scholarly journals Integrating science to address food and health within Global Agenda 2030

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Gordon A. McBean
Keyword(s):  
Food Systems ◽  
Global Risk ◽  
Agenda 2030 ◽  
Scientific Network ◽  
Global Science ◽  
The World ◽  
World Economic ◽  
Science Community ◽  
To Come ◽  
Global Agenda

AbstractWhen recovering from the pandemic, it is important for Planet Earth to address the Global Agenda 2030, including food and water crises, and to bounce forward sustainably. The World Economic Forum’s Global Risk Report and Global Agenda 2030 provide a framework for action and an integrated global science agenda response, involving food and health, is essential. The UN 2021 Summit on Food Systems provides an opportunity for the global science community to come together to address the Summit’s Action Tracks, including building resilience to vulnerabilities, shocks and stresses. There would be major global benefits to have an international scientific network working with the UN to address the mandates of the UN Food Summit and Global Agenda 2030.

scholarly journals Migration as a Global Risk: The World Economic Forum and Neoliberal Discourse on Demography

2017 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Andreu Domingo
Keyword(s):  
Business Management ◽  
Economic Recession ◽  
Radical Change ◽  
World Economic Forum ◽  
Global Risk ◽  
Secondary Sources ◽  
The World ◽  
World Economic ◽  
Gouvernance Mondiale ◽  
Demographic Evolution

RésuméL’objectif principal de cet article est de rendre compte, du point de vue de la démographie, de la transformation du discours néolibéral sur l’immigration dans le contexte de la crise économique en Europe. Pour ce faire, l’article analyse, outre les sources secondaires pertinentes, les rapports annuels sur les risques globaux que le World Economic Forum a parrainé depuis 2006 jusqu’en 2015, afin de mesurer l’évolution d’un discours qui forge la perception des évolutions démographiques, et parmi elles la migration considérée comme un des risques majeurs à identifier, gérer et contrôler pour assurer une gouvernance mondiale. L’étude de ces rapports montre d’abord l’importance grandissante et dramatique que prend l’évo-lution démographique – à la fois en volume et en structure – au fur et à mesure de l’enfoncement dans la récession économique. Ensuite, la conception des migrations a connu un changement radical, présentées d’abord comme un problème puis comme une solution. Enfin, le discours néolibéral sur la gouvernance exprimée dans les mêmes termes que la gestion d’entreprise fait une nouvelle interprétation du concept de «résilience» et l’applique à des populations spécifiques.AbstractThe chief aim of this article is to give an account, from the standpoint of demography, of the transformation of neoliberal discourse on immigration since the onset of the economic crisis in Europe. The Global Risks reports published by the World Economic Forum from 2006 through to 2015 are analysed here, together with pertinent secondary sources, in order to gauge changes in a type of discourse that has been shaping perceptions of the evolution of population and, among related phenomena, migration as a major risk to be identified, managed and monitored in order to ensure global governance. Study of the reports shows, first, a progressive emphasis on demographic evolution as problematic – in terms of both volume and structure – as the economic recession has worsened. Second, the conceptualisation of migration has simultaneously undergone radical change in which it went from being a problem to becoming a solution. Finally, neoliberal discourse on governability, expressed in terms of business management, has reinterpreted the concept of «resilience» and applied it to specific populations. 

Revolutionary dreams: Future essentialism and the sociotechnical imaginary of the fourth industrial revolution in Denmark

2019 ◽  
Vol 50 (4) ◽  
pp. 542-566
Author(s):  
Kasper Schiølin
Keyword(s):  
Public Reason ◽  
Industrial Revolution ◽  
National Level ◽  
Original Material ◽  
Discursive Strategies ◽  
Fourth Industrial Revolution ◽  
The World ◽  
World Economic ◽  
To Come

In 2015, the World Economic Forum announced that the world was on the threshold of a ‘fourth industrial revolution’ driven by a fusion of cutting-edge technologies with unprecedented disruptive power. The next year, in 2016, the fourth industrial revolution appeared as the theme of the Forum’s annual meeting, and as the topic of a book by its founder and executive chairman, Klaus Schwab. Ever since, the Forum has made this impending revolution its top priority, maintaining that it will inevitably change everything we once know about the world and how to live in it, thus creating what I conceptualize as ‘future essentialism’. Within a short space of time, the vision of the fourth industrial revolution was institutionalized and publicly performed in various national settings around the world as a sociotechnical imaginary of a promising and desirable future soon to come. Through readings of original material published by the Forum, and through a case study of the reception of the fourth industrial revolution in Denmark, this article highlights and analyses three discursive strategies – ‘dialectics of pessimism and optimism’, ‘epochalism’ and ‘inevitability’ – in the transformation of a corporate, highly elitist vision of the future into policymaking and public reason on a national level.

scholarly journals National Strategies for Sustainable Development G-7: Trends 2010-2020

2020 ◽  
Vol 208 ◽  
pp. 06015
Author(s):  
Rail Khussamov ◽  
Elena Galiy ◽  
Evgeniy Anisimov ◽  
Larisa Ershova ◽  
Dmitry Nemkov
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
National Development ◽  
The Political ◽  
Special Role ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Agenda 2030 ◽  
The World ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
Global Agenda

Today many countries are participating in the implementation of the sustainable development goals in the framework of the global agenda 2030. The G-7 countries, having significant economic and political potential, play a special role in ensuring the sustainable development of the world. Despite the similarity of the political positions of the world’s largest economies on many pressing problems, each of them acts in its own way in the sphere of sustainable national development. The authors of the article intend to find similarities and differences in the actions of the G-7 countries to achieve the sustainable development goals. In this regard, a review of the G-7 national sustainable development strategies was carried out. As a result of the study, regularities are revealed and the features of the policies of these countries in the implementation of sustainable development goals in the period from 2010 to 2020 are presented.

