Climate change takes top spot for global expert worries

It replaces the pandemic following COP26 in November

COP26 Live: Low carbon short-haul flights jet off!

That is part of a new pledge by 20 airlines to use electric and hydrogen-powered planes in a bid to lower their emissions

Nigeria partners with World Economic Forum to fight plastic pollution

In 2018, Nigeria was estimated to have discharged around 200,000 tonnes of plastic waste into the ocean per year, while its annual plastics production is projected to grow to 523,000 tonnes by 2022

New global coalition to address water security and climate change

The 50L Home Coalition aims to reinvent the future of water and make 50 litres of daily water use per person a reality

New technology centre for ocean and environment launched in Norway

The World Economic Forum and Aker Group have announced the establishment of the Centre for the Fourth Industrial Revolution Norway (C4IR Norway)

World Economic Forum attendees to travel in (sustainable) style

Electric vehicles will be used to transport delegates around the annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland

World ‘sleepwalking into catastrophe’ over climate inaction

The World Economic Forum warns extreme weather events, exacerbated by climate change, is the risk most likely to happen over the next 10 years

Internet of Things competition searches for bright ideas

A new challenge is open to find ideas to help decarbonise and improve cities’ environmental footprints. ‘Internet of Things (IoT) for Greener Cities’ is a new challenge launched by the World Economic Forum (WEF). It aims to find and develop cutting edge technologies, based on the IoT and other digital innovations, which could be introduced […]

New partnership to help boost China’s green policies

A new collaboration aims to help China boost its environmental policies. The World Economic Forum (WEF) and the China Council for International Co-operation on Environment and Development (CCICED) – an advisory to the Chinese Government – have signed an agreement to focus on how circular and sharing economy models can create a more resource efficient […]

‘Continued green co-operation needed’ says China

The President of China has outlined the need for continued international cooperation on climate change. Xi Jinping formally opened this year’s World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland by underscoring Chinese commitments to decarbonisation. He contrasted these efforts with President-elect Donald Trump’s call for increased usage of fossil fuels and his tendency to downplay the risks of global […]