Economía Circular
プラスチック汚染対策の切り札、トレーサビリティ技術の進化
廃棄物の自動選別や代替素材などのイノベーションはプラスチック汚染への対策に新たな可能性をもたらしていますが、文化、規制、市場特有の障壁により、効果的な規模拡大には至っていません。以前の寄稿文では、第四次産業革命（4IR）テクノロジーが急速に成熟しつつあるものの、重要な環境課題への展開は、先見性のあるリーダーたちがいかにして協調的かつ包摂的な行動を推進するかにかかっていると...
Fernando is the Head of the Resource Systems and Resilience program in the Center for Nature and Climate of the World Economic Forum, leading the team that advances initiatives in plastics pollution, the circular economy and societal resilience towards environmental risks. Fernando has held various roles at the Forum, more recently Head of the Materials and Infrastructure industries. Before joining the Forum in 2010, Fernando was for eight years at AkzoNobel.
Fernando is experienced in structuring and managing partnerships for technical development and has performed in areas including technology strategy and management, and corporate innovation. He received his Chemistry degree from Universidad del Valle in Cali, Colombia, earned his Ph.D. in Chemistry from the University of Florida, and completed his post-doctoral work at Stanford University.
Últimos Artículos
Economía Circular
How track and trace technologies are evolving to help tackle plastic pollution
While innovations such as automated waste sorting or alternative materials open opportunities in addressing plastic pollution, they have yet to be scaled effectively due to cultural, regu...
Economía Circular
3 Lighthouse winners in the built environment that showcase sustainable innovation
Contributing authors: Anis Nassar, Lead, Circular Economy Innovation and Business Engagement, World Economic Forum; Jukka Maksimainen, Senior Partner, McKinsey; Amelie Pohl, World Economi...
Cuarta Revolución Industrial
Advanced technologies are changing our lives — and they can help us beat plastic pollution
The surge in plastics production over the past decade has far outpaced our capacity to manage its environmental consequences. Between 2012 and 2022, global plastics production rose by app...
Cuarta Revolución Industrial
Cómo las tecnologías avanzadas pueden ayudarnos a combatir la contaminación por plásticos
El aumento de la producción de plásticos en la última década ha superado con creces nuestra capacidad para gestionar su impacto ambiental. Entre 2012 y 2022, la producción mundial de plás...
Salud y sistemas de salud
These collaborations are already tackling climate-driven health risks but more can be done to find solutions
As we take stock of the outcome of the 29th UN Conference of the Parties (COP) last November, the relevance of public health to climate change action is clearer than ever. Climate-driven ...
Industrias en Profundidad
化学産業の今 - その変革と重要性
化学産業の活動は、一般的には主に分子レベルでの物質の操作（特に変換）によって定義されます。このような活動は、食料、モビリティ、グローバルヘルス、情報経済などの分野を含む、あらゆる社会経済システムの中核を担っています。生物である私たち自身が驚異的な総合化学工場であるだけでなく、現代の化学産業の成果によって、私たちは、より健康かつ安全で、生産的な人類として繁栄することができる...
Industrias en Profundidad
The chemical industry now - how is it transforming and why does it matter?
The activities of the chemical industry are generally defined by the manipulation (and especially the transformation) of matter – mainly at the molecular level. These activities remain at...
Industrias en Profundidad
COVID-19 is challenging the way we think of chemical industry trends. This is how
• Short-term management has been key to managing chemical supply during the pandemic, but long-term trends are equally important.
Industrias en Profundidad
Why the global trade of chemicals is key to COVID-19 recovery
As the world continues to navigate the complexities of an ongoing pandemic, at any given time millions of tons of the building blocks behind personal care, digital communications, safe pa...
Industrias en Profundidad
The chemical and materials industry can boost the impact of stimulus packages. Here’s how
Aside from being the worst health and humanitarian crisis for decades, COVID-19 has caused a drop of almost $7 trillion in global GDP this year.
Naturaleza y Biodiversidad
Setting the facts straight on plastics
A group of materials now known collectively as plastics has played a definitive role in delivering much of the socio-economic advantages of modern life, and their production has outpaced ...
Industrias en Profundidad
Three ways digital innovation is revolutionizing chemistry & advanced materials
Digital innovation is dramatically reshaping the way we live, work and relate to one another. Advanced technologies are being combined in innovative ways, in what has been called the Four...