World Economic Forum

WEF launches philanthropic initiative to mobilise $3tr a year to tackle climate crisis

Investment

WEF launches philanthropic initiative to mobilise $3tr a year to tackle climate crisis

Giving to Amplify Earth Action (GAEA) initiative aims to leverage philanthropic capital to help drive the trillion dollar investments needed to tackle climate change and nature loss

clock 18 January 2023 • 3 min read
WWF launches new Biodiversity Risk Filter to help companies tackle nature-related threats

Biodiversity

WWF launches new Biodiversity Risk Filter to help companies tackle nature-related threats

New online tool seeks to help companies and investors mitigate biodiversity-related risks and prepare for the reforms that follow the new Global Biodiversity Framework

clock 17 January 2023 • 5 min read
'Private jets must be consigned to history': Greenpeace reveals private jet emissions quadrupled during last year's Davos Summit

Aviation

'Private jets must be consigned to history': Greenpeace reveals private jet emissions quadrupled during last year's Davos Summit

New study reveals over a third of flights to Davos Summit were for 'ultra-short' journeys

clock 13 January 2023 • 3 min read
World Economic Forum: Millions more green jobs needed globally to deliver on climate goals

Skills

World Economic Forum: Millions more green jobs needed globally to deliver on climate goals

New research examines how the green technology and jobs market is set to rapidly expand over the coming decade

clock 13 January 2023 • 3 min read
Real estate bosses pledge to reach net zero by 2050

Buildings

Real estate bosses pledge to reach net zero by 2050

Chief executives from some of the world's largest real estate companies pledge to follow the World Economic Forum's Green Building Principles in bid to halve emissions by 2030

clock 13 January 2023 • 2 min read
'Green product scarcity' is looming: How can businesses remove the cleantech bottleneck?

Supply chain

'Green product scarcity' is looming: How can businesses remove the cleantech bottleneck?

World Economic Forum and Boston Consulting Group warn that despite growing demand for green products, supply chain risks pose a major threat to the net zero transition

clock 12 January 2023 • 6 min read
'More frequent and more deadly': How the escalating climate crisis is impacting global livelihoods

Climate change

'More frequent and more deadly': How the escalating climate crisis is impacting global livelihoods

Extreme hunger, fear and increased financial risk among effects of growing global climate crisis

clock 16 September 2022 • 8 min read
Collaboration, risk sharing, and common standards: What are the key accelerators of industrial decarbonisation?

Infrastructure

Collaboration, risk sharing, and common standards: What are the key accelerators of industrial decarbonisation?

A new report from WEF and Accenture sets out recommendations for how financiers, businesses, and government can work together to decarbonise some of the world's most hard-to-abate sectors

clock 04 August 2022 • 5 min read
Davos should showcase how corporate climate targets are translating into action

Management

Davos should showcase how corporate climate targets are translating into action

This year’s World Economic Forum is an opportunity for business leaders to collaborate on climate action and innovation, write S30 group co-chairs Steve Varley and Arlo Brady

clock 26 May 2022 • 3 min read
TNFD taps indigenous groups to aid development of nature-related risk framework

Biodiversity

TNFD taps indigenous groups to aid development of nature-related risk framework

Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures announces expanded consultation process, as organisation warns damage to nature poses serious threat to the long-term economic growth

clock 24 May 2022 • 3 min read