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The World Economic Forum’s Global Innovators Community, a group of innovative start-ups and scale-ups, explained recently how they used their technologies and expertise to fight the pandemic – and what they learned in the process that they’ll apply to future crises.

What COVID-19 taught 10 startups about pivoting, problem solving and tackling the unknown

By: EBR | Tuesday, July 21, 2020

COVID has transformed how businesses run and how leaders lead

"By applying the gender lens to climate issues, we begin to see the 83% of single mothers who were unable to return to their homes for two years after Hurricane Katrina hit. Or that two-thirds of jobs lost in the wake of Katrina were those lost by women."

Gender equity and climate change have more in common than you think

By: EBR | Wednesday, July 15, 2020

Gender equity is a lot like climate change. It’s a horizontally-integrated issue that largely exists inside a vertically-integrated policy framework. Now is the time to change that

"Policy-makers and health officers need to figure out the most efficient and effective way to ensure the availability of personal protective equipment (PPE) and other critical devices in order to cope with future peaks in contagions, whether from COVID-19 or other health emergencies."

How to ensure countries don’t run out of medical supplies when the next crisis hits

By: EBR | Tuesday, July 14, 2020

Europe and large parts of Asia and Oceania are starting to emerge from the worst of the COVID-19 pandemic

“We find that since 1950, human-produced greenhouse gases and particulate atmospheric pollution have influenced global changes in temperature, precipitation and regional aridity in two distinct ways. These two human ‘fingerprints’ are statistically identifiable in observations.”

Scientists discover new ‘human fingerprint’ on global drought patterns

By: EBR | Tuesday, July 14, 2020

There is a detectable “human fingerprint” on decreasing rainfall over the US, central Asia and southern Africa, according to results

"What organizations need to do is to learn how to be more agile in these kinds of situations. We’re nowhere near the end of the COVID-19 crisis, so it’s never too late to start revamping and revising your strategy."

COVID-19 creates a perfect storm for the extreme weather season

By: EBR | Monday, July 13, 2020

For many, June was a time to rejoice at the start of summer. But for a large number of communities around the world, it signified the beginning of a potentially deadly period of hurricanes and monsoons, droughts and heatwaves

Cyber resilience is a matter of survival. Sustainable value generation requires companies – and any type of organization, for that matter – to weather shocks to the system and learn from them.

Cyber resilience and organizations’ survival

By: EBR | Thursday, July 9, 2020

Cyber resilience is critical for organizations’ survival. Thoughtful reporting can help build it

The IMF estimates that $10 trillion has been spent so far on official COVID-19 support measures worldwide, and forecasts global GDP will contract by an unprecedented 4.9% in 2020. Protecting 30% of the world’s land and ocean would require just 0.016% of global GDP.

What would it cost to fix our broken relationship with nature?

By: EBR | Thursday, July 9, 2020

In 2020, humanity is living the consequences of our broken relationship with nature. We have over-exploited biodiversity to the point of a human-created Sixth Extinction, exacerbated by human-created climate change

The landmark 2015 Paris climate deal enjoined nations to limit global temperature rises to “well below” 2°C over pre-Industrial Revolution levels.

Gas boom risks ‘perfect storm’ for climate, economy: report

By: EBR | Tuesday, July 7, 2020

Global natural gas capacity under construction has doubled in a year according to new analysis that warned Tuesday (7 July) the investment boom in the world’s fastest-growing fuel risks a “perfect storm” of climate chaos and stranded assets

Studies have found that reducing vehicle fleet levels from the equivalent of Euro I to Euro IV can reduce fleet emissions by about 80% and moving up to Euro V standards further reduces the remaining emissions by 80%.

These are the best ways to tackle air pollution and climate change together

By: EBR | Tuesday, July 7, 2020

When we look at air pollution and climate change, we see two dire situations

A circular economy is focused on designing out waste and pollution, keeping products and materials in use, and regenerating natural systems, so that we do not exhaust the resources of our planet.

