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Villars Institute - 2022 Milestones and 2023 Goals

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The Villars Institute celebrated its 1 year birthday on January 15, a great opportunity to reflect on what The Villars Institute achieved in 2022 and share some insights into what is coming up in 2023.

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Breakthroughs We Need Now for the Next Generation

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Olivia Avalos Villar, Eloise Westfeldt, Sofiia Martianova

Scientific and technological breakthroughs are happening at an unprecedented pace, and tomorrow’s discoveries are already shaping today’s outcomes. Created in 2019, the Geneva Science and Diplomacy Anticipator (GESDA) Foundation champions anticipation as a key to building a sustainable, inclusive future... read more

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How Carbon Forestry Can Preserve Biodiversity

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Global