
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...
The Centre for Nature and Climate will accelerate actions on climate change and environmental sustainability, food systems, the circular economy and value chains, and the future of international development.
Global ecological systems are straining under the burden of nearly 8 billion people consuming within the planet’s limited boundaries. The shared resources that sustain humanity are under severe strain, with the climate, ocean and food systems facing unprecedented crises. These crises are exacerbated by a global economy that is extremely inequitable and an international governance system that is under acute stress. Amid this, the future of the international development system itself is under scrutiny, as it becomes clear that government alone cannot deliver on the global UN Sustainable Development Goals or the Paris Agreement on climate change.
Our Platform enables leaders from the public and private sectors and civil society worldwide to form exceptional, cross-cutting communities of action that collaborate at speed and scale, harness the opportunities of the Fourth Industrial Revolution and trigger systems change.
Partnering with over 150 of the world’s leading companies and 50 international and civil society organizations, our Platform focuses on four key initiatives: the circular economy and global value chains, climate change, environment and natural resource security, food systems and international development.
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...
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.
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...
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 ...
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 ...
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...
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...
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...
2030Vision - Digital Technology for the Global Goals The world is not on track to meet the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), but digital technology can help. From artificial intell...
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...
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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...
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...
The Food Action Alliance is pleased to launch a report “Food Action Alliance: A leadership agenda for multi-stakeholder collaboration to transform food systems”, produced in collaboration...
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...
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...
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...
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 ...
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...
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...
The contextPublic and private actors are showing great interest in green trade topics. The urgency of environmental challenges is driving a re-think of our production and consumption netw...
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...
OverviewLighthouse Action on Social Justice through Stakeholder Inclusion surfaces leadership examples of how businesses are addressing social justice and equity through meaningful engage...
Since 2002, more than 60 million hectares of primary forest have been lost in the tropics, equivalent to an area the size of France. In 2021 alone, the tropics lost 11.1 million hectares ...
Net Zero Carbon Cities’ mission is to create an enabling environment for clean electrification and circularity, resulting in urban decarbonization and resilience. The program aims to do t...
Goal: Dialogues series that aims to contribute towards international consensus on how to pursue food systems transformation through multistakeholder approaches.The Food Systems Dialogues ...
A Freshwater Future: Without Blue, There Is No Green Economy is a new briefing report produced in collaboration with Isle Utilities. The report spotlights how water can enable and acceler...
The world urgently needs to take collective action to achieve the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals and the Paris Climate Agreement by 2030.
China has an opportunity to achieve its economic and social ambitions and the vision of ecological civilization, while creating millions of sustainable jobs by 2030 if it transforms three...
A massive global infrastructure investment of $66 trillion is needed in emerging economies before 2030. The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) offers a new development paradigm by investing i...
Widening access to clean, reliable electricity is one of the greatest challenges to sustainable development in Africa. Energy storage, particularly batteries, will be critical in supporti...
The World Economic Forum’s Platform for Shaping the Future of Consumption aims to advance responsible models of consumption that are equitable, promote societal well-being and protect the...
In Collaboration with McKinsey & Company
In collaboration with White & Case and SYSTEMIQ
This report, co-authored with Boston Consulting Group, is the second in our series for the Net-Zero Challenge. It showcases the opportunity that all companies have for huge climate impact...
In Collaboration with McKinsey & Company
In Collaboration with Accenture Strategy
This paper was produced in collaboration with ScaleUp Nation.
CIRCULAR CARS INITIATIVE POLICY WORKSTREAM
In Collaboration with Pure Earth, the International Lead Association and Responsible Battery Coalition
What is the World Economic Forum doing to help aviation meet net zero goals?
The Future of Nature and Business, the second of three reports in the World Economic Forum’s New Nature Economy series, provides the practical insights needed to take leadership in shifti...
La lniciativa de Gobernanza Climática (Climate Governance Initiative) es un proyecto desarrollado bajo la plataforma del Foro Económico Mundial, para que los consejeros de empresa (Non-Ex...
The stress on the earth’s natural systems caused by human activity has considerably worsened in the 25 years since the 1992 Rio Earth Summit in Brazil.
In just over half a century, plastics have become pervasive throughout the economy, due to their versatility and cost-effectiveness. Yet alongside clear benefits, today’s plastics system ...
Las políticas y los compromisos nacionales de los países de renta alta para limitar las emisiones de gases de efecto invernadero (GEI) y reducir los residuos, entre otros objetivos, son a...
Se nos está acabando el tiempo para salvar nuestro planeta, ya que consumimos el equivalente a 1,6 planetas Tierra para mantener nuestro actual modo de vida, y la naturaleza no puede segu...