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The Top 10 Emerging Technologies of 2023 report, now in its 11th year, highlights the technologies set to positively impact society within the next three to five years. This comprehensive report goes beyond listing the top 10 technologies and their associated risks and opportunities. It provides a qualitative assessment of each technology's potential impact on people, the planet, prosperity, industry and equity.
The Global Gender Gap Index annually benchmarks the current state and evolution of gender parity across four key dimensions (Economic Participation and Opportunity, Educational Attainment, Health and Survival, and Political Empowerment). It is the longest-standing index tracking the progress of numerous countries’ efforts towards closing these gaps over time since its inception in 2006.
After a decade of progress, the global energy transition has plateaued amid the global energy crisis and geopolitical volatilities, according to the World Economic Forum's Fostering Effective Energy Transition 2023 report. The Energy Transition Index, which benchmarks 120 countries on their current energy system performance and on the readiness of their enabling environment, finds that while there has been broad progress on clean, sustainable energy, there are emerging challenges to the equity of the transition – just, affordable access to energy and sustained economic development – due to countries shifting their focus to energy security.
The Future of Jobs Report 2023 explores how jobs and skills will evolve over the next five years. This fourth edition of the series continues the analysis of employer expectations to provide new insights on how socio-economic and technology trends will shape the workplace of the future.
The world faces a set of risks that feel both wholly new and eerily familiar. The Global Risks Report 2023 explores some of the most severe risks we may face over the next decade. As we stand on the edge of a low-growth and low-cooperation era, tougher trade-offs risk eroding climate action, human development and future resilience.
This Annual Report outlines the key developments in 2022-2023. It provides an overview of the 10 centres and the Forum's over 130 initiatives, coalitions and flagship reports, as well as the latest progress from the Forum’s core functions, leadership and governance.
The Annual Report outlines the concrete progress the World Economic Forum made over the year in a variety of initiatives and demonstrates how the organization continues to be a bridge-builder in the increasingly complex world.
The annual Energy Transition Index benchmarks over 100 countries on their current energy system performance as well as provides a forward-looking measure of energy security and transition readiness.
The annual Top 10 Emerging Technologies report highlights the technologies set to positively impact society within the next three to five years. The report provides a qualitative assessment of each technology's potential impact on people and the planet.
The annual Global Gender Gap Index benchmarks the state and evolution of gender parity across four key dimensions: economic participation and opportunity, educational attainment, health and survival, and political empowerment.
The annual Future of Jobs Report explores how jobs and skills will evolve. The report is based on unique survey data that details the expectations of a cross-section of the world’s largest employers related to how socio-economic and technology trends will shape the workplace of the future.
The annual Global Risks Report explores some of the most severe risks we may face in the coming years. Underpinned by the Forum’s Global Risks Perception Survey, the report brings together leading insights from over 1,200 experts across the world.
As COP28 approaches, humanity is still far from solving its biggest challenge. Following years of insufficient action, the ambition agreed upon in Paris in 2015 may be slipping out of reach, less than ten years after its formulation. To retain any chance of limiting global warming below 1.5°C by the end of this century, global emissions must decrease by around 7% annually until 2030 – but they are still increasing by 1.5% today.
This report profiles pilot governance and policy programmes for responsible and ethical technology adoption in Mexico City, Tsukuba and Istanbul.
This paper provides an overview of the measurement of supply chain emissions in three key sectors, focusing on businesses’ challenges and preparedness, and flags some important issues for policy action.
Investing plays a crucial role in building wealth and ensuring long-term financial security. Broadening access to private investments can have significant economic opportunities for suitable retail investors with positive economic spillovers, if done responsibly.
The United States White House Office of the National Cyber Director has called for information for harmonizing cybersecurity standards and regulations across jurisdictions. This white paper lays out the response of the World Economic Forum Systems of Cyber Resilience: Electricity (SCRE) community. It focuses on addressing conflicts in cybersecurity requirements, identifying priority sectors and regions, evaluating international dialogues, reviewing ongoing global initiatives and exploring regulatory reciprocity.
Non-fungible tokens (NFTs) have redefined the landscape of digital ownership and interaction in the Web3 era.
Climate change is the most significant challenge of this generation, and nowhere is its impact more visible than in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). The region has been heating up at twice the global average for the past four decades, and is projected to be 4°C warmer by mid-century. While governments are playing their part in setting up the net-zero ambition and creating an enabling environment, companies need to shoulder the responsibility of delivering sustainability action to move the discourse on climate adaptation forward.
This briefing paper focuses on data equity within foundation models, both in terms of the impact of Generative AI (genAI) on society and on the further development of genAI tools.
Artificial intelligence (AI) and recent developments in this field – such as generative AI – can play a key role in helping manufacturers navigate today’s economic, environmental and societal challenges. While most manufacturers plan to incorporate AI into their operations, only one in six has been successful to date.
The development of the industrial metaverse, propelled by advancements in extended reality technology, artificial intelligence and 3D modelling, is entwining digital and industrial realms.
The World Economic Forum’s Digital Trust initiative seeks to establish a global consensus among stakeholders regarding what measurable steps can be taken to improve the trustworthiness of digital technologies. To that end, 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 organization’s progress towards digital trust goals and the maturity of digital trust dimensions. Such measures are an important next step for leaders taking a comprehensive approach to earning digital trust.
The transition to circular business models is a critical lever for organizations to achieve climate commitments and reach net-zero emissions. Since board directors play a pivotal role in steering companies, they must be prepared to champion and drive the circular agenda.
