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 ...

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...

Net Zero Carbon Cities: An Integrated Approach

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

Deep-Sea Minerals Dialogue

A Value Chain Dialogue on Deep-Sea MineralsWhat questions are being asked about this potential new source and what are the possible implications for responsible sourcing? The world seeks ...

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...

Consumers Beyond Disposability

Half of the world's plastic production is for single-use items. And more than 90% of plastic is never recycled, instead polluting our planet’s landscapes and oceans. While efforts to impr...

2030Vision

2030Vision - partnering together to scale technologies for the global goals The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development sets out a 17 Global Goals (SDGs) to facilitate equal, sustainable ...

Clean Skies for Tomorrow Coalition

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

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...

Transformation Leaders Network

Transformation Leaders NetworkThe Transformation Leaders Network (TLN) previously engaged 150 senior practitioners and experts to pursue practical efforts for sustainable and inclusive ag...

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...

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...

New Vision for Social Justice and Sustainable Futures Initiative: Lighthouse Projects on Social Justice and Sustainability

OverviewAs part of the New Vision for Social Justice and Sustainable Futures Initiative, the Lighthouse Projects on Social Justice and Sustainability project surfaces leadership examples ...

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...

Innovation with a Purpose: Food Innovation Hubs

Goal: The Food Innovation Hubs are aimed at leveraging technology and broader innovations to strengthen local innovation ecosystems accelerate transformation for the Food Systems. Overvie...

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...

Friends of Ocean Action

In 2018, the World Economic Forum created the Ocean Action Agenda as a project that would support a range of initiatives to ensure the long-term sustainable use of the ocean. The Ocean Ac...

Food Action Alliance

Introduction The Food Action Alliance (FAA) is a coalition of organisations and initiatives, who through collective action aim to produce food efficiently and sustainably, that is accessi...

Food Systems Initiative

Goal: To deliver inclusive, sustainable, efficient and nutritious & healthy food systems.Food is integral to every single Sustainable Development Goal and building food systems we nee...

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...

Mission Possible Partnership

The Mission Possible Partnership 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-zer...

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...

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 ...

1t.org

Conserving, restoring and growing 1 trillion trees by 2030 is achievable Trees and forests are a critical part of the solution to the climate crisis and biodiversity collapse. That’s why ...

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...

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.

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...

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...

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...

Technology and Social Justice Community: Partnering with Civil Society in the Fourth Industrial Revolution

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Circular Electronics Partnership

The platform will leverage the convening power and expertise of the World Economic Forum, PACE, the WBCSD and RBA. The platform will bring together leaders from industry, government, inte...

Climate Governance Initiative

The urgent need to address the climate emergency requires governments and business to accelerate the transition to a new economic model that is consistent with the 2018 recommendations of...