Infrastructure

Here’s why infrastructure will make or break our response to climate change

Simply calling for “more infrastructure” is worse than insufficient. When it suggests more of the same, it’s simply wrong

Joel Moser 23 Sep 2019

Social Innovation

Announcing a new network of leaders changing the system together

Poverty, inequality and climate change are too large for any single social entrepreneur or institution to tackle alone. That's why the Schwab Foundation celebrates this network of pioneers.

Hilde Schwab 23 Sep 2019

Climate Change

This global company is aiming to have zero environmental impact by 2030. Here's the plan

All of us - companies, politicians and consumers – must contribute to solving climate change. Yet it is easy to be overwhelmed by the task at hand. Where do I start? Here's how one multinational healthcare giant is showing the way

Camilla Sylvest 23 Sep 2019

Sustainable Development Impact Summit

I protested outside the World Economic Forum meeting in 2002. Here’s why activists should work with them today

A co-creator of the Occupy movement explains why the solutions to the world’s biggest problems can only be solved through collaboration between elites and activists.

Micah White 23 Sep 2019

Sustainable Development Impact Summit 2019

We need an economic model that works for people and the planet

HRH The Prince of Wales, with the support of the World Economic Forum, has formed a Sustainable Markets Council to bring together business, government, and financial institutions to make markets more sustainable.

Caroline Anstey 23 Sep 2019

Future of Food

4 food myths that we need to tackle for a healthier planet

The food system needs a critical transformation based not on the myths but on the realities of the situation.

Jenny Davis-Peccoud 23 Sep 2019

Fourth Industrial Revolution

Why unlearning is as vital as learning in the Fourth Industrial Revolution

To take advantage of the Fourth Industrial Revolution, we require an inventive approach to talent development, and some serious unlearning of outmoded ways, paired with learning new ones.

Deb Geyer 23 Sep 2019

Climate Change

How supporting climate action on a local level can transform the world

Giving performance-based grants to local authorities will help countries achieve a whole range of Sustainable Development Goals.

David Jackson and Sophie De Coninck 23 Sep 2019

Climate Change

Carbon pricing is the way to rectify runaway climate change

There is enough evidence to suggest that carbon pricing is the best instrument to trigger investors and companies to move faster on reducing their emissions.

Feike Sijbesma 22 Sep 2019