
Global Health Security: Epidemics Readiness Accelerator
Global Health Security at the World Economic ForumThe Forum is committed to managing the risks associated with emerging infectious diseases of epidemic and pandemic potential through inno...
Accelerating actions on climate change and environmental sustainability, food systems, the circular economy and value chains, and the future of international development.
Global ecological systems are straining under the burden of nearly 8 billion people consuming within the planet’s limited boundaries. The shared resources that sustain humanity are under severe strain, with the climate, oceans and food systems facing unprecedented crises. These crises are exacerbated by a global economy that is extremely inequitable and an international governance system that is under acute stress. Amid this, the future of the international development system itself is under scrutiny, as it becomes clear that government alone cannot deliver on the global UN Sustainable Development Goals or the Paris Agreement on climate change.
Our Platform enables leaders from the public and private sectors and civil society worldwide to form exceptional, cross-cutting communities of action that collaborate at speed and scale, harness the opportunities of the Fourth Industrial Revolution and trigger systems change.
Partnering with over 150 of the world’s leading companies and 50 international and civil society organizations, our Platform focuses on four key initiatives: the circular economy and global value chains, climate change, environment and natural resource security, food systems and international development.
Global Health Security at the World Economic ForumThe Forum is committed to managing the risks associated with emerging infectious diseases of epidemic and pandemic potential through inno...
Through collaborative projects and initiatives, the Initiative’s community of Champions for Technology and Social Justice are tackling these three priority challenges in 2020-2021:
8 million tonnes of plastic waste leaks into the ocean each year. By 2050 there will be more plastic than fish in the ocean—if we do not take urgent, collective action. Co-founded by pa...
Historic productivity gains in the food sector have come at alarming environmental and health costs. To meet the aspiration of establishing inclusive, efficient, sustainable, nutritious a...
The Loop Initiative aims to establish a new model of consumption that ends society’s dependence on disposability and eliminates the idea of waste. By doing so, it supports responsible con...
The 2030 Water Resources Group is a unique public-private-civil society collaboration. It facilitates open, trust-based dialogue processes to drive action on water resources reform in wat...
Systemic Efficiency aims to enable a decarbonized, highly electrified and resilient city ecosystem though ultra-efficient buildings and smart energy infrastructure.
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 Transformation Leaders Network engages 150 senior practitioners and experts to support practical efforts to achieve sustainable agricultural growth. Drawing from the New Vision for Ag...
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 impr...
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 ...
How can the world nourish 9.8 billion people by 2050 through sustainable practices? Food systems do not currently provide nutritious food in an environmentally sustainable way to the worl...
In a letter sent to company leaders ahead of the World Economic Forum’s Annual Meeting 2020, Klaus Schwab, the Forum's Founder and Executive Chairman, Brian Moynihan, the Chair of the Int...
Protecting forests is critical to averting the most dangerous climate change and achieving the Sustainable Development Goals and the Paris Climate Agreement. Avoiding further deforestatio...
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...
Human well-being is intertwined with the environment. From local communities to the global commons, the environment provides natural resources that fuel the growth of industries and econo...
Reversing the rapid decline in ocean health is critical to addressing climate change. It is a global challenge requiring a global solution. Our oceans cover 70% of the world’s surface, ge...
The Food Action Alliance (FAA) is a coalition of organisations and initiatives, who through collective action, significantly strengthen the impact of agricultural value chains to produce ...
The Natural Climate Solutions (NCS) Alliance aims to scale up affordable natural climate mitigation solutions for achieving the goals of the Paris Agreement on climate change. These inclu...
Grow Asia is a multi-stakeholder partnership platform that enables collaboration and catalyzes action in support of national and regional agriculture development. Established by the World...
The Grow Africa Partnership was founded jointly by the African Union (AU), The New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD) and the World Economic Forum in 2011 and works to increase ...
The Nature Action Agenda (NAA) is a multi-sector movement catalyzing economic action to halt biodiversity loss by 2030 and enable humans to live in harmony with nature.
2030Vision - partnering together to scale technologies for the global goals
The Mission Possible Platform is a coalition of public and private partners working on the industry transition to set heavy industry and mobility sectors on the pathway towards net-zero e...
The Strengthening Global Food Systems project seeks to provide insight and support action toward more inclusive, sustainable, efficient and nutritious food systems, in line with the Susta...
Science-based targets can give direction and create incentives for key actors across the world to operate within planetary boundaries. Over the past three years, momentum has been buildin...
Significant amounts of public and private investments are needed to bring the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to life – for the people and the planet. While the introduction of innov...
The provision of universally accessible and affordable, healthy and sustainable protein is critical to human nutritional needs and meeting the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals, as well ...
The global platform for the trillion trees movement, 1t.org, was launched at the 50th World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos, Switzerland in January of 2020. The 1t.org platform is ...
The Clean Skies for Tomorrow Coalition provides a crucial mechanism for top executives and public leaders, across and beyond the aviation value chain, to align on a transition to sustaina...
Food systems are complex and currently unsustainable for both people and planet. Sustainably nourishing 9.7 billion people by 2050 requires a transformation in food systems to meet the ne...
Water is the ultimate systems challenge. It is a unique resource that underpins all drivers of growth – be it agricultural production, energy generation, industry or manufacturing. It als...
The Circular Economy ChallengeBusiness, governments and citizens around the world increasingly recognize the challenges caused by our “take-make-dispose” approach to production and consum...
The report is the last of three framework reports developed by the Circular Cars Initiative to help the sector and its regulators better understand automotive’s new sustainable future.
The report is the second of three framework reports developed by the Circular Cars Initiative to help the sector and its regulators better understand automotive’s new sustainable future.
The circular transition requires change within and throughout our economic systems. A particular subset of innovators – trailblazers – go the extra mile to shape the market for circular s...
While cars may never be fully carbon neutral, the automotive industry can significantly reduce its carbon footprint by adopting a high degree of circularity to deliver economic, societal ...
This White Paper addresses the safe and environmentally responsible management of LAB recycling. It provides a series of recommendations for policy-makers, describes best practices for th...
Developed through the World Economic Forum’s Clean Skies for Tomorrow coalition, this policy report is accessible on the Forum’s digital library and is signed by Airbus Group, Deutsche Lu...
The Future of Nature and Business, prepared in collaboration with AlphaBeta is the second of three reports in the World Economic Forum’s New Nature Economy series. It provides the practic...
Climate change is visibly disrupting business. It is driving unprecedented physical impacts, such as rising sea levels and increased frequency of extreme weather events. At the same time,...
The stress on the earth’s natural systems caused by human activity has considerably worsened in the 25 years since the 1992 Rio Earth Summit in Brazil.
This report provides a plan for the global plastics industry to take action across all types of plastic packaging, to design better packaging and increase recycling rates.
UpLink was created to address the world’s most pressing problems. The initiative seeks sustainable solutions to tackle issues such as climate change and social injustice.
Buenos Aires has set a goal of achieving 1 million daily bike rides by 2023. Argentina’s capital is extending protected cycle lanes right into the city centre.