
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 the global transition to safer, cleaner and more inclusive transportation systems, optimizing the delivery of goods and ensuring easy access to mobility for everyone.
Mobility – the movement of people and goods – provides access to jobs, education, healthcare and trade. Yet today’s mobility systems cannot meet future demand without increasing congestion and pollution. We are seeking to change that by providing a platform where business leaders can partner with policy-makers to develop a global mobility system that is safe, clean and inclusive.
The world’s population will swell to 10 billion by 2050. In the face of this rapid growth, mobility systems in megacities are being overstretched while rural areas are falling further behind. How can sustainable and inclusive mobility be ensured?
Cutting-edge technologies such as autonomous vehicles (AVs), biometrics and drones are creating opportunities to transform mobility by enabling innovative business models and mobility services for new and changing customer demographics.
Our Platform brings the world’s major mobility companies together with key stakeholders across all sectors to create mobility systems and guidelines that meet 21st-century demands.
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...
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...
Regulatory Gaps in AviationRecent advances in drone technology are fundamentally transforming aviation with the potential to remake mobility networks and democratize the airspace. However...
In its entirety, the initiative aims to bring the Mobility and Financial Services communities of the World Economic Forum together to explore cross-industry challenges and opportunities i...
The ChallengeIn the near future, space debris will become a critical challenge for the global community, endangering access to space and the benefits this access brings. In recent years,...
Hydrogen is increasingly identified as a critical success factor for the transition to a net-zero world by 2050. However, clean hydrogen is currently not scaling fast enough to deliver on...
The Inclusivity Quotient (IQ) Project:The mission of the Inclusivity Quotient Project is to elevate inclusive mobility solutions as assets for socioeconomic development, so they can be be...
The ChallengeThere is growing consensus that total miles driven is not a sufficient metric for the safety of autonomous vehicles. Nor is disengagement reporting a good indicator of qualit...
In a nutshellThe Global New Mobility Coalition (GNMC), curated by the World Economic Forum, is an active and diverse community of over 150 globally renowned experts, NGOs and companies fo...
Challenge: As cities and suburban areas struggle with increasing congestion and the need to provide mobility services for a growing population, government policymakers and urban planners ...
This project seeks to develop and pilot a decentralized digital identity platform which leverages Fourth Industrial Revolution technologies to help government and industry leaders facilit...
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...
Trillions of dollars in investment will be required to transition the global economy to net-zero emissions and avert a climate catastrophe. This represents a massive opportunity for capit...
The Circular Cars Initiative (CCI) is a private/public sector collaboration focused on leveraging new technologies and business models to align the automotive industry with a 1.5C climate...
The Challenge The proliferation and advancement of interconnected devices have created unprecedented opportunities to enhance operational efficiency and customer experience in aviation. I...
Challenge:Many institutions have focused their attention and resources mostly on data protection and privacy. Not only has this approach failed to harness the full value of data, but it h...
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 ChallengeCOVID-19 interrupted the status quo of mobility practices worldwide. To accommodate for the changing norms caused by the pandemic, mobility operators and service providers en...
Resilient Economies Safeguarding Equitable Transportation (RESET) ChallengeThe RESET Challenge is a workstream under the Inclusivity Quotient Project. RESET Hypothesis Mobility deserts e...
Decades of exposure to toxic air have worsened the health of communities globally. Millions have been left with respiratory and other health problems which leave them predisposed to the m...
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...
Last mile delivery faces unprecedented disruption, particularly in urban areas, as the rapid growth of e-commerce reshapes how goods reach consumers. This disruption provides both a chall...
The report defines and lays the foundation for creating an optimal AV regulatory environment: One that successfully advances technological enhancement and market readiness while ensuring ...
Autonomous vehicles (AV) have revealed a governance gap, as policy-makers struggle to understand and keep pace with the emerging technology field. This paper identifies the tensions aroun...
Small ground-based delivery robots exist in a governance gap; they are not subject to motor vehicle regulations, despite making partial use of the road at times. “Taxonomy for Segmentatio...
The Mobility Data Operationalization Principles delineates key principles that all analysts, manager and teams should consider when planning projects that include working with mobility da...
Developed by the World Economic Forum’s Global Future Council on Mobility, the Guidelines for Transforming City Mobility Systems reflect shared goals for liveable and just transport netwo...
The pilot demonstrated that the power of data rallies across sectors, interests and operating models. In a world that still suffers deeply from socioeconomic disparities, persisting racia...
The World Economic Forum has created a new index to measure social mobility, providing a much-needed assessment of the current state of social mobility worldwide.
Mobility-as-a-service (MaaS), autonomous shuttles and micro-mobility are attracting the attention of cities, businesses, investors and policy-makers to develop a smarter, more environment...
For over a decade the World Economic Forum engaged leaders in travel and tourism to carry out an in-depth analysis of the travel and tourism (T&T) competitiveness. Published bienniall...
Distributed ledger and blockchain technology promise to have far-reaching implications for global trade and supply chains. However, the extent to which this new technology realizes its po...
How do we integrate disparate transportation modes (such as bikeshare, autonomous pods, ocean shipping and air travel) to enable faster, safer, cleaner and more affordable mobility for pe...
This report examines the major trends affecting the transformation of energy and mobility systems, with a special focus on cities. Topics addressed include: electrification, decentralizat...
Is a Known Traveller Digital Identity the disruptive innovation the global travel security ecosystem needs? The cross-border movement of legitimate travellers has for decades enabled and ...
The Travel and Tourism Competitiveness Index measures “the set of factors and policies that enable the sustainable development of the travel and tourism sector, which in turn, contributes...
The World Economic Forum’s Global Agenda Council on the Future of Travel & Tourism, via this white paper, recognizes that security is central to the industry and urges states to move ...
The World Economic Forum has, for the past nine years, engaged key industry and thought leaders through its Aviation & Travel Industry Partnership Programme, along with its Global Age...
The 21st-century traveller has high expectations when it comes to efficiency and a low tolerance for barriers to global mobility. Unfortunately, travel infrastructure and bureaucracy are ...
COVID-19 has changed which cities experience most traffic congestion. More than 380 cities saw traffic levels fall in 2020, compared with the previous year.
Private vehicle usage could increase when offices reopen and workers return. This may have a negative effect on climate change and the environment.