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The vote for abortion rights was 5-4 to overturn the landmark 1973 Roe vs Wade ruling, on 24 June, 2022. Image: REUTERS/Michael A. McCoy In a controversial ruling on 24 June, the US Supreme Court revoked women’s constitutional right to abortion , restoring the ability of individual states to determine a woman's reproductive rights.
Access World Economic Forum's Global Gender Gap Report 2022 here. Reports. Published: 13 July 2022
In 2022, Health and Survival is still 4.3 percentage points below parity, and the time to close the gap will remain undefined unless efforts are increased or accelerated. The Health and Survival subindex has varied only slightly over time, reaching its lowest point in 2018 and recovering marginally since then, however still falling short of its ...
The Annual Meeting 2022 will embody the World Economic Forum’s philosophy of collaborative, multistakeholder impact, providing a unique collaborative environment in which to reconnect, share insights, gain fresh perspectives, and build problem-solving communities and initiatives.
The world continues to grapple with the effects of COVID-19 on public health. At the start of 2022, 5 million deaths from COVID-19 had been reported globally, out of 282 million confirmed cases. 5 Moreover, a significant proportion of those infected by COVID-19 have long-lasting symptoms—some 10% show persistent ill-health 12 weeks after having the disease. 6 COVID-19 vaccination has ...
Global sales of electric vehicles (EVs) increased by 55% in 2022 from the year before, according to data from the EV Volumes sales database. China remains the world’s largest EV market, with 59% of global sales. World Economic Forum estimates annual EV sales need to increase 18-fold by 2030 to meet global emissions targets.
Expect more buzz around the metaverse in 2022 with lines between the physical and digital worlds continuing to blur. Metaverse It’s basically a virtual world created by combining different technologies, including virtual and augmented reality .
The arrival of omicron has provided a timely reminder of the unpredictability of the pandemic. The emergence of new variants during 2022 could accentuate some of the current pressures. In this context, China’s continuing zero-COVID strategy with its tight border restrictions could create problems.
Success for mainland China and Hong Kong contributed towards a very strong year for East Asia in the higher echelons of the ranking, with the National University of Singapore moving up from 25 th to 21 st, Japan’s University of Tokyo edging up one place to =35 th and South Korea’s Seoul National University moving up six places to 54 th.
In 2022, we are likely headed into a third year of a La Niña event, in which cool waters dominate the central and eastern tropical Pacific. The pattern affects atmospheric circulation, keeping the main rains over southern Asia and the Indonesian region, and with associated record-breaking marine heat waves in the North and South Pacific.