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Unlocking renewable energy future in emerging markets
The World Economic Forum is working with its partners to explore solutions to unlock capital for renewable energy investments in developing economies.
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Accenture
Accenture is a leading global professional services company that helps leading businesses, governments and other organizations build their digital core, optimize their operations, accelerate revenue growth and enhance citizen services – creating value at speed and scale. It has 801,000 staff serving clients in more than 120 countries. Technology is at the core of change today and Accenture is a world leader in helping drive that change through its ecosystem relationships. Its broad range of services, solutions and assets across its Strategy and Consulting, Technology, Operations, Industry X and Song businesses help its clients reinvent and build relationships.
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Nature and Biodiversity
Global companies reduce air pollutants in supply chains
The Alliance for Clean Air – an influential group of companies – has committed to measuring air pollutants from their operations and value chains.
Urban Transformation
Our Alliance is creating smart city governance
Led by the Forum, the G20 Global Smart Cities Alliance on Technology Governance is the largest global initiative of its kind, promoting smart city governance
Business
How a new generation of entrepreneurs is tackling the world’s biggest challenges head on
Our open digital platform connects innovators with investors, topical experts, global organizations and government bodies who have the ability to scale their solutions.
Urban Transformation
A net zero carbon future for cities
The World Economic Forum is convening stakeholders with a role to play for global cities to have a chance of reaching the net zero carbon goal for by 2030.
Publications
Climate Action and Waste Reduction
Scaling Traceability Innovation to Unlock the Value of Informal Waste Management
This paper focuses on traceability innovations that transform informal waste work into verified, transparent supply-chain steps, making material flows and labour conditions visible from t...
Emerging Technologies
Quantum Technologies: Key Opportunities for Advanced Manufacturing and Supply Chains
The Quantum Technologies: Key Opportunities for Advanced Manufacturing and Supply Chains report explores how quantum technologies can unlock new capabilities across product design, factor...
Energy Transition
Energy Transition Readiness: Latin America and the Caribbean
Policy reform, private investment, energy infrastructure and regional interconnections.
Artificial Intelligence
Advancing Responsible AI Innovation: A Playbook
Advancing Responsible AI Innovation: A Playbook 2025 offers nine actionable, scalable and adaptable plays for turning responsible AI principles into operationalized practice.
Innovation
Quantum Technologies: Key Strategies and Opportunities for Financial Services Leaders
The Quantum Technologies: Key Strategies and Opportunities for Financial Services white paper assess the current state of quantum applications in financial services.
Economic Growth
Global Economic Futures: Competitiveness in 2030
The Global Economic Futures: Competitiveness in 2030 report, developed in collaboration with Accenture, explores the future of competitiveness through the interaction of geopolitics and r...
Energy Transition
Fostering Effective Energy Transition 2025
After several years of slow momentum, energy transition progress has accelerated, according to the World Economic Forum's Fostering Effective Energy Transition 2025 report. The Energy Tra...
Financial and Monetary Systems
Asset Tokenization in Financial Markets: The Next Generation of Value Exchange
Tokenization offers a new model of digital asset ownership that enhances transparency, efficiency and accessibility. This report analyses asset class use cases in issuance, securities fin...
Innovation
Quantum Technologies: Key Strategies and Opportunities for ICT Leaders
The Quantum Technologies: Key Strategies and Opportunities for ICT Leaders 2025 report offers solutions and regulatory frameworks informed by industry case studies and expert insights.
Energy Transition
Unleashing the Full Potential of Industrial Clusters: Infrastructure Solutions for Clean Energies
The Unleashing the Full Potential of Industrial Clusters: Infrastructure Solutions for Clean Energies report examines the challenges around clean energy infrastructure deployment and iden...
Economic Growth
Global Economic Futures: Productivity in 2030
The Global Economic Futures: Productivity in 2030 report explores how the interaction of technology and human capital are shaping the future of productivity and sets out four scenarios fo...
Climate Action
Delivering on the European Green Deal: A Private Sector Perspective – Second Edition
Following the European elections in June 2024, the European Green Deal remains the central policy blueprint for achieving climate neutrality by 2050.
Fourth Industrial Revolution
Embracing the Quantum Economy: A Pathway for Business Leaders
Quantum sensing, quantum communication and security, quantum computing
Cybersecurity
Global Cybersecurity Outlook 2025
The Global Cybersecurity Outlook 2025 highlights key trends shaping economies and societies in 2025, along with insights into emerging threats and solutions.
Urban Transformation
Transforming Urban Logistics: Sustainable and Efficient Last-Mile Delivery in Cities
This comprehensive white paper addresses the critical challenges and opportunities presented to both businesses and consumers by the increased demand for urban deliveries. It outlines str...
