Entries by Tal Ronen

Q&A: How the YK Center Is Pushing Forward the ‘New Economy’

That the future of profit is purpose is the modus operandi of the YK Center, a self-proclaimed “for-benefit organization” striving to push the needle on a more sustainable economy. The Center was founded by Professor Yehuda Kahane and executive coach Tal Ronen in response to the 2012 United Nations document “The Future We Want,” which created a call to action […]

Climate Change Disaster Top Threat to Economy in 2016

A catastrophe caused by climate change is seen as the biggest potential threat to the global economy in 2016, according to a survey of 750 experts conducted by the World Economic Forum (WEF). A failure of climate change mitigation and adaptation was seen as likely to have a bigger impact than the spread of weapons […]

World Economic Forum Names Global Warming the Top Economic Risk of 2016

In its annual report, the World Economic Forum (WEF) has named climate change as the most severe global economic risk of 2016. According to an article in Scientific American (reprinted from Climatewire), the WEF has labeled climate change or related environmental phenomena—extreme weather, major natural catastrophes, mounting greenhouse gas levels, water scarcity, flooding, storms and […]