The benefits of globalization, including in the area of finance, have been re-evaluated since the global financial crisis of 2007-12. The previous consensus among economists on the desira...
2024 will be another critical year for climate action.
The mood at the World Economic Forum's 2024 Annual Meeting in Davos was one of cautious optimism on the economic outlook, but it was overshadowed by a surfeit of geopolitical risks.
少なくとも世界の25カ国とEUが、法的拘束力のあるネットゼロ目標を設定しているほか、54カ国が関連する政策文書でネットゼロの誓約を掲げています。こうした動きは、脱炭素化に向けた前進を示していますが、目標達成への十分な計画が必ずしも備わっているわけではありません。ネットゼロ達成のために避けては通れないはずの道が、政治的に好ましくないという理由で、回避されていることが多くあります。
At least 25 countries and the European Union have set legally binding net zero targets; a further 54 have net zero pledges in relevant policy documents. While these developments demonstra...
What might the world look like in 2025? In autumn 2020 the World Economic Forum convened expert-led Global Future Councils, time-bound think tanks, to explore that very question.
The mood at Davos was the gloomiest since 2009. The war in Ukraine, surging inflation, tightening monetary policies, dismal markets, crypto unravelling, and a long economic hangover from ...
The IMF’s mandate is to safeguard the stability of the international monetary and financial system, and crypto assets are changing the system profoundly.
The COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated digital finance platforms as the primary tool for executing transactions. As such, ensuring all consumers and small businesses have access to vital t...
Getting to carbon neutrality is immensely expensive. In the EU alone, reaching zero emissions by 2050 is estimated to cost $300 billion per year for the foreseeable future. Taxpayers will...
If we are serious about meeting our climate pledges, an innovative approach to financing is needed. Despite increased pledges to reach net-zero carbon emissions by 2050, it’s not clear ho...
Digital currencies have been around for a decade, yet the regulatory systems governing them are fragmented, ineffective and, in some countries, non-existent. This allows illicit activitie...
The volume of data generated globally is expected to increase by a whopping 530% – from 33 zettabytes in 2018 to 175 zettabytes by 2025. AI has the power to transform this data profusion ...
Micro, small, and medium sized enterprises (MSMEs) are the foundation of our global economy and the backbone of our local communities. They are job creators, community builders, enablers ...
To get through COVID-19 as best as possible and approach its aftermath triumphantly, business and government must put power in the hands of the populace.