Energy Transition
Net-Zero Industry Tracker 2024
The third edition of the Net-Zero Industry Tracker provides a detailed analysis of the progress hard-to-abate industrial and transport sectors are making worldwide in their efforts to ach...
Climate Action
Business on the Edge: Building Industry Resilience to Climate Hazards
This report translates Earth systems science into business and societal resilience, showing what companies can do to address growing climate risks.
Fourth Industrial Revolution
Shared Commitments in a Blended Reality: Advancing Governance in the Future Internet
Shared Commitments in a Blended Reality: Advancing Governance in the Future Internet 2024
Energy Transition
Clean Power for Industry in China: Policy Enablers for the Industrial Sector
The industrial sector in China accounts for more than half of global production of many key bulk materials such as steel, aluminium and cement, and nearly half of all chemicals and paper....
Energy Transition
A Collaborative Framework for Accelerating Advanced Nuclear and Small Modular Reactor Deployment
At COP28, 22 countries committed to triple global nuclear power capacity by 2050 – since then, they have been joined by 14 major banks and additional countries. To meet net-zero commitmen...
Emerging Technologies
Governance in the Age of Generative AI: A 360° Approach for Resilient Policy and Regulation
The Governance in the Age of Generative AI: A 360° Approach for Resilient Policy and Regulation 2024 report
Sustainable Development
Quantum for Society: Meeting the Ambition of the SDGs
This new insight report aims to raise awareness of quantum technologies’ power to tackle humanity’s most pressing challenges, from large-scale decarbonization to the design of new solar c...
Energy Transition
Accelerating the Clean Hydrogen Economy in Latin America
This report examines how Latin America can leverage its abundant solar, wind and hydroelectric resources to become a key player in the global clean hydrogen export market, while helping t...
Financial and Monetary Systems
The Future of Financial Advice
The Future of Financial Advice 2024 white paper delves into transformative trends in financial advice and emphasizes its pivotal role in major life decisions.
Energy Transition
Fostering Effective Energy Transition 2024
The report finds that while energy efficiency and clean energy adoption have improved, the transition has slowed due to rising energy prices and geopolitical risks, with energy equity and...
Urban Transformation
Reducing Embodied Carbon in Cities: Nine Solutions for Greener Buildings and Communities
As cities grow in population and importance, urban construction will continue to gather pace. It is estimated that global floor area is expected to double by 2060, the equivalent of addin...
Financial and Monetary Systems
Modernizing Financial Markets with Wholesale Central Bank Digital Currency (wCBDC)
The Modernizing Financial Markets with Wholesale Central Bank Digital Currency (wCBDC) 2024 report seeks to improve the efficiency, security and inclusivity of the financial system, pavin...
Metaverse Identity: Defining the Self in a Blended Reality
The Defining and Building the Metaverse initiative's new report explores identity in the metaverse.
Fourth Industrial Revolution
Navigating the Industrial Metaverse: A Blueprint for Future Innovations
At the brink of a new phase of the industrial revolution, the Navigating the Industrial Metaverse: A Blueprint for Future Innovations report draws on insights from over 150 experts, advoc...
Emerging Technologies
Digital Trust: Supporting Individual Agency
The World Economic Forum's Digital Trust: Supporting Individual Agency 2024 discusses the large group of stakeholders who use or otherwise interact with digital technologies and how prote...
Digital Trust and Safety
AI Governance Alliance: Briefing Paper Series
In an era marked by rapid technological transformation, the AI Governance Alliance – Briefing Paper Series stands as a pivotal point of reference, guiding responsible transformation with ...
Geographies in Depth
Delivering on the European Green Deal: A Private-Sector Perspective
This report examines the actions undertaken by the World Economic Forum’s CEO Action Group for the European Green Deal, using examples and experiences in various areas and placing Group-s...
Cybersecurity
Global Cybersecurity Outlook 2024
The World Economic Forum’s Global Cybersecurity Outlook 2024 examines the cybersecurity trends that will affect economies and societies in the year to come.
Energy Transition
Transitioning Industrial Clusters Annual Report
This report highlights the experiences and perspectives of 20 industrial clusters in the World Economic Forum's Transitioning Industrial Clusters initiative.
Energy Transition
Better Community Engagement for a Just Energy Transition: A C-Suite Guide
People-positive buildout of clean power is essential for the energy transition and for achieving socio-economic and development goals.
Digital Trust and Safety
Measuring Digital Trust: Supporting Decision-Making for Trustworthy Technologies
This white paper leverages the Forum’s digital trust framework, a decision aid for leaders as they navigate how to earn digital trust, and defines measures to help them evaluate an organi...
Privacy and Safety in the Metaverse
The metaverse is expected to reach a value of $1 trillion in the next three years, driven by rapid uptake and technologies like generative AI. In this report, the governance workstream em...
