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Official WEF catalog · Updated Oct 12, 2026

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01
Emerging Technologies·Oct 9, 2026

The Next-Generation Computing Framework

A three-pillar, seven-dimension framework and scorecard for evaluating computing sovereignty, cyber resilience and sustainability.

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02
Social Innovation·Oct 8, 2026

The Impact Economy: Turning Disclosure into Demand

Examines how regulatory, commercial, financial and collaborative demand can connect measurable social outcomes to economic value, using healthcare as a testbed.

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03
Food, Water and Clean Air·Oct 7, 2026

Catalytic Blue Finance: Building the Financial Architecture for Scaling Ocean Investment

Uses the Ocean Investment Matrix and more than 220 transactions to examine financing barriers, emerging models and catalytic roles in scaling ocean investment.

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04
Cybersecurity·Oct 6, 2026

Cybersecurity’s Strategic Inflection Point: A Senior Leadership Agenda for 2027

A leadership agenda for treating cybersecurity as strategic economic resilience through shared language, business value, comparable measures and sustainable financing.

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05
Digital Trust and Safety·Sep 30, 2026

Children’s Safety and Well-Being in the Age of AI: Best Practices and Incentives

Best practices and implementation incentives for protecting children’s safety, privacy, development and agency across the AI life cycle.

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06
Stakeholder Capitalism·Sep 30, 2026

The People Premium: Human Capital as a Driver of Value Creation in Private Markets

Five investment-life-cycle themes linking human capital diligence, value creation, measurement, AI workforce transformation and regional context.

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07
Travel and Tourism·Sep 25, 2026

Travel & Tourism Development Index 2026

Benchmarks the conditions and policies that help travel and tourism grow sustainably, withstand disruption and support national development across 110 economies.

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08
Mobility·Sep 24, 2026

Autonomous Vehicles: From Regulatory Diversity to Shared Learning

A five-part framework for governing autonomous vehicles across policy objectives, liability, approval, trials and commercial operations while reducing regulatory fragmentation.

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09
Future of Work·Sep 24, 2026

New Economy Skills: Skills for the Maker Economy

Examines global supply and demand for the practical skills needed to build, operate, maintain and repair the systems powering AI, clean energy, manufacturing and infrastructure.

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10
Climate and Sustainability·Sep 23, 2026

Addressing Insurability: A Playbook for Investing in Place-Based Resilience

A practical framework for managing physical risk and strengthening local insurability through better data, resilience finance, trusted metrics and coordinated governance.

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11
Advanced Manufacturing·Sep 23, 2026

The Resilience-to-Growth Circularity Playbook for Industrial Solutions and Manufacturing

A three-step playbook to quantify resource and supply-chain risk, codify high-value circular moves and scale them through enabling partnerships and capabilities.

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12
Economic Growth·Sep 22, 2026

Chief Economists' Outlook: September 2026

Chief economists assess sources of disruption and resilience, uneven regional growth, cost-of-living pressure, geoeconomic fragmentation and the uncertain impact of AI investment.

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13
Artificial Intelligence·Sep 21, 2026

The Role of Start-Ups in AI-Enabled Supply Chain Resilience

Analysis of more than 600 AI start-up solutions and a build-buy-partner framework for supply chain resilience.

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14
Manufacturing and Value Chains·Sep 21, 2026

Mediterranean Foresight: Shaping Europe’s Future Value Chains

Four Mediterranean futures for 2035 and cross-cutting actions for European production, energy and innovation value chains.

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15
Climate Action and Waste Reduction·Sep 21, 2026

Data Centre Sustainability and Resilience: A Decision Playbook for AI Infrastructure

A four-question decision framework for sustainable and resilient data centre development, resource use and operations.

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16
Climate Action and Waste Reduction·Sep 21, 2026

Workforce Heat Resilience: An Actionable Framework to Close the Execution Gap

A framework and solutions repository for assessing workforce heat exposure, prioritizing interventions and embedding operational resilience.

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17
Gender Equality·Sep 16, 2026

Global Gender Gap Report 2026

The Global Gender Gap Index benchmarks progress towards gender parity in economic participation, education, health and political empowerment, tracking both current conditions and longer-term change.

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18
Climate and Sustainability·Sep 15, 2026

Chief Sustainability Officers' Outlook September 2026

Perspectives from 103 chief sustainability officers on uneven transition progress, commercial and investment decisions, AI, adaptation and resilience.

