Who and what is 'civil society?'
It is a phrase that is much bandied about in media and by politicians but if you were to stop and ask a casual passer-by what is meant by “civil society” it is unlikely many people could ...
It is a phrase that is much bandied about in media and by politicians but if you were to stop and ask a casual passer-by what is meant by “civil society” it is unlikely many people could ...
It’s not the 1930s but you can see them from here. If we are to defeat the rise of religious nationalism, we will need a faithful patriotism equipped with new ideas and new skills.
On Sunday 18 March, in Tempe, Arizona, the first pedestrian was killed by a self-driving car.
Cape Town has many identities, including tourist mecca, economic hub and biodiversity hotspot. But its newest identity as poster child for the global water crisis might eclipse the rest. ...
Finding one single missing child can be difficult. So imagine trying to find millions of children who are living completely under the radar with no formal record of their existence. This ...
Dilbert: Wow! According to my computer simulation, it should be possible to create new life forms from common household chemicalsDogbert: This raises some thorny issues.Dilbert: You mean ...
The opportunities that artificial intelligence (AI) can unlock for our world – from discovering cures to diseases that kill millions each year to significantly cutting carbon emissions – ...
What do the 163 million young people in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) think about their future? According to a recent World Economic Forum survey, the region’s 15-29 year-olds – w...
The world moves fast these days, but that doesn’t mean we can’t learn from the past. In fact, by combining the lessons of history with the technologies of today, we can strengthen our com...
From the Oscars to the Baftas to this year’s World Economic Forum Annual Meeting, the world is increasingly paying attention to gender diversity and women’s right to equality in the workp...
From biodiversity loss and ecosystem collapse to water crises and extreme weather events, most of the biggest risks identified in the World Economic Forum Global Risks Report are environm...
Syria enters its seventh year of fighting in 2018. Hunger and disease will affect millions of people in Somalia, South Sudan and Yemen. Around the world people will flee conflict only to ...
Here’s something we’re rarely told growing up: our world rewards wealth, not hard work or talent.
In a fractured world, children are often the first to fall through the cracks.
As world leaders gather in Davos this week to discuss how to better shape our future through strengthened cooperation, it’s imperative to also focus on how to prevent the health of our pl...