolfi Director, Sustainable Growth and Development, European Commission Olivier Dubois Senior Natural Resources Officer, Energy…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Richard Ellis, University of Reading[/box] Climate change is already affecting the amount of food that farmers…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Saadia Zahidi Managing Director, World Economic Forum[/box] At the present rate of progress, it could take…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Andrea Mechelli, King’s College London[/box] Over half of the world’s population – 4.2 billion people –…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Abhinav Chugh Content and Partnerships Specialist, Strategic Intelligence, World Economic Forum[/box] On Mousuni Island – a…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Mauro F. Guillén Zandman Professor of International Management, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, USA Srikar…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Liang Zhao, Lund University[/box] One of the hottest topics in cryptocurrencies is the prospect of major…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]David Etherington, Staffordshire University[/box] Labour is battling to retain a number of seats that have long…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Winston Ma Wenyan Adjunct Professor, New York University[/box] In September 2019, China had its own version…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Heather Plumpton, University of Reading[/box] Reforestation has enormous potential as a cheap and natural way of…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Joanna Rubinstein President & CEO, World Childhood Foundation, USA Lina Fernandez Special Projects Manager, World Childhood…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Ian Jones, University of Leeds; Anthony Whiteing, University of Leeds, and Greg Marsden, University of Leeds[/box]…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Katharine Rooney Senior Writer, Formative Content[/box] Whales store huge amounts of CO2 They support the growth…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Kate Kelland Correspondent, Reuters This article is published in collaboration with Thomson Reuters Foundation trust.org[/box] A…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Emma Farge This article is published in collaboration with Reuters[/box] The concentration of carbon dioxide in…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Katica Roy CEO, Pipeline[/box] The Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) upends current economic frameworks. Who makes money…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Chirag Jain CEO, Ashika Capital and World Economic Forum Global Shaper, Mumbai Hub,[/box] Every human being…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Gavin Brown, Manchester Metropolitan University and Richard Whittle, Manchester Metropolitan University[/box] Many cryptocurrencies have been launched…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Gabriel Goldschmidt Director, Latin America and the Caribbean, International Finance Corporation (IFC) Muhammad Ali Pate Global…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Andrew J Tanentzap, University of Cambridge[/box] Lakes and ponds are the final resting place for many…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Sean de Cleene Member of the Executive Committee, Head of the Future of Food, World Economic…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Deljana Iossifova, University of Manchester; Purva Dewoolkar, University of Manchester, and Youcao Ren, University of Manchester[/box]…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Dan Schawbel Partner and research director, Future Workplace[/box] Artificial intelligence (AI) will impact every job, in…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Fred Krupp President, Environmental Defense Fund[/box] With the US administration turning its back on the Paris Climate Agreement,…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Liz Sharp, University of Sheffield[/box] When even Boris Johnson, the UK’s Conservative prime minister, interprets severe…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Mark Shackleton, Lancaster University[/box] The largest oil and gas producer, Saudi Aramco, is due to become…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]This article is published in collaboration with The Conversation Komali Kantamaneni Research Fellow, Solent University[/box] Before…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Marcus Enoch, Loughborough University[/box] The way people get around is starting to change, and as a…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Sean Fleming Senior Writer, Formative Content[/box] Between 2007 and 2017, the volume of renewable energy produced in…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Alois Zwinggi Head of Centre for Cybersecurity, World Economic Forum Kevin Brown Managing Director, BT Security[/box]…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Anna Davies, Trinity College Dublin; Agnese Cretella, Trinity College Dublin; Monika Rut, Trinity College Dublin; Stephen…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Mark Graham Professor of Internet Geography, Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford This article is part…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Philip Goff, Durham University[/box] Explaining how something as complex as consciousness can emerge from a grey,…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Anahita Thoms Partner, International Trade Practice, Baker McKenzie, Germany[/box] Public support for free trade is shrinking…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Leïla Choukroune, University of Portsmouth[/box] “Peace is the natural effect of trade. Two nations who traffic…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Paige H. Adams Global Chief Information Security Officer, Zurich Insurance Group[/box] Cybersecurity leaders are also business…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Timocin Pervane Partner, Oliver Wyman Kaijia Gu Partner, Oliver Wyman[/box] For decades, the dominance of large…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””] Sang Yup Lee Distinguished Professor, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) Paul Freemont…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Stéphane Duguin Head of the European Union Internet Referral Unit, Europol[/box] As technology rapidly progresses, doomsday…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Bob Nichol, University of Portsmouth[/box] As an astronomer, there is no better feeling than achieving “first…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Marcela Guerrero Casas Founder and Associate, Open Streets Cape Town This article is part of the Annual…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Antonios Siganos, University of Glasgow[/box] A number of studies show that daylight savings time harms people’s…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Robert Muggah Principal, SecDev Group Laura Bailey Global Lead, Stability Peace & Security, World Bank This…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Charlotte Edmond Formative Content[/box] Cheap, odorless and inert, sulphur hexafluoride is widely used in the electricity…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Tom Oliver, University of Reading[/box] We’ve all but won the argument on climate change. The facts…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Sean Fleming Senior Writer, Formative Content[/box] Schoolchildren who have experienced trauma or neglect could benefit from…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Rosamond Hutt Senior Writer, Formative Content[/box] Greenhouse gas emissions have already peaked, and are continuing to…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Carole Binns, University of Bradford[/box] When it comes to university choices for both students and academics,…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]David L. Chandler Writer, MIT News This article is published in collaboration with MIT News[/box] Today’s…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Emma Charlton Senior Writer, Formative Content[/box] Fast-paced technological developments like automation are becoming an everyday reality,…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Sean Doherty Head of International Trade and Investment System Initiave, Member of the Executive Committee, World…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Deirdre McKay, Keele University[/box] Plastic pollution and the climate crisis are two inseparable parts of the…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Alzbeta Klein Director and Global Head, Climate Business , International Finance Corporation (IFC)[/box] When Bertrand Piccard…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Anne Quito Design Reporter, Quartz This article is published in collaboration with Quartz[/box] Erecting a new…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Will Sarni Founder and CEO, Water Foundry[/box] It is far too easy to view scarcity and…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]David Reiner, Cambridge Judge Business School and Ilkka Hannula, University of Cambridge[/box] Electric cars are often…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Eva Pils, King’s College London and Marina Svensson, Lund University This article is part of a…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Rajesh Dhuddu Global Practice Leader for Blockchain, Tech Mahindra This article is part of the India Economic…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Miroslav Palanský, Charles University[/box] Tax havens have become a defining feature of the global financial system.…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Katharine Rooney Senior Writer, Formative Content[/box] Let’s say you’re in the market for a wooden armchair.…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Christina Hicks, Lancaster University; Andrew Thorne-Lyman, Johns Hopkins University, and Philippa Cohen, James Cook University[/box] Globally,…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Fernando J. Gómez Head, Chemical and Advanced Materials Industry, World Economic Forum Simonetta Rima Research and…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Kamal A Munir, Cambridge Judge Business School and Hamza Mudassir, Cambridge Judge Business School[/box] Traditional banks…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Halla Hrund Logadottir Co-Founder and Co-Director, Arctic Initiative, Harvard Kennedy School of Government Katie Segal Research…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Bernhard Reinsberg, University of Glasgow and Thomas Stubbs, Royal Holloway[/box] Corruption is one of the greatest…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]William Dixon Head of Operations, Centre for Cybersecurity, World Economic Forum Jamil Farshchi Chief Information Security…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Jane Burston Executive Director, Clean Air Fund Andreas Ahrens Head of Climate, Project Manager, Climate Positive…