Social Implications of the Metaverse
The metaverse is projected to amass a staggering value of $1 trillion over the next three years, indicating rapid adoption and acceleration through technologies such as generative AI. In ...
Energy Transition
Green Hydrogen in China: A Roadmap for Progress
How can China, the world’s largest producer and consumer of hydrogen, scale up the green hydrogen sector for decarbonizing hard-to-electrify sectors? This report lays out six specific goa...
Forum Institutional
Transitioning Industrial Clusters towards Net Zero
This insight report highlights the experiences and perspectives of 11 industrial clusters that are a part of the Transitioning Industrial Clusters towards Net Zero initiative. These clust...
Forum Institutional
Demystifying the Consumer Metaverse
In May 2022, the World Economic Forum launched the Defining and Building the Metaverse Initiative. The initiative is divided into two workstreams: governance and economic and social value...
Forum Institutional
Interoperability in the Metaverse
In May 2022, the World Economic Forum launched the Defining and Building the Metaverse Initiative. The initiative is divided into two workstreams: governance and economic and social value...
Forum Institutional
Global Cybersecurity Outlook 2023
The World Economic Forum’s Global Cybersecurity Outlook 2023, in collaboration with Accenture, examines the cybersecurity trends that will impact our economies and societies in the year t...
Energy Transition
Securing the Energy Transition
We are in the grip of an unprecedented global energy crisis, but short-term fixes will lead to a bleak future – to achieve energy security and sustainability, the only solution is to acce...
Industries in Depth
How to Create the Sustainable Travel Products Customers Want
As the travel and tourism (T&T) industry recovers from the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the urgency of the need to combat climate change and other sustainability challenges has in...
Digital Trust and Safety
Earning Digital Trust: Decision-Making for Trustworthy Technologies
Digital trust is the expectation by individuals that digital technologies and services – and the organizations providing them – will protect all stakeholders’ interests and uphold societa...
Financial and Monetary Systems
The Future of Capital Markets: Democratization of Retail Investing
The global financial system is undergoing several simultaneous transformations. Digitalization and democratizations are reshaping how capital markets operate. Both investors and corporate...
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- Financial and Monetary Systems
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- Forum in Focus
- Geo-Economics and Politics
- Geographies in Depth
- Global Cooperation
- Health and Healthcare Systems
- Industries in Depth
- Jobs and the Future of Work
- Leadership
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- Nature and Biodiversity
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- Sustainable Development
- Technological Innovation
- Trade and Investment
Emerging Technologies
How can quantum technologies advance the sustainability agenda?
Energy Transition
How permitting processes are hampering Europe’s energy transition
Forum Institutional
How frontier technology is unlocking the potential of young leaders
Emerging Technologies
This is the one skill we all need in the age of AI
Cybersecurity
5 causes of cyber inequity and the systemic risk it creates
Nature and Biodiversity
Why a digital and AI-first approach is the fastest path to net-zero buildings
Energy Transition
Beyond oil and gas: how to unlock MENA’s low-carbon hydrogen potential
Forum Institutional
Clean power across industry is key to China achieving net zero. Here are two approaches that can accelerate its use
Energy Transition
5 key insights into how to accelerate an equitable energy transition
Forum Institutional
Why the response to the energy crisis must embrace an accelerated and balanced transition
Forum Institutional
Here’s how business leaders can prepare for systemic cybersecurity events
Forum Institutional
How can we accelerate the green energy transition in Asia-Pacific? 3 leaders weigh in
Forum Institutional
30 digital solutions to power decarbonization for industries at scale
Forum Institutional
The social and green jobs the world needs to fill
Forum Institutional
Making the future energy system secure means making it sustainable
Energy Transition
Five steps to get industries on track for net zero
Forum Institutional
Digital solutions can reduce global emissions by up to 20%. Here’s how
Energy Transition
6 key insights into accelerating the energy transition
Forum Institutional
Cities are poised to reinvent public-private collaborations, but they need help
Forum Institutional
What would it take to make AI ‘greener’?
Forum Institutional
How the sharing economy can transform asset-heavy industries
Forum Institutional
How the mining and metals industry can build resilience post-pandemic
Videos
Podcasts
Energy Transition
Energy transition - have global crises stalled progress on climate goals?
Has the war in Ukraine and the resulting pressure on energy prices stalled the move away from fossil fuels? The World Economic Forum's 'Fostering Effective Energy Transition 2022' report ...
Paul Daugherty: Radically Human
Paul Daugherty is the Chief Technology Officer at Accenture and co-author of Radically Human: How New Technology Is Transforming Business and Shaping Our Future. In this episode, he discu...
Energy Transition
What does the future look like for energy, and for our jobs?
Ahead of the World Economic Forum’s Annual Meeting in Davos, we look at two issues that will be at the heart of many discussions: energy and jobs. We discuss a new report, Securing the...
