Human well-being is intertwined with the environment. From local communities to the global commons, the environment provides natural resources that fuel the growth of industries and econo...

Global Plastic Action Partnership

8 million tonnes of plastic waste leaks into the ocean each year. By 2050 there will be more plastic than fish in the ocean—if we do not take urgent, collective action. Co-founded by pa...

Systemic Efficiency

Systemic Efficiency aims to enable a decarbonized, highly electrified and resilient city ecosystem though ultra-efficient buildings and smart energy infrastructure.

Incentivizing Food Systems Transformation

Historic productivity gains in the food sector have come at alarming environmental and health costs. To meet the aspiration of establishing inclusive, efficient, sustainable, nutritious a...

Innovation with a Purpose: Strengthening Innovation Ecosystems for Food Systems Transformation

Food systems are complex and currently unsustainable for both people and planet. Sustainably nourishing 9.7 billion people by 2050 requires a transformation in food systems to meet the ne...

2030 Water Resources Group

The 2030 Water Resources Group is a unique public-private-civil society collaboration. It facilitates open, trust-based dialogue processes to drive action on water resources reform in wat...

Climate Governance Initiative

As climate change rises to the top of government and corporate agendas, a growing number of companies are reviewing how to manage risks, identify opportunities and embed a viable transiti...

New Vision for Agriculture: Transformation Leaders Network

The Transformation Leaders Network engages 150 senior practitioners and experts to support practical efforts to achieve sustainable agricultural growth. Drawing from the New Vision for Ag...

Oil and Gas Climate Initiative

The Oil and Gas Climate Initiative (OGCI) is a bottom-up, voluntary, industry-driven initiative, which will enable the Oil and Gas industry to work collaboratively to address climate conc...

Global Health Security: Epidemics Readiness Accelerator

Global Health Security at the World Economic ForumThe Forum is committed to managing the risks associated with emerging infectious diseases of epidemic and pandemic potential through inno...

Deep-Sea Mining Dialogue

A Value Chain Dialogue on Deep-Sea Minerals and what it could mean for responsible sourcing if commercial mining beginsThe world needs minerals for industrial development, for poverty all...

New Vision for Agriculture

How can the world nourish 9.8 billion people by 2050 through sustainable practices? Food systems do not currently provide nutritious food in an environmentally sustainable way to the worl...

Loop

The Loop Initiative aims to establish a new model of consumption that ends society’s dependence on disposability and eliminates the idea of waste. By doing so, it supports responsible con...

Road Freight Zero

The ChallengeDemand for road freight is expected to triple by 2050, while the sector must almost entirely decarbonize in the same timeframe, to meet the Paris Climate Agreement. Given the...

Ocean Action Agenda

Reversing the rapid decline in ocean health is critical to addressing climate change. It is a global challenge requiring a global solution. Our oceans cover 70% of the world’s surface, ge...

The Net-Zero Challenge

In a letter sent to company leaders ahead of the World Economic Forum’s Annual Meeting 2020, Klaus Schwab, the Forum's Founder and Executive Chairman, Brian Moynihan, the Chair of the Int...

Natural Climate Solutions Alliance

The Natural Climate Solutions (NCS) Alliance aims to scale up affordable natural climate mitigation solutions for achieving the goals of the Paris Agreement on climate change. These inclu...

Tropical Forest Alliance

Protecting forests is critical to averting the most dangerous climate change and achieving the Sustainable Development Goals and the Paris Climate Agreement. Avoiding further deforestatio...

Meat: the Future

The provision of universally accessible and affordable, healthy and sustainable protein is critical to human nutritional needs and meeting the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals, as well ...

Mission Possible Platform

The Mission Possible Platform is a coalition of public and private partners working on the industry transition to set heavy industry and mobility sectors on the pathway towards net-zero e...

Food Action Alliance

The Food Action Alliance (FAA) is a coalition of organisations and initiatives, who through collective action, significantly strengthen the impact of agricultural value chains to produce ...

Circular Economy and Material Value Chains

The Circular Economy ChallengeBusiness, governments and citizens around the world increasingly recognize the challenges caused by our “take-make-dispose” approach to production and consum...

Grow Asia

Grow Asia is a multi-stakeholder partnership platform that enables collaboration and catalyzes action in support of national and regional agriculture development. Established by the World...

Global Water Initiative

Water is the ultimate systems challenge. It is a unique resource that underpins all drivers of growth – be it agricultural production, energy generation, industry or manufacturing. It als...

Grow Africa

The Grow Africa Partnership was founded jointly by the African Union (AU), The New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD) and the World Economic Forum in 2011 and works to increase ...

Nature Action Agenda

The Nature Action Agenda (NAA) is a multi-sector movement catalyzing economic action to halt biodiversity loss by 2030 and enable humans to live in harmony with nature.

2030Vision

2030Vision - partnering together to scale technologies for the global goals

Strengthening Global Food Systems

The Strengthening Global Food Systems project seeks to provide insight and support action toward more inclusive, sustainable, efficient and nutritious food systems, in line with the Susta...

Science-Based Targets for the Global Environment Commons

Science-based targets can give direction and create incentives for key actors across the world to operate within planetary boundaries. Over the past three years, momentum has been buildin...

Sustainable Development Investment Partnership (SDIP)

Significant amounts of public and private investments are needed to bring the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to life – for the people and the planet. While the introduction of innov...

Partnering with Civil Society in the Fourth Industrial Revolution

Through collaborative projects and initiatives, the Initiative’s community of Champions for Technology and Social Justice are tackling these three priority challenges in 2020-2021:

1t.org

The global platform for the trillion trees movement, 1t.org, was launched at the 50th World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos, Switzerland in January of 2020. The 1t.org platform is ...

Clean Skies for Tomorrow Coalition

The Clean Skies for Tomorrow Coalition provides a crucial mechanism for top executives and public leaders, across and beyond the aviation value chain, to align on a transition to sustaina...