To build a resilient world, we must go circular

By: EBR | Tuesday, July 7, 2020

COVID-19 has created a human tragedy on a huge scale, with deep consequences for the global economy that will lead to an extended recession and long-term hardship

"The threat of fresh pandemics means that tracing apps of a ‘Big Brother’ character are likely, with widespread teleworking seeing the growth of similarly Orwellian surveillance technologies bundled into high-tech communications."

What will the next ’Great Depression’ look like?

By: EBR | Tuesday, July 7, 2020

Is Europe facing a recession or a depression? Are we on the threshold of economic hard times or the brink of a political abyss?

Resilient businesses use digital technologies, data and analytics as a process to create long-term customer value.

Building Digital Resilience Around the Customer

By: EBR | Friday, July 3, 2020

The ongoing crisis has both brought digital resilience to the forefront and broadened its meaning. This idea originally emerged in the area of cybersecurity and reflected the need to upgrade and maintain IT capabilities to resist cyber-attacks

This pandemic is having a deep impact on women and is throwing away decades of hard-won battles both in terms of gender equality and women’s economic rights. COVID-19 has seen the burden of unpaid work on women significantly increase around the globe.

COVID-19 is the biggest setback to gender equality in a decade

By: EBR | Wednesday, July 1, 2020

The longer-term impact of the COVID-19 pandemic will not be equal for women and men. We are currently experiencing the biggest setback in gender equality for a generation

One German utility company has taken the lead in transitioning to “embedded, scaled and disrupted” AI.

How Data Is Transforming the Energy Sector

By: EBR | Wednesday, July 1, 2020

A new energy industry is busy being born. Steadily, the sector is pivoting from a centralised and monopolistic system dependent on fossil fuels to a renewable, sustainable energy grid

"As governments need to address growing distrust in the capacity of representative democracy to drive system change and to prevent unfair climate policies, citizens’ deliberation can be a response to growing demands for climate action, social justice, and public participation."

Are Citizens’ Assemblies the Answer to the Climate Crisis?

By: EBR | Friday, June 26, 2020

Citizens’ assemblies have sprouted up in several European countries. It remains to be seen whether they can efficiently boost governments’ responses to climate change

US state legislative proposals on commercial uses of facial recognition services (FRS) reveal how much work lies ahead in getting to laws that effectively address human rights and civil liberties (beyond privacy and security interests) and also that effectively instruct and engage business in doing so.

Emerging legislation on commercial uses of facial recognition shows the work ahead

By: EBR | Friday, June 26, 2020

Facial recognition has emerged as a powerful biometric technology, both in practice and in our collective imagination

The countries include the US - which is experiencing its largest increase in coronavirus cases since April; Iran, Germany and Switzerland - two European countries where the R rate has risen above one this week.

Revealed: data shows 10 countries risking coronavirus second wave as lockdown relaxed

By: EBR | Friday, June 26, 2020

Of the 45 countries to have recorded more than 25,000 coronavirus cases to date, 21 currently have relaxed responses to the pandemic. Of these, 10 are reporting a rising number of cases

"The crisis offers an opportunity for what the World Economic Forum has deemed the “Great Reset,” starting not at some point in the distant future but right now."

What today’s bailouts can do for tomorrow’s economies

By: EBR | Thursday, June 25, 2020

Last year, the World Economic Forum’s annual Global Competitiveness Report assessed 141 governments’ future-readiness and found that most rated poorly on this and other crucial long-term indicators

"It is very exciting to see the pace and transformative potential of today’s innovative technologies being applied to solve the world’s most pressing problems, such as feeding a global and growing population."

17 ways technology could change the world by 2025

By: EBR | Wednesday, June 24, 2020

"We asked our 2020 intake of Technology Pioneers for their views on how technology will change the world in the next five years"

Looking for work during a historic downturn needn’t cost you your dignity. Multiple research studies suggest strategies for turning a negotiation disadvantage into opportunity.

The Hidden Upside to Low-Power Negotiating

By: EBR | Wednesday, June 24, 2020

The current pandemic has made job hunting an even more daunting experience than it usually is

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