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Videos

C4IR India | How India is supporting smallholder farmers using AI

Purushottam Kaushik, Head of the Centre for the Fourth Industrial Revolution (C4IR) in India, shares how the rollout of AI-based agriculture technologies is boosting crop yields and revenue among chili farmers in India.

Giga and the Edison Alliance's mission to boost internet connectivity

These Are the 5 Most Useful Skills for the Jobs of the Future

What is energy equity? And why is it stalling globally?

Cybersecurity 2023: Despina Spanou on skills gaps in cybersecurity

Business perspectives

Gender bias and a scarcity of female investors are thought to hamper Venture Capital (VC) investment in female-owned businesses.

Jobs and Skills

Empowering female founders: How we can narrow the gender gap in venture capital

Gen Z has grown up in a digital world, but there's much about traditional banks they like.

Fairer Economies

Speaking Gen Z: How banks can attract young customers

How Southeast Asia can become a $1 trillion digital economy

Jobs and Skills

Youth are optimistic about the future of work. Let's prove them right

How can organizations prepare for generative AI?

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Podcasts

Technology that transforms: what an invention from 1450 can teach us about AI

Meet the Leader

13 leaders share the books that changed how they live, think and lead: 2023 Books Roundup

Meet the Leader

95 episodes

Agenda Dialogues

Strategic Outlook on Geopolitics

Agenda Dialogues

40 episodes

Carolyn Kousky: Understanding Disaster Insurance

Book Club

15 episodes

Explainers

CBDCs are digital currencies issued by a central bank.

Financial and Monetary Systems

What are central bank digital currencies and what could they mean for the average person?

Some experts say pay transparency laws are just part of the solution needed to reduce workplace and pay inequality between men and women.

Gender Inequality

Explainer: What are pay transparency laws and are they working?

Digital image of DNA structure; human genome.

What is a genome and why is mapping it so valuable? An expert explains

Planes will need to carry high volumes of sustainable aviation fuel to make long-haul flights.

Travel and Tourism

What is sustainable aviation fuel and why are only 0.1% of flights powered by it?

Many individuals and organizations from around the world participate in World Ocean Day.

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Our impact

First Movers Coalition: over 90 members send world's largest clean demand signal for emerging climate technologies

Sustainable food systems

Agriculture, Food and Beverage

Farms to food markets: providing solutions and collective action for sustainable food systems

How drones are transforming access to healthcare in India

Explore and monitor the issues and forces driving transformational change across economies, industries, and global issues.

Climate Change

Cybersecurity

Education

Future of Work

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Intelligence

We connect the world's most exciting innovators to the experts and investors who can scale their venture and accelerate their impact.

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UpLink Innovation Portal

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Yes San Francisco, Urban Sustainability Challenge

Supporting the implementation of world-leading innovations in urban sustainability

Forum in the news

WEF welcomes 21 new "Lighthouse Factories," with over half of which are from China

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December 18, 2023

The food we eat has everything to do with a warming planet

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December 8, 2023

Cyber security talent gap amid AI boom could be perfect storm, expert warns

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November 3, 2023

Saudi Arabia raising the bar with its information security approach: WEF official

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November 3, 2023

Press release

Factories of the Future Show How to Apply AI to Benefit People, Planet and Performance

Posted Dec 13, 2023

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Editors' Picks

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Top global trade stories of 2023: UN Black Sea Grain initative, and more.

Trade and Investment

5 must-read stories about global trade from 2023

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From the biggest DDoS attack ever to the cybersecurity skills gap, here are some of cybersecurity's biggest talking points in 2023.

6 stories that defined cybersecurity in 2023

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Speakers applaud onstage during the Closing Plenary at the UN Climate Change Conference COP28 at Expo City Dubai on December 13, 2023, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

COP28: What did it accomplish and what’s next?

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The World Economic Forum's Strategic Intelligence Outlook saw experts from different fields explore anticipated trends for 2024.

Artificial Intelligence

Strategic Intelligence Outlook: climate litigation, economic strains and more in store for 2024

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Antimicrobial resistance affects all countries, although Africa is likely to bear the heaviest burden.

What is antimicrobial resistance and how can we tackle it?

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European Union flags flutter outside the European Commission headquarters in Brussels, Belgium August 21, 2020. REUTERS/Yves Herman

How to increase Europe’s competitiveness in the new global economy

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A multistakeholder approach to AI governance is most appropriate for mitigating the technology's risks and capitalizing on its vast possibilities.

Artificial Intelligence

Responsible AI governance can be achieved through multistakeholder collaboration

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The energy transition requires rapid acceleration of critical minerals supply.

Energy Transition

Securing critical minerals for energy transition requires collective action

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Gender parity is essential for economic recovery

Gender Inequality

Gender parity is essential for economic recovery: These five investments will quicken the pace

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Future of Jobs 2023: The future of work need not be dystopian - but it will be disrupted.

The future of jobs in the age of AI, sustainability and deglobalization