“Our house is on fire.” 16 year-old Greta Thunberg wants action
2019年1月25日 · “Our house is on fire,” said the Swedish student activist who has galvanized 100,000 fellow teens around the world to follow her example in striking for the climate. “At Davos, people like to talk about success, but financial success has come with a price tag, and on the climate we have failed.
House on Fire: New podcast explores creative solutions for climate ...
2020年11月17日 · Episode One asks if humans and nature can ever be compatible. • The World Economic Forum has launched a new weekly podcast focused on our biggest environmental issues. • Includes interviews with inspirational people and ideas on ocean plastic, blue finance and the viability of carbon capture. • Subscribe to House on Fire on Apple, Spotify ...
Greta Thunberg: Our house is still on fire and you're fuelling the …
2020年1月21日 · Greta Thunberg addressed the World Economic Forum's Annual Meeting in Davos. She called for urgent action, stressing the need for 'real zero' emissions. Thunberg had three immediate demands for Davos participants. Below is a transcript of the address she delivered. One year ago I came to Davos and told you that our house is on fire.
Have we reached the end of meat? | World Economic Forum
2020年12月23日 · Livestock production accounts for a staggering 15% of global emissions per year. With new viruses and zoonotic diseases on the rise, we talk to the entrepreneurs re-engineering the mighty burger and hoping to wean us off animal-based protein.
How Google is fighting fire with real-time mapping data
2020年8月24日 · Google is now adding satellite data into its mapping facility to show the precise locations of wildfires in close-to real-time. Wildfire timelapse. Image: Google Maps. Early warnings. The data also feeds into the company’s maps and navigation tools, meaning anyone in the vicinity of a fire, and using Google Maps, can be alerted to the danger.
Can ocean health lead to wealth? Our latest House on Fire podcast ...
2020年12月23日 · Episode six of House on Fire looks at the potential of blue finance to clean and conserve the ocean. Private investment in ocean solutions could make huge economic and environmental gains. Other episodes in the House on Fire series will focus on direct air capture, alternative meats, shipping decarbonization, and more.
Greta Thunberg's message to world leaders at #DavosAgenda
2021年1月25日 · Targets based on loopholes and incomplete numbers. Targets that equal surrender. It’s like waking up in the middle of the night, seeing your house on fire, then deciding to wait 10, 20 or 30 years before you call the fire department while labeling those trying to wake people up alarmists.
How to avoid fire sales during a financial crisis
2015年4月24日 · Defining fire sales. Fire sales occur if in a forced sale, assets fetch prices below their fundamental values (Shleifer and Vishny 1992). Price dislocations associated with forced asset sales generate externalities that feedback on asset values and cause price-default spirals, especially in illiquid markets with collateralised lending.
key moments of 2019 - The World Economic Forum
2019年12月16日 · As the World Economic Forum’s Global Competitiveness Report 2019 shows, enhancing competitiveness is key to improving living standards. The number of employed workers living below the poverty line in Bangladesh dropped from 73.5% in 2010 to 10.4% in 2018. 5. Looking to the future in Dubai.
This is what it was like inside the White House on 9/11
2021年9月10日 · On Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2001, I anticipated a busy but relatively calm day at the White House. I was the special assistant to the president for management and administration, and President George W. Bush was in Sarasota, Florida, promoting the No Child Left Behind legislation. The senior official in the White House was Vice President Dick Cheney.