Discussions at the World Economic Forum are heavily linked to the climate crisis. Yet activists are wary that greenwashing will take precedence as chief executives of oil and gas companies banter with global leaders.
Greta Thunberg, the Swedish teenager who has sparked climate protests around the world, has been hit with a backlash of hatred and innuendo. In a statement, she sets the record straight.
For over 30 years, a coalition of fossil fuel companies and their supporters – politicians as well as businesses who gain from maintaining the status quo – have been fighting the scientific community and their environmental supporters in the battle for and against climate change.
At Davos this week, the world’s wealthiest people are learning how to become even wealthier by replacing human workers with robots and artificial intelligence.
A new guide will empower banks to assess natural capital risk. A week before the 2019 World Economic Forum in Davos, the Natural Capital Finance Alliance (NCFA) has launched the world’s first step-by-step guide to help financial institutions conduct a rapid natural capital risk assessment — “not just greenhouse gases, but also how to build wider ecosystem resilience from rainforests to coral reefs.”
Donald Trump’s Davos promise that “America is open for business” and his intention to put “America first” is undermined by his recent decision to impose tariffs on solar cells and modules (as well as washing machines).
ABB announced an electric mobility plan and infrastructure for the Swiss city of Davos. Its 6,000 stations installed in more than 50 countries are now also going to be used in the city at the same time the World Economic Forum (WEF) is being held.
Speaking in advance of the World Economic Forum annual meeting in Davos, China’s special envoy for climate change Xie Zhenhua has said US President-elect Donald Trump’s views on climate change are softening.
In an address to the World Economic Forum in Davos, China has told the world that it is willing and able to take the lead on combating global climate change.
An open letter from businesses involved in the UK implores UK Prime Minister Theresa May to back the UN Sustainable Development Goals that were adopted just a year ago, in advance of the World Economic Forum’s upcoming annual meeting in Davos.
