WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM DAVOS: Social Mobility: Getting to 50-50 Gender Parity

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Finland's Prime Minister Sanna Marin says that a female prime minister should be the new normal and that hopefully we won't be talking about it so much in the future.

Fifth World Holocaust Forum: Mark the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz

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The Fifth World Holocaust Forum, entitled “Remembering the Holocaust: Fighting Antisemitism,” is taking place at Yad Vashem on 23 January 2020 to mark the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz and International Holocaust Remembrance Day.

Formula 1 and FIA sign United Nations’ Sports for Climate Action Framework

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Formula 1 and the FIA have today announced they have become signatories of the United Nations’ Sport for Climate Action Framework. This follows the announcement in November 2019 that Formula 1 will be net zero carbon as a sport by 2030.

CORRUPTION PERCEPTION INDEX 2019: Global Highlights

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This year’s Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) reveals that a majority of countries are showing little to no improvement in tackling corruption.

Appointment of the National Indigenous Voice Co-Design Group

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The Australian Government announced the members of a group of experts that will come up with options to include indigenous voice in the way policy making is formulated in Australia, the so called National Voice to Government.

Human Rights Committee : Illegal to send back people threatened by climate change

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Illegal for countries to send back people " to countries where their lives might be threatened by the climate crisis, a landmark ruling by the United Nations human rights committee has found". The Human Rights Commimittee published a judgement based on a claim of a citizen of Kiribati, one of the nations most at risk of climate change..

Keynote speech by EC President von der Leyen at the World Economic Forum

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The recently appointed President of the European Commission, the Executive Branch of the EU, Ursula von der Leyen made a passionate call for a green revolution and stronger European military capability.

wef: Special address by Imran Khan, Prime Minister of Pakistan

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The Prime Minister Imran Khan is sharing his vision: to create a humane society in Pakistan where the government takes responsibility for the weaker sections of society.

WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM: One Trillion Trees - a global initiative is launched at Davos

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The World Economic Forum launched a global initiative to grow, restore and conserve 1 trillion trees around the world - in a bid to restore biodiversity and help fight climate change.

The World Economic Forum launches Reskilling Revolution to reskill 1 billion people by 2030

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Estimates say we need to reskill one billion people by 2030.Today, the World Economic Forum launched Reskilling Revolution, a multi-stakeholder effort to do just that.

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