Forum Institutional
Davos 2023 Day 3: global collaboration in the metaverse
On Day 3 at Davos 2023, we enter the metaverse to experience the Forum’s Global Collaboration Village, hear why inflation may have peaked, but prices haven’t, and speak to astronaut Matth...
Financial and Monetary Systems
Apps, bots and 'finfluencers': how to navigate the changing world of investing
If you’re lucky enough to have some spare cash to invest, how do you decide where to put it? In the past few years the answer to that question may have changed. The rise of robo-advisers ...
Emerging Technologies
Davos 2024: Technology in a Turbulent World
As technology becomes increasingly intertwined in our daily lives and important for driving development and prosperity, questions of safety, human interaction and trust become critical to...
Davos 2024: Generative AI: Steam Engine of the Fourth Industrial Revolution?
The development of generative AI has catapulted AI technology to one of the fastest and most impactful innovations of the Fourth Industrial Revolution. From creation to production and dis...
Education and Skills
Special Meeting 2024: Is Education Ready for AI?
With the education industry at a pivotal point of transformation driven by AI and innovative teaching methodologies, new education hotspots are emerging to address the growing and diversi...
Accenture contributors
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Post and Parcel Industry Research Lead
Muqsit Ashraf
Group Chief Executive - Accenture StrategyLuna Atamian Hahn-Petersen
Senior manager sustainability strategy
Sabrina Battilana Lopez
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Lisa Burns
ConsultantAmy Callahan
Managing DirectorEmmeline Cardozo
Strategy ManagerGaston Carrion
Managing Director
Karalee Close
Global Lead for the Talent & OrganizationLaura Converso
Thought Leadership Principal DirectorMaria De Miguel
Resources Strategy Consultant
Jacky Fox
Senior Managing Director; Global Strategy Practice Lead, Accenture Security, Europe and Ireland
Michael Fröbel
Cities, Transport and Infrastructure Industry, Lead (EMEA)Ross Genovese
Project Fellow, Defining and Building the Metaverse
Jonathan Gilmour
Utilities Energy Transition Consultant
Raj Gopalakrishnan
Strategy Senior ManagerSilje Hansen Eeg
The Circulars Project ManagerMorrison Harry
Managing Director, Accenture Strategy
Nora Heger
Principal Director for Coaching and Leadership DevelopmentKristen Hines
Managing DirectorShinji Igarashi
Senior Managing Director and Sales Lead, Japan
Stephanie Jamison
Global Resources Industry Practices Chair; Sustainability Services Lead
Ogan Kose
Managing Director, Strategy, Trading and Risk Management
Edward Kwartler
Managing Director, North America Responsible AI LeadOusmène Mandeng
Senior Advisor Blockchain and Multiparty Systems
Constanza Movsichoff
Senior Manager, Public ServicesCaroline Narich
North America Net Zero Utilities Strategy LeadJesko Neuenburg
Managing Director, Global Travel & Aviation Sustainability Lead
Cameron Nili
Project Fellow, Financial Market Infrastructure Modernization & Wholesale CBDC
Karen O’Regan
Managing Director; Head, StrategyShelia Peng
Strategy & Consulting AnalystMichał Piotrowski
Senior Manager | EnergyMary Puleo
Manager, North America Chemicals and Natural ResourcesDavid Rabley
Managing Director, Global Energy Transition LeadShreyas Ramesh
Managing Director - Next Gen Compute
Michael Rohrs
Security Consulting Senior ManagerJamie Scanlon
Security SpecialistToby Siddall
Managing Director, Sustainability Strategy Lead
Manal Siddiqui
Project Fellow, AI Governance AlliancePauline Steinbach
Strategy Consultant, EMEA Energy and Utilities Group
Julie Sweet
Chair and Chief Executive OfficerIsabel Thomas
Human Sciences Studio, Accenture ResearchFrancesco Venturini
Senior Managing Director; Communications & Media Industry Global Lead
Kathryn White
Principal Director, Responsible Emerging Technology and Innovation
Scott Wilkie
Global Lead, Sovereign Digital SecurityRelated Centres
Centre for Energy and Materials
The Centre for Energy and Materials is driving initiatives and coalitions to ensure the energy transition is sustainable, secure, resilient and affordable.
Centre for Health and Healthcare
The Centre for Health and Healthcare is identifying and scaling up solutions for more resilient, efficient, and equitable healthcare systems.
Centre for the New Economy and Society
The Centre for the New Economy and Society is providing a platform for leaders to shape inclusive and equitable economies and societies that create opportunity for all.
Centre for Urban Transformation
The Centre for Urban Transformation is advancing public-private collaboration in cities, enabling more resilient and future-ready communities and local economies.