Introduction

2019 ◽  
pp. 1-18
Author(s):  
Edward B. Barbier
Keyword(s):  
Human Impacts ◽  
Freshwater Ecosystems ◽  
Social Implications ◽  
Water Crisis ◽  
Global Risk ◽  
The World ◽  
World Economic ◽  
Global Water ◽  
Increased Pressure

This introductory chapter provides an overview of the water paradox. Water is essential to life and freshwater on this planet has always been limited. This would suggest that, if water is the most valuable commodity for humans and it is growing scarcer because of its increasing use, then humans ought to be taking care of its main source—freshwater ecosystems. Instead, for thousands and thousands of years, humankind's approach to managing water supplies has been just the opposite. Unfortunately, the consequence of humankind's action and neglect is that the principal source of water—freshwater ecosystems—is under increased pressure and even destruction from both human impacts and environmental change. Indeed, according to the World Economic Forum's annual report Global Risk 2016, over the next decade the biggest threat to the planet will be a global water crisis. A global water crisis will have a number of economic and social implications.

The Euro zone and the Sovereign Debt Crisis

2017 ◽  
pp. 1-28
Author(s):  
George (Yiorgos) Allayannis ◽  
Adam Risell
Keyword(s):  
Sovereign Debt ◽  
Debt Crisis ◽  
Hedge Fund ◽  
Online Research ◽  
Sovereign Debt Crisis ◽  
Viable Solution ◽  
The World ◽  
World Economic ◽  
To Come ◽  
Hedge Fund Manager

In January 2011, during the World Economic Forum's annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland, Jason Sterling, a hedge fund manager, was conducting online research to see if he could trade on any newsworthy information emerging from the summit. Sterling's fund traded primarily in sovereign debt, and he needed to figure out if European leaders would be able to come up with a viable solution to the crisis or whether the debt crisis would lead to the default of several European nations. He knew that if a solution was not found in the coming weeks, the sovereign debt markets could be thrown into turmoil.

scholarly journals Global Sustainability Risk to India

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 93
Author(s):  
John Donnellan ◽  
Wanda Rutledge
Keyword(s):  
Negative Impact ◽  
Geographic Mobility ◽  
Forecasting Model ◽  
Ageing Population ◽  
World Economic Forum ◽  
Global Risk ◽  
Global Sustainability ◽  
The World ◽  
Significant Negative Impact ◽  
World Economic

Global economic risk management extends beyond India’s borders and will have severe impact if not properly addressed. According to the World Economic Forum (2016), “A global risk is an uncertain event or condition that, if it occurs, can cause significant negative impact for several countries or industries within the next ten years.” These risks include: ageing population, climate change, polarization of societies, rise of chronic diseases, rise of cyber dependency, rising geographic mobility, wealth disparity, shifts in power, and urbanization (World Economic Forum, 2016). This paper focuses on two primary sectors of the Indian economy: agriculture and water. In addition, discussions around the positive and negative aspects of global economic risks from natural disasters and the ways in which these risks have been accepted, avoided, mitigated or transferred in India. In conclusion, the paper presents a forecasting model on what to expect in these sectors over the next decade.

Standardization of Procurement Equipment Specifications: Establishing a Strong Foundation for Oil & Gas Capital Project Development and Delivery

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adri Postema
Keyword(s):  
Value Chain ◽  
Current Status ◽  
World Economic Forum ◽  
Development Organizations ◽  
The World ◽  
Engineering Designs ◽  
World Economic ◽  
To Come ◽  
Oil Gas ◽  
Global Data

Abstract Operators need industry-wide standardization to manage the $3 trillion in CAPEX expenditure forecast for 2018-2025 (Global Data, 2018), while maintaining competitiveness and mitigating risks. With the backing of the World Economic Forum, Joint Industry Program 33 (JIP 33) was initiated to drive industry-level standardization for procuring equipment items, moving the industry structurally – across the value chain - towards common engineering designs and solutions, established by means of cross-company and value-chain collaboration. Over 40 standard specifications have been delivered to date. Their adoption by 12 major operators is being measured and is progressing well. This enables the program to capture and evaluate successes, challenges, key learnings and feedback. The program has also established a process for future maintenance of JIP33 specifications in order to achieve sustained benefits. In the years to come the JIP33 program will continue to develop more new specifications, expand the scope of existing specifications and work with Standards Development Organizations to move valuable JIP33 content into the underlying parent standard. This paper will present the current status of the JIP33 program and showcase some of its early successes, challenges and learnings.

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