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World Economic Forum Unveils Virtual Global Collaboration Village as the Future of Strong Public-Private Cooperation

The Forum today unveils a major initiative at the Annual Meeting 2022 in Davos to harness the power of the metaverse to grow and diversify participation in advancing the global public interest The Global Collaboration Village will leverage new technology to shape innovative solutions for critical global challenges For more information on the Annual Meeting, …

Urgent Action Needed to Ensure a Resilient Energy Transition Amid Severe Global Challenges

World Economic Forum’s new report, Fostering Effective Energy Transition 2022, says energy transition must address the challenges to environmental sustainability, energy security and energy justice and affordability The pace of energy transition needs to be supercharged, as demonstrated by recent spike in fuels prices, challenges to energy security, and the slow progress on climate action …

Global Coordination Could Unlock more Efficient Trade, New TradeTech Report Reveals

TradeTech, the set of technologies that enables global trade and its digitalization, is critical for trade and supply chain resilience and economic recovery World Economic Forum and World Trade Organization (WTO) publish joint report – The promise of TradeTech: Policy approaches to harness trade digitalization – to reveal five policy frontiers and how global coordination could …

UN Secretary-General Calls on Private Sector to Help Developing Countries with Post-Pandemic Recovery

António Guterres urges governments, the private sector and international financial institutions to work together to build up private investment in low-income countries and rebuild economies Manufacturers and pharmaceutical companies can ensure vaccine equity by supporting the local production of tests and treatments, sharing know-how and technology The global financial system needs to be redesigned to …

First Quantum Computing Guidelines Launched as Investment Booms

From bits to qubits, quantum science promises to disrupt the future of business, science and government as billions are invested across the public and private sector A new Insight Report presents best-practice governance principles to guide future design and adoption as investment boomed. It is critical to address ethical concerns well before commercialization and set standards now to …

Climate Failure and Social Crisis Top Global Risks 2022

Top risks are climate crisis, growing social divides, heightened cyber risks and an uneven global recovery, as pandemic lingers on Global survey of experts finds only 1 in 6 are optimistic and only 1 in 10 believe the global recovery will accelerate To resolve these systemic issues, global leaders must adopt a coordinated multistakeholder response, …