Carbon neutral skies
The Carbon Neutral Skies project will provide a platform for stakeholders to identify economic measures to facilitate the implementation of carbon management strategies for the aviation industry that enable the industry to reach its carbon reduction goals and targets while minimizing competitive distortion among operators, countries and regions.
Sustainable Transportation Ecosystem - Addressing sustainability from an integrated systems perspective
Scaling-up existing sustainable transportation technologies can help the transportation sector and governments to reach their sustainability and carbon emissions reduction targets. However, it also holds great potential for job creation and long-term sustained economic growth. In order to achieve this, Sustainable Transportation Ecosystem, a report released by the World Economic Forum in collaboration with A.T. Kearney, provides guiding principles for achieving environmental sustainability in transportation across five dimensions: policy, financing, energy, infrastructure and customers....
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April 16, 2012
Repowering Transport 2011
Global transportation and fossil fuels are inextricably linked. More than 60% of the 87 million barrels of oil consumed daily powers the world’s transportation system and liquid fossil fuels account for more than 96% of the sector’s energy supply. The Repowering Transport project provides a high-level platform for executives from the World Economic Forum’s Industry Partners in the mobility (automotive, aviation, and logistics), energy (oil and gas, utilities, alternatives), chemicals, and investors industries, and select Global Growth Companies.The project explores...
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April 6, 2011
IdeasLab: Betting on green
IdeasLab with Technology Pioneers: Betting on GreenJoin Technology Pioneers in the IdeasLab to discover revolutionary solutions in green technologies.
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December 4, 2010
Low-carbon energy infrastructure and land use
The Task Force on Low-Carbon Economic Prosperity, convened by the World Economic Forum at the invitation of Prime Minister Gordon Brown at the Annual Meeting in Davos-Klosters 2009, brings together over 80 global companies and over 40 experts and organizations.As governments of the major economies are gearing up to spend a combined amount of about US$ 3 trillion to stimulate growth, one thing is crystal clear: to ensure our future prosperity, we need a high-growth and low-carbon economy. To that end, a set of practical policies and incentives is urgently required to help remove the obstacles...
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November 5, 2010
Urban Sustainability
The SlimCity initiative began at the Annual Meeting 2008 and wrapped up two years later. The focus of the project was on the sustainable development of all aspects of a city to achieve reduced carbon emissions and increased resource efficiency across all sectors, involving the following industries: Energy, Mobility, Engineering and Construction, Chemicals, Real Estate and Information Technology.Download the SlimCity Knowledge Cards which identify key trends and best practices in the areas of Smart Energy, Urban Mobility, and Sustainable Construction.New Initiatives developed within this...
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November 5, 2010
Taskforce on Low-Carbon Prosperity: Recommendations
The Low-Carbon Prosperity Task Force was a business-led multistakeholder collaboration that engaged over 80 Forum Industry Partners and experts from nearly 40 academic, non-governmental organizations and public sector institutions during 2009. The implications of their work are profound. Their proposals constitute a potential new dimension of the emerging international architecture on climate change – a series of practical public-private collaborations to enable faster progress within the overarching framework that governments negotiate. This report builds on two prior phases of work that...
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November 3, 2010
Travel & Tourism Competitiveness Report 2009
Switzerland, Austria and Germany have the most attractive environments for developing the travel and tourism industry, according to the third annual Travel & Tourism Competitiveness Report, published by the World Economic Forum. Among the top ten, France (4), Canada (5), Sweden (8) and Singapore (10) post improvements. The rankings are based on the Travel & Tourism Competitiveness Index (TTCI), which measures the different regulatory and business-related issues that have been identified as levers for improving travel and tourism competitiveness in countries around the world.This...
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November 2, 2010
The Next Innovation Drive: Low Carbon or Low Cost?
Energized by expanding emerging markets, advances aimed at lowering the cost of technology and services are challenging the prominence of low-carbon innovation.
Which innovation drives will define the order of business strategy in the coming decade?
Simultaneous interpretation in English and French
This session is on the record, open to the reporting press and webcast live.
