The global health system is in a state of unprecedented crisis under the pernicious influence of COVID-19. Both narrow-minded hegemony in international politics and compartmentalized myop...
The race to be the next Director-General (DG) of the World Trade Organisation is now down to two candidates: Ngozi Okonjo Iweala of Nigeria, and Yoo Myung-hee of South Korea. Whoever prev...
The COVID-19 crisis is going to accelerate a number of changes and transformations in human society. Notably, the pandemic is expected to significantly accelerate the Fourth Industrial Re...
Has there ever been a clearer crucible moment than now? The world of work was already experiencing an existential crisis, but Covid-19 has accelerated it, bringing some of today’s challen...
Long-term change doesn't just happen. It takes a combination of vision, focus - and the creativity to adapt as new solutions take shape.
The coronavirus pandemic squarely hit the labour market, and in the first half of 2020 we have seen many of the trends we have been tracking around the future of work accelerate at a rapi...
With COVID-19 infections reaching 34 million people worldwide and more than 1 million global deaths to date, the World Economic Forum’s Sustainable Development Impact Summit featured a se...
The energy transition is more pressing than ever – and as governments look to economic recovery in the wake of COVID-19, they are recommitting to their energy transition plans and investi...
The youngest leader to ever hold the post of Secretary-General of the United Nations, Dag Hammarskjöld, is credited with saying: “Never measure the height of a mountain until you have rea...
COVID-19 has unquestionably delivered one of the biggest shocks to our planet in generations. The global health crisis is fast turning into an economic crisis that is likely to have major...
I was born on Inis Oírr (pronounced Inisheer), an island 25 minutes by boat off the west coast of the Republic of Ireland. It’s home to around 250 permanent residents, surrounded on all s...
The COVID-19 pandemic threatens already fragile social and economic systems and could potentially impact the lives of up to 2 billion people. Based on estimates by the World Bank, it woul...
2020 will be remembered as the year in which the world was hit by the worst pandemic in recent history, and when global leaders were forced to quickly take decisions that would change our...
The world today is facing a series of convergent global emergencies linked to the economy, the environment and society.
On 25 January 2020, people around the world celebrated Chinese New Year, a day that signifies renewal and rebirth. And this one was especially meaningful, as 2020 is the start of a new 60...
