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Davos, Switzerland, is the highest town in Europe and is home to the World Economic Forum's Annual Meeting. The 54th Annual Meeting took place between 15-19 January 2024. The gathering was held under the theme 'Rebuilding Trust' and featured over 200 sessions with leading public figures. Close to 3,000 participants from 120 countries gathered ...
Image: REUTERS/Marko Djurica. Buildings around the world are being transformed into makeshift hospitals and morgues, creating extra capacity during the pandemic. The Serbian military has installed beds in Hall 1 of the Belgrade Fair complex to accommodate people with mild symptoms of COVID-19. Dancing across the road.
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 political, partisan or national interests.
2020 was the hottest year on record, having risen to 1.2°C above the level at the end of the 19th century. A new series of time-lapse images shows the dramatic impact of this warming. From flooding to increasingly severe weather events, cities, businesses and citizens are being forced to adapt.
5. Dust storms. Dust clouds enveloped Beijing during March 2021. Image: NASA. And the cloud from ground level. Image: REUTERS/Thomas Peter. Satellite images can offer a fresh perspective of events on Earth, compared to 'on-the-ground' pictures. You can read more on the dust cloud's impact on air quality in Beijing here. 6.
Fifty years ago, U.S. scientists launched a satellite that dramatically changed how we see the world. It captured images of Earth’s surface in minute detail, showing how wildfires burned landscapes, how farms erased forests, and many other ways humans were changing the face of the planet. The first satellite in the Landsat series launched on ...
Image: Unsplash/Ryoji Iwata. The World Economic Forum’s Global Risks Report 2024 says the biggest short-term risk stems from misinformation and disinformation. In the longer term, climate-related threats dominate the top 10 risks global populations will face. Two-thirds of global experts anticipate a multipolar or fragmented order to take ...
5. A megacity-sized iceberg. This animation shows the break-off of a huge iceberg dubbed A-74, captured by satellite radar images. Image: ESA. The Antarctic Ice Sheet contains enough frozen water to raise global sea level by 58 metres if it all ended up in the ocean.
The winners of Earth Photo 2023, which awards images that shine a spotlight on climate change and the natural world, have been announced. From the evacuation of big cats from war-torn Ukraine to the shrinking of a glacier in Iceland - here are just some of the award-winning images. With 'failure to mitigate climate change' the biggest 10-year ...
4. Abell 370. Abell 370 is a cluster of hundreds of galaxies about five billion light years away from Earth. Image: NASA, ESA, and J. Lotz and the HFF Team (STScI) On much larger scales than individual galaxies, the universe is structured as a web of filaments (long connected strands) of dark matter.