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The livetweet/automated account of the World Economic Forum. Follow @wef for our main account. #wef24 🌍
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Here’s what a Korean boy band can teach us about globalization 4.0
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What does it take to get world leaders to listen to each other? . Listen to a behind-the-scenes discussion on the power of social media with Adrian Monck, managing director of the World Economic Forum: @amonck #davos #socialmedia
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Even as birth rates decline overpopulation remains a global challenge
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⚡️ “Arnold Schwarzenegger's suggestions for a cleaner world” - A conversation with @Schwarzenegger at #ism18 .
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Can education save the world? Malala Yousafzai and Justin Trudeau discuss. @justintrudeau, @MalalaFund
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Spain has a lesson for the rest of the world about organ donation
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🚨 Our new @YGLvoices are taking over our Instagram story 🚨. @manukumarjain from @xiaomi is up first. Click here to watch: #ygl19
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Here's your chance to talk to one of the 3,000 leaders in Davos. They want to know what concerns you most. Upload a 20 second video to the link below, or on the #sharedfutures hashtag and we'll try to get a participant to respond .
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On Friday 7th June, 2019, HRH The Prince of Wales hosted a roundtable discussion on Sustainable Markets and Financing with the support of the World Economic Forum.
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Climate change has cost Pakistan $3.8 billion since 1998. Read more: #environment #climatechange
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@TheCrashCourse is not intended to replace classrooms. So much emotional intelligence is learned in school: @johngreen #wef #johngreen.
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A women is not allowed in a society to assert her choice and there are different ways and levels of brutalization that men go to so that women don’t asset their choice and this is the most brutal @iamsrk tells @TaniaBryer #wef18.
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Watch Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz explain globalization in three minutes
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Africa needs to create 18 million jobs every year from now to 2035 as young people enter the labour market #wef19.@Oxfam.@Winnie_Byanyima.@AUC_MoussaFaki.@ITCnews.@AranchaGlezLaya.
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Watch @andrejkirn of @wef in this live panel on how to unlock and scale investment in frontier markets below.
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The @wef Davos Agenda will take place 25-29 January 2021. Join in the conversation by using #DavosAgenda, and tagging us in your posts. Find out more about the event and specific sessions here:
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A shining example of spotless streets. Learn more about government initiatives in Singapore: #society #environment
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Is this Japanese concept the secret to a long, happy, meaningful life?
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Which countries are best at converting economic growth into well-being?
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Paul Kagame: ‘My third term is not a personal project – it’s about the people’
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Angela Merkel at Davos: we need global cooperation, not walls
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China just switched on the world's largest floating solar power plant
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Globalization 4.0 and building a new global architecture:. @JuanDavidAristi @loszuper @NouraBerrouba @eyp_in @JuliaLuscombe @FeedingAmerica @satyanadella @microsoft @amonck #wef19
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What Croatia’s president taught the world about leadership at the World Cup
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India and the US can show us how to build bridges in a fractured world
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Deepika Padukone: When we have a fever we tell someone we’re ill, so why can’t we talk about #mentalhealth in the same way?.
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How can we pay for global health? Watch our session on developing a new financial architecture @billgates @NOIweala @DrTedros @CliftonLeaf @SaniaNishtar @WHO #wef19.
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Emmerson Mnangagwa @edmnangagwa says Zimbabwe wants to embrace the international community and wants the international community to embrace it in return #wef18.
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This visualization shows you 24 hours of global air traffic – in just 4 seconds
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"Treat the natural world with respect and reverence. It’s the source of all wonder, we’re bound up together. The future is in our hands, we have never been more powerful, we can wreck it with ease and if we wreck it, in the end we wreck ourselves" - Sir David Attenborough #wef19.
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LIVE now: How can we break down #diversity barriers in emerging economies? #wef #lgbt @BethBrooke_EY.
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.@JaneGoodallInst and @Benioff explain why the worsening climate crisis, COVID-19 and ongoing wildfires make tree planting more critical than ever, and how planting 1 trillion trees by 2030 could capture 200 gigatonnes of carbon. @1t_org.
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What just happened? The biggest stories from Davos 2018
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The teacher turned businessman has these lessons for the future of education. Read more: #education #business
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The gap to financing the Sustainable Development Goals remains in the trillions; pledges from international financial institutions only amount to $400 billion. How can public and private sector attract funds for inclusive and sustainable development?#wef19
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More than speed: 5G could become the next big economic driver #5G #nokia #latinamerica #industry40 @nokia
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Bitcoin is one of over 1,000 cryptocurrencies. Are they a boon or a bubble?
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These teachers are going to extraordinary lengths to educate girls
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These are the books the most successful leaders in the world read last year
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‘New world – new currency. How to make the financial system resilient as digital currencies proliferate’. Watch this session live at Cyber Polygon here: @sberbank @bizone_en
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This school in Pakistan uses solar power to run night classes
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Catch of the day: sustainability. Learn more about plastic waste:
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It changed things by looking at violence in a totally different way. Read more:
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Nearly half the world’s energy is expected to be generated from wind and solar by 2050. How will this future be shaped by today’s technological, social and political shifts? @SchneiderElec @CleanGridView #wef19
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Hire women who have paused their career to have children. Just watch how talented and hungry they are: @slaughteram #wef15.
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India broke a world record in 2017 by planting more than 66 million trees in just 12 hours. 📖 Read more:
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This 'plastic' bag is 100% biodegradable and made of plants
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@PaulKagame says Rwanda has had 7 to 8% growth for the last 15 years because they invested in education and infrastructure to provide a backbone, then looked at the business environment and created a conducive environment for investment. #wef19.
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This is what great leadership looks like in the digital age
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It might sound quackers but it's catching on. Learn more about the future of farming:
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If you invest in a woman you invest in everyone else. She is the centre of the family: Melinda French Gates #wef15
http://t.co/M2YbjVDtE2.
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Today, sticking to a rules-based international order is more important than ever, @narendramodi says, although adding that we need to reform major international institutions #modi #wef18
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In your 20s and 30s? Follow a good boss. Learn more from his 2018 session:
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Live now: How can the world tap into the ocean economy while protecting it from environmental collapse? @algore, @benioff @salesforce @Enric_Sala @NG_PristineSeas @erna_solberg @flacqua @BloombergTV #wef19
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More than half of all cyberattacks result in losses of over $500,000. Watch our session on how we can better protect ourselves online @bradsmi, @samirsaran @orfonline @Europol #wef19
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Charging into the future. Learn more about electric cars:
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