2020年2月17日 · The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has said the coronavirus pandemic had instigated a global economic downturn the likes of which the world has not experienced since the Great Depression. That view is supported by the latest figures from the European Commission, which has forecast that the GDP of EU countries will contract by 7.5% in 2020.

2021年6月28日 · The World Economic Forum’s Global Risks Report 2021 identified climate action failure as the most impactful and second-most likely long term risk facing the world in a year when populations continued to struggle mitigating the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

2020年9月25日 · COVID-19 has caused an economic shock three times worse than the 2008 financial crisis. Europe and emerging markets have been hit hard economically, China has escaped a recession. But the worst could be behind us, and a greener economy could emerge after the pandemic, according to the Chief Economist at IHS Markit.

2019年4月11日 · As we enter the fourth wave of globalization, driven by the digital revolution, there is renewed debate over whether it is a beneficial force: powering economic growth, and allowing the spread of ideas to improve people’s lives; or whether it erodes communities, and widens the gap between the elites and the rest of the world.

2023年11月29日 · Extreme weather events and climate-related disasters have caused significant economic losses, reaching nearly $1.5 trillion in the decade to 2019. The international system has struggled to make the required progress on climate change, according to the World Economic Forum’s Global Risks Report 2023.

2023年2月7日 · The World Economic Forum’s New Nature Economy Report II sets out a range of transitions that will reverse nature loss and pull us back from the brink. Without these changes, the world will suffer irreversible destruction of biodiversity that will have far-reaching impacts on the economy and all life on Earth.

2022年11月11日 · The World Economic Forum’s Global Future Council on Trade (GFCT) takes the view that; “trade deficits are not necessarily bad and are not a measure of whether trade policies or agreements are fair or unfair”. The GFCT concludes “there is no straightforward relationship between the state of a nation’s trade balance and the state of its ...

2015年2月11日 · The World Economic Forum is an independent international organization committed to improving the state of the world by engaging business, political, academic and other leaders of society to shape global, regional and industry agendas. Incorporated as a not-for-profit foundation in 1971, and headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, the Forum is tied to no …

2016年1月12日 · The economic effects of El Niño events are almost as complex as the underlying weather phenomenon itself and therefore are difficult to predict. When we look back on 2016, however, it is quite possible that El Niño will be regarded as one of the major drivers of economic performance in many key countries, with Zimbabwe and South Africa facing ...

With COP27 starting on November 6th at Sharm-el-Sheikh, governments and companies will come forward with more ambitious commitments. They do so in the face of uncertain economic times, so companies and governments will need to focus both on the near-term strategies to manage the looming recession, and also long-term investment in a cleaner planet.