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Arts and Culture

See how Gaudí's Casa Batlló takes our heritage into the digital age

See how Gaudí's Casa Batlló has been reimagined with specially commissioned digital art by contemporary artists Refik Anadol and Sofia Crespo.

Joseph Fowler and Amilcar Vargas

April 18, 2024

EU Trade Commissioner Valdis Dombrovskis, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, EU Commissioner for Competitiveness Margrethe Vestager, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo and U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai attend a final press conference in connection with the TTC meeting in Lulea, Sweden.

Trade and Investment

Here's what to know about the EU-US Trade and Technology Council

The EU-US Trade and Technology Council was established to promote cooperation on trade and technology. At the council's recent meeting in Belgium, new partnerships on AI and 6G were announced.

Johnny Wood

April 17, 2024

Climate Change

Private climate finance: 4 things to consider

With more than $210 trillion in assets available, private climate finance is fundamental to the fight against climate change. Here's what you need to know.

Laia Barbarà and Ameya Hadap

April 17, 2024

BKV Corp Chief Executive Officer Chris Kalnin speaks to employees at the inauguration of its commercial carbon capture and sequestration project, in Bridgeport, Texas, U.S., December 7, 2023. REUTERS/Arathy Somasekhar

Trade and Investment

Governments want to make green good for business locally, without stalling economic progress globally

The US Inflation Reduction Act has functioned a bit like a starting gun for similar clean-energy efforts in other countries, in ways that risk hardening divides.

John Letzing

April 17, 2024

Ocean

Why protecting the ocean floor matters for climate change

'Blue carbon' could play a significant role in the fight for climate change - which is why marine scientists at the UN's recent Ocean Decade conference are hatching a plan to protect it.

William Austin

April 17, 2024

While EdTech tools have proliferated since the COVID-19 pandemic, we still lack a globally standardized way to measure their impact.

Education

Why we need global minimum quality standards in EdTech

EdTech platforms will play a key role in meeting UN development goals on education. But first, we need a global standardized way to measure their impact.

Natalia Kucirkova

April 17, 2024

Cities and Urbanization

How Kiel became a pioneering Zero Waste City, and what it can teach the rest of the world

Kiel is the first city in Germany to be certified a Zero Waste City, with plans to eliminate waste and introduce a more circular economy that reduces emissions.

Victoria Masterson

April 17, 2024

Hybrid work continues to generate new work trends and buzzwords – as well as bring back some old ones.

Davos Agenda

From 'Quit-Tok' to proximity bias, here are 11 buzzwords from the world of hybrid work

'Quit-Tok' is the latest in a list of work trends that originated on the social media platform TikTok, with 'quiet quitting' hitting headlines in 2022.

Kate Whiting

April 17, 2024

Most people come into contact with forever chemicals through food, consumer products or by drinking contaminated water.

Health and Healthcare

Scientists have invented a method to break down 'forever chemicals' in our drinking water. Here’s how

Canadian researchers have developed a method to rid drinking water of harmful PFAS - or ‘forever chemicals’ - which scientists once considered indestructible.

Johnny Wood

April 17, 2024

Climate and Nature

This explorer and conservationist is training citizen scientists to save the planet

US explorer, conservationist and founder of Adventure Scientists, Gregg Treinish, talks to the Forum about his adventures in nature and data.

Rebecca Geldard

April 17, 2024

A classroom with attentive girls in middle school: Integrating AI in education effectively should be done with responsible and AI use in mind.

Artificial Intelligence

How we can prepare for the future with foundational policy ideas for AI in education

Effective AI in education is critical to enhance human interaction and decision-making rather than replace it via responsible and equitable application.

TeachAI Steering Committee

April 16, 2024

In November 2023, representatives from 110 city-based Global Shaper hubs helped paint a mural at the sociocultural center for young people in Bilbao, Spain.

Raising awareness and sourcing solutions for the issues that matter most to young people

Over 10,000 young leaders in more than 500 cities worldwide are innovatively tackling global challenges, shaping a more sustainable and equitable future.

April 16, 2024

Business

This is what businesses need to be focusing on in 2024, according to top leaders

In this episode of the World Economic Forum’s Meet the Leader podcast, heads of business advise on priority planning for the rest of 2024.

Victoria Masterson

April 16, 2024

A coming change in leadership at the World Bank has put the development bank back into headlines.

Global Governance

The World Bank: How the development bank confronts today's crises

The World Bank was founded in 1944 to reduce global poverty, and is extending its mission to include tackling the climate crisis. Here's what to know.

Efrem Garlando

April 16, 2024

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