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19
Digital Economy·Sep 14, 2026

ASEAN Digital Economy Outlook 2026

Examines gaps between digital readiness and participation in Southeast Asia and sets five priorities for trusted, inclusive cross-border digital trade under DEFA.

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20
Economic Growth·Sep 9, 2026

Leaders for European Growth and Competitiveness First Edition

The Leaders for European Growth and Competitiveness is a multistakeholder platform created to accelerate structural reforms to deliver the energy and industrial transition.

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21
Annual Report·Sep 1, 2026

Annual Report 2025–2026

Key developments, financial and non-financial performance, and institutional progress across people, growth, geopolitics and trade, technology and planet.

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22
Nature and Biodiversity·Aug 26, 2026

The Hidden Economic Power of Healthy Soils

The economic case for protecting and restoring healthy soils across food, climate and business systems.

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23
Energy and Materials·Aug 26, 2026

Advancing Latin America’s Critical Minerals Potential

Practical solutions for turning Latin America’s critical-minerals resources into resilient regional value chains, skills and economic growth.

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24
Sustainable Finance·Aug 20, 2026

The Catalysts: Unlocking Markets for a Sustainable Economy

How catalytic actors can unlock durable progress across ocean, forest and energy systems.

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25
Advanced Manufacturing·Aug 17, 2026

Intelligent Industrial Ecosystems: Turning Proximity into Intelligence

A practical framework for turning shared industrial data into operational value and resilient growth.

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26
Emerging Technologies·Jun 23, 2026

Top 10 Emerging Technologies of 2026

Ten scientific advances approaching real-world scale across energy, materials, health and computing.

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27
Future of Work·Jun 22, 2026

Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Entry-Level Work: A Framework for Safeguarding and Reinventing Early Career Pathways

A framework for safeguarding and reinventing early-career pathways as AI reshapes entry-level work.

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28
Energy Transition·Jun 18, 2026

Energy Transition Index 2026

Tracks energy-transition performance and readiness across 120 countries.

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29
Economic Growth·Jun 18, 2026

Closing the Gender Gap in Senior Leadership

A cross-industry analysis of progress and persistent structural barriers to gender parity in senior leadership.

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30
Climate and Technology·Jun 9, 2026

Earth Observation: Unlocking the $700 Billion Opportunity

How earth-observation intelligence can support decisions across climate risk, supply chains and infrastructure.

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31
Nature and Biodiversity·Jun 8, 2026

The Regenerative Blue Economy: Pathways to Prosperity

Pathways for shifting ocean-based economies towards regenerative outcomes for nature, people and prosperity.

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32
Nature and Biodiversity·Jun 5, 2026

Plastic Pollution and Biodiversity: a Global Overview

A global assessment of how plastic pollution damages biodiversity, ecosystem services and nature-dependent industries.

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33
Financial Systems·Jun 4, 2026

Deepening Divides: The Cost of a More Fragmented Financial System

Analysis of the risks and opportunities created by growing fragmentation in global finance.

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34
Economic Inclusion·Jun 3, 2026

Future of Inclusion Lighthouses 2026

Emerging practices and scalable corporate initiatives advancing economic inclusion.

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35
Economic Growth·May 28, 2026

Chief Economists' Outlook: May 2026

Chief economists assess the near-term global outlook amid conflict, trade disruption and structural change.

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36
Cybersecurity·May 4, 2026

Empowering Defenders: AI for Cybersecurity

Practical guidance for deploying AI in cybersecurity with robust governance and balanced human oversight.

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37
Economic Growth·Jan 16, 2026

Chief Economists' Outlook: January 2026

Near-term economic prospects and deeper structural shifts shaping growth, policy and investment.

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38
Global Risks·Jan 14, 2026

The Global Risks Report 2026

A multi-horizon view of geopolitical, environmental, societal and technological risks facing leaders.

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39
Global Cooperation·Jan 8, 2026

The Global Cooperation Barometer 2026 – Third Edition

Evidence on where global cooperation is persisting, weakening and being reconfigured.

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40
Future of Work·Jan 7, 2026

Four Futures for Jobs in the New Economy

Four plausible scenarios for how AI advances and talent trends could reshape jobs by 2030.

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