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October 27, 2010
Climate Change
The World Economic Forum engages business, government and experts in partnerships to create the low-carbon economy. The World Economic Forum provides a neutral platform to develop universal carbon emissions reporting. Creating the Low-Carbon EconomyTo ensure our future prosperity, we need a high-growth and low-carbon economy. To that end, a set of practical policies and incentives is urgently required to help remove the obstacles to more low-carbon finance and technology. This will enable green recovery packages to have maximum impact. But this is not a task for governments alone. As the...
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October 19, 2010
Solving the Energy Puzzle
Solving the Energy PuzzleEnergy governance is highly fragmented globally and the scope of issues (efficiency, renewables, security and safety) is highly interlinked.How can policy-makers and industry leaders from developed and emerging economies collaborate further on this critical global issue?Key Points• Governments the world over face the challenges of meeting present and future energy demands for their citizens, improving sustainability, and connecting the 1.5 billion people who lack access to modern energy to the system.• The goal of energy governance is to deliver energy...
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September 15, 2010
Rebuild In Depth: Low-Carbon Growth
Rebuild In Depth: Low-Carbon Growth – Cancun 2010 DialogueThe United Nations Bali Action Plan called for international cooperation to help developing countries develop and implement Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions in the context of sustainable development. Under the Copenhagen Accord, actions of this nature seeking international support will be recorded in a registry along with relevant technology, finance and capacity building support.Agenda:1) How can the process by which developing countries develop their low-carbon plans be effectively linked to the identification of financing...
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May 30, 2010
Europe: A Low-Carbon Roadmap from Copenhagen
Since the COP15 meeting in Copenhagen, attention has shifted to making Europe a low-carbon regional leader in the world economy.How can multinational corporations work with the European Commission and Member States to bring their ideas to reality?Key Points• If there is not real progress at the upcoming Cancun Conference on Climate Change, the UN negotiation process will break down.• China is making serious efforts towards emission reductions. If Europe wants to retain the lead in moving to a low-carbon economy, its must take strong action, including increasing its 2020...
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May 10, 2010
Towards Low-Carbon Prosperity
Towards Low-Carbon ProsperityOne of the main challenges of addressing climate policies is to decouple economic growth from greenhouse gas emissions, which would favour a transition to low-carbon economies based on energy efficiency and smart use of raw materials.What are the advantages of the region in new areas such as bioenergy, and its challenges to promote low-carbon prosperity and expand quality green jobs in the region?Key Points• Latin America has the natural resources to be a leader in the field, but faces institutional problems in the form of energy subsidies and a lack of real...
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April 8, 2010
Connecting a Carbon- and Time-constrained World
Connecting a Carbon- and Time-constrained WorldEvery year 1 billion people and 10 billion tons of cargo travel around the world; every day people spend an average 80 minutes commuting.What institutions and business models will be needed to connect a carbon- and time-constrained world?Key Points• New business models and technologies are required to reduce carbon emissions from air travel, keeping in mind the differences between developing and developed countries; some innovation in business models has already taken off; New carbon-efficient technologies in the telecommunications industry...
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January 30, 2010
Financing Low-Carbon Growth
Financing Low-Carbon GrowthEstimates show that about US$ 500 billion needs to be invested yearly between now and 2030 to address climate change.What financing mechanisms and partnerships are needed to stimulate a new wave of sustainable growth?Key Points• The Copenhagen Conference revealed important differences in the models which the US and the European Union favour for approaching a low-carbon economy. These models are in opposition to each other• It is unrealistic to expect an immediate transition to a low-carbon energy economy without turning back the clock on development. It is...
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January 27, 2010
Is Emissions Trading the Carbon Solution?
Is Emissions Trading the Carbon Solution?• Brian Baird • Nic Frances • Lars G. Josefsson • Pierre LagrangeModerated by • Fred KruppSaturday 31 JanuaryBrian Baird, Congressman from Washington (Democrat), 3rd District, USA, appealed for a new vocabulary to describe global warming. The current language, he pointed out, encourages denial and is almost comforting. “Warming” has positive connotations. Baird proposed the phrase “lethal overheating” and the “acidification of the oceans.”Reducing carbon emissions by 2050 is “not anything close to what we need,” said Baird. “The place to start is ...
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January 31, 2009
