At a moment of geopolitical fragmentation, the World Economic Forum Special Meeting 2024 charts a path to renewed dialogue, collective action and a more sustainable future.
1,000 global leaders from 90 countries, including 220 from government and the public sector, gathered to address pressing global challenges and bridge the North-South divide.
Thought leadership and initiatives cut across the three themes in the programme: inclusive growth; global collaboration; and energy for development.
A four-part masterclass, developed with the support of the European Commission
Two Sides has challenged over 2,650 organisations found to be communicating greenwashing messages to their customers. Over 1,180 organisations have, so far, removed misleading anti-paper statements.
1,000 government, business and civil society leaders to gather in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Amid an increasingly complex global backdrop, the meeting aims to bridge the growing North-South divide and find collaborative solutions to shared challenges
The meeting will drive action-oriented dialogue on three key themes: Inclusive Growth, Energy for Development, and Global Collaboration
Until recently the idea of a forest-based sector and of a circular bioeconomy seemed to have gone out of favour in EU policymaking. But the sector has demonstrated a high level of resilience in time of crisis and showed the advantage of being able to rely on local resources in a geopolitical context calling for ‘strategic autonomy’. Importantly, it brings solutions to the table at a time when Europe is looking for a climate-compatible economic model.
After the EU member states agreed to the compromise on amendments to the EU Packaging Regulation (PPWR) on 15 March, manufacturers of plastic packaging are criticising the numerous unfounded loopholes that still exist. The unjustified privileges granted to paper and cardboard packaging, for example, with regard to bans, the use of recyclates and reusable packaging obligations lead to more packaging waste, higher CO2 emissions and less recycling – a contradiction to the objectives of the regulation.
Following the UK Government’s newly announced budget, which will see an investment injection of £360 million in British manufacturing and R&D, PHD Marketing comments that the decision reflects the innovation and strength of the UK packaging industry.
At a moment of growing fragmentation and polarization, the World Economic Forum’s Annual Meeting 2024 served as a platform for advancing dialogue, cooperation and action-oriented partnership.
More than half (56%) of chief economists expect the global economy to weaken in 2024, with seven in 10 saying pace of geoeconomic fragmentation will accelerate, according to the latest Chief Economists Outlook.
Germany, the EIB and Ukraine have announced a €20 million grant for the Renewable Energy Solution Programme to boost the energy independence Ukrainian municipalities.
The grant supports hospitals and schools across Ukraine, aiding renewable energy implementation as part of green reconstruction.
The CEO-led chemical industry initiative, incubated by the World Economic Forum, has been relaunched as the Global Impact Coalition (GIC).
The new standalone Coalition has been created by seven founding member chemical companies and is supported by more than 70 senior industry executives.
The first tangible project to accelerate the implementation of chemical and mechanical recycling for plastics was also launched in 2023.
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