Centre for Nature and Climate

Projects

The challengeShipping is central to the movement of goods around the world and a driver for global trade. Although it is considered one of the lowest emitting means of transportation, the industry accounts for 2-3% of...

OverviewLighthouse Action on Social Justice through Stakeholder Inclusion surfaces leadership examples of how businesses are addressing social justice and equity through meaningful engagement with external stakeholder...

Half of the world's plastic production is for single-use items. And more than 90% of plastic is never recycled, instead polluting our planet’s landscapes and oceans. While efforts to improve current waste management s...

The Circular Transformation of Industries is a cross-industry multi-stakeholder initiative at the World Economic Forum that aims to enable a growing, resilient and sustainable economy through the adoption of circulari...

The ChallengeDemand for road freight is expected to triple by 2050, while the sector must almost entirely decarbonize in the same timeframe, to meet the Paris Climate Agreement. Given the fragmented market, asset life...

Public and private actors are showing great interest in green trade topics. The urgency of environmental challenges is driving a re-think of our production and consumption networks. Supply chain sustainability is gath...

A Value Chain Dialogue on Deep-Sea MineralsWhat questions are being asked about this potential new source and what are the possible implications for responsible sourcing? The world seeks minerals for industrial develo...

The urgent need to address the climate emergency requires governments and business to accelerate the transition to a new economic model that is consistent with the 2018 recommendations of the Intergovernmental Panel o...

Worldwide, nearly 2 billion people lack access to sufficient, nutritious and safe food and 690 million people suffer from chronic hunger or lack of proper nutrition. Current food system needs to produce much more food...

Since 2002, more than 60 million hectares of primary forest have been lost in the tropics, equivalent to an area the size of France. In 2021 alone, the tropics lost 11.1 million hectares of tree cover. Of this, 3.75 m...