Climate Action
Greta: the voice of climate activism who says 'listen to the scientists'
A figurehead for a global youth movement demanding action on climate change, Greta Thunberg has come a long way in a year.
Recoded to Forum Agenda on 29/05/2024.
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Jobs and the Future of Work
This company lets you set your own salary
The competition for talent involves more than fat salaries, with many employers adopting a creative approach to recruitment and retention of staff. Here are just a few of the more creativ...
Fourth Industrial Revolution
The rise of the robo-restaurant: AI is ready to take your order
From burger-flipping robots to AI drive-throughs, the food sector is embracing disruptive technologies.
Nature and Biodiversity
People can swap plastic waste for rice in this Philippines community
Realizing the economic potential of trash has dual benefits in a country that has high rates of poverty and is one of the world’s biggest contributors to ocean plastic pollution.
Industries in Depth
These are the world's five most-visited cities
Travel and tourism are on the rise. Here are the five most visited cities.
Nature and Biodiversity
A giant marine heatwave has descended on Alaska
Scientists have compared the unusually warm water to a huge expanse that disrupted the area's ecosystem five years ago.
Nature and Biodiversity
The UK’s River Thames has come back to life – with a seal population to prove it
In the 1950s, the Thames was so polluted it was declared biologically dead. But today it’s thriving – and a recent count of baby seals shows how far it has come.
Geographies in Depth
Voici les 5 plus grands risques auxquels l'Afrique subsaharienne est confrontée cette année
Alors que le Forum Économique Mondial sur l’Afrique commence cette semaine au Cap, un nouveau rapport - Le paysage des risques pour l’Afrique subsaharienne - va être dévoilé.
Geographies in Depth
Estos son los 5 mayores riesgos que enfrenta África subsahariana este año
El Foro Económico Mundial sobre África se pone en marcha esta semana en Ciudad del Cabo, y se presentará un nuevo informe: El paisaje de riesgos del África subsahariana.
Geographies in Depth
These are the 5 biggest risks facing sub-Saharan Africa this year
The launch of the World Economic Forum’s Sub-Saharan Africa Risks Landscape report highlights the key challenges to the region.
Nature and Biodiversity
Senegal is planting millions of mangrove trees to fight deforestation
A massive effort is underway to plant millions of trees in a country that has lost around a quarter of its mangrove forests in recent decades.
This is how many websites exist globally
Three decades after the creation of the world wide web there is a staggering number of sites online.
Nature and Biodiversity
Here are 5 reasons why the ocean is so important
5 reasons why the ocean is so important. The ocean produces half the air we breathe.
Health and Healthcare Systems
长期暴露于空气污染之中，等同于每天吸食一包香烟
你呼吸的空气可能会对你的肺部造成诸多伤害，就如同每天吸食一包香烟一样，缩短你的寿命，使你面临慢性疾病的风险。 这一结论是“空气污染对人体健康影响的重大研究”的成果之一。 在18年的时间里，来自华盛顿大学、哥伦比亚大学和布法罗大学的研究人员选取了7000名研究对象，探究呼吸对人造成伤害的迹象。
Emerging Technologies
Do we judge robots on their colour? This study says we do
Researchers showed people images of armed and unarmed robots of different colours to test how they'd respond. This is what they found.