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.

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 ...

Consumers Beyond Waste

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...

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...

Getting to Zero Coalition

The challengeShipping is central to the movement of goods around the world and a driver for global trade. Although it is considered one of the lowest emitting means of transportation, the...

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

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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...

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...

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 part...

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...

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...

Net Zero Carbon Cities

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...

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...

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...

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 ...

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...

2030Vision

2030Vision - Digital Technology for the Global GoalsThe world is not on track to meet the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), but digital technology can help. From artificial intelli...

Lighthouse Action on Social Justice through Stakeholder Inclusion

OverviewLighthouse Action on Social Justice through Stakeholder Inclusion surfaces leadership examples of how businesses are addressing social justice and equity through meaningful engage...

The Future of Protein

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 ...

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...

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...

Food Systems Dialogues

Goal: Dialogues series that aims to contribute towards international consensus on how to pursue food systems transformation through multistakeholder approaches.The Food Systems Dialogues ...

Innovation with a Purpose: Food Innovation Hubs

Food Innovation HubsNearly 2 billion people worldwide lack access to sufficient, nutritious and safe food, and 690 million people suffer from chronic hunger or lack of proper nutrition. T...