Bruno Berthon writes about private investment in green growth, as part of a series of blog posts linked to the Green Investment Report 2013 After Hurricane Sandy, devastating storms in the Philippines and a spate of record drought across the globe, climate change came back on the agenda in 2012. There are now signs of increased political appetite to confront the… more

Alex “Sandy” Pentland is Toshiba Professor of Media, Arts and Sciences, at  MIT, discusses how Data is shaping all aspects of society. Back in the 1800s, the Industrial Revolution spurred rapid urban growth, created huge social inequities and caused significant environmental problems. New thinking was needed for building a healthy, safe and efficient society. No… more

Felipe Calderón writes about financing clean energy, as part of a series of blog posts linked to the Green Investment Report 2013 We begin 2013 by recovering from another year of extreme weather events that included unprecedented storms in the Philippines and United States, as well as drought, floods and heat waves in a number of regions. The economic and social… more

In a series of blog posts leading to the launch of the Green Investment report 2013 on 21 January by the World Economic Forum’s Green Growth Action Alliance, a number of leading voices will present their particular perspectives. In the following post, Simon Zadek, Senior Fellow of the Global Green Growth Institute, discusses the current trends on Green… more

Michael Spence, a Nobel laureate in economics, is Professor of Economics at New York University’s Stern School of Business and Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution and is scheduled to participate at the World Economic Forum’s Annual Meeting in Davos 2013. MILAN – New technologies of various kinds, together with globalization, are powerfully affecting the… more

The French government recently proposed a regulation requiring businesses and office buildings throughout the country to turn off their lights between 01.00 and 07.00. Such a regulation addresses a long-unanswered question: “Why leave the lights on when no one is using them?” In fact, the French government is embracing resilient dynamism: bold vision and action… more

In a series of blog posts leading to the launch of the Green Investment report 2013 on 21 January by the World Economic Forum’s Green Growth Action Alliance, a number of leading voices will present their particular perspectives on the subject. In the following post, Thomas Kerr, Director of Climate Change and Green Growth Initiatives at the World Economic… more

Damage to space-based infrastructure is one of the more esoteric risks covered in the Global Risks 2013 report. Members of the World Economic Forum’s Global Agenda  Council on Space Security believe that a lack of broad awareness of the importance of satellites explains why this risk consistently ranks at the bottom of the global risk… more

As part of the Global Risks Report 2013, the World Economic Forum’s Risk Response Network has identified five “X Factor” risks in partnership with Nature. These look beyond mainstream risks to five emerging potential game-changers. The threat of climate change is well known. But have we passed the point of no return? What if we… more

Author: Joseph Nye is a professor at Harvard and author of The Future of Power and will be participating at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2013 CAMBRIDGE – What will the world look like two decades from now? Obviously, nobody knows, but some things are more likely than others. Companies and governments have to make informed… more

There is no doubt that policy-makers, entrepreneurs, and thinkers around the world are trying to find the Holy Grail to restore economic dynamism in every country. This is especially true in Europe and in the United States, but there are many other countries seeking that treasure. The problem is that recovery from sharp economic downturns… more

In 2012, the Forum:Blog continued to act as a neutral platform for open debate and analysis, receiving content from top business, political, scientific and societal leaders from around the world. Their articles covered a multitude of topics ranging from global economic competitiveness to faith. Below is a selection of the top ten posts from this… more