Industries in Depth

The future of houses, stop forests from burning and other top stories of the week

Image: Unsplash

Adrian Monck

$86 trillion in one chart. The world economy, country by country.
⇒ Explore: Geo-economics

The $86 Trillion World Economy in One Chart

Your next house may be carbon neutral—and built in a factory.
⇒ Explore: Cities and Urbanization

Africa’s century and jobs for youth. What the world learned in Cape Town.

Seals live in London. An urban river has came back from the dead.

Stop the world’s forests from burning: Indonesia shows how.

You can’t learn soft skills by watching videos. Time for digital learning 2.0.

A start-up ecosystem and a privatization plan. Why Ethiopia could be an African growth engine.

The world’s best teacher on how to make a continent 4IR ready.

Rome’s fall wasn’t so bad. What about a possible end of the American era?

This would be just as long in Vietnamese. Information rates are constant across languages.

Can a drug stop aging? We may know within a year.

Why most people avoid the news: data-driven journalism isn’t working.

What an African free trade deal means for the world. Reporting and analysis from the recent World Economic Forum on Africa (Washington Post).

The best country to visit. Coverage of the Travel & Tourism Competitiveness Report (CNN).

Violence against African women must stop now. An op-ed by a Forum lead. (News24)

Why companies are forming cyber security alliances. Authored by Forum lead. (Harvard Business Review)

Seychelles aims to grow while protecting environment. Quotes Forum executive chairman Klaus Schwab. (allafrica.com)

Don't miss any update on this topic

Create a free account and access your personalized content collection with our latest publications and analyses.

Sign up for free

License and Republishing

World Economic Forum articles may be republished in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Public License, and in accordance with our Terms of Use.

The views expressed in this article are those of the author alone and not the World Economic Forum.

Stay up to date:

Media, Entertainment and Sport

Related topics:
Industries in DepthSustainable DevelopmentNature and Biodiversity
Share:
The Big Picture
Explore and monitor how Media, Entertainment and Sport is affecting economies, industries and global issues
A hand holding a looking glass by a lake
Crowdsource Innovation
Get involved with our crowdsourced digital platform to deliver impact at scale
World Economic Forum logo
Global Agenda

The Agenda Weekly

A weekly update of the most important issues driving the global agenda

Subscribe today

You can unsubscribe at any time using the link in our emails. For more details, review our privacy policy.

1:49

Impact printing: Robot speed-prints walls by firing lumps of clay

Why having low-carbon buildings also makes financial sense

About us

Engage with us

  • Sign in
  • Partner with us
  • Become a member
  • Sign up for our press releases
  • Subscribe to our newsletters
  • Contact us

Quick links

Language editions

Privacy Policy & Terms of Service

Sitemap

© 2024 World Economic Forum