Blockchain has the potential to revolutionise the energy sector by enabling the creation of decentralised, efficient and secure systems for managing energy production, distribution and consumption. This report examines some of the current issues involved in developing such systems.

The world faces a set of risks that feel both wholly new and eerily familiar. This report 2023 explores some of the most severe risks we may face over the next decade. As we stand on the edge of a low-growth and low-cooperation era, tougher trade-offs risk eroding climate action, human development and future resilience.

Remote biometric technologies – in particular, facial recognition – have gained a lot of traction in the security sector in recent years. This report presents a set of proposed principles for the use of facial recognition in law enforcement investigations, along with a self-assessment questionnaire intended to support law enforcement agencies to design policies surrounding...

Quantum computing is seen as a strategic technology by the world’s leading economies. This fundamentally new way of computing has the potential to dramatically recast our ability to tackle climate change, hunger and disease. This report aims to give a holistic and neutral overview of the current state of play in quantum computing – the...

This first edition of the Net-Zero Industry Tracker report sets the World Economic Forum’s ambition to establish a robust tracking platform that supports the emergence of low-carbon industries by the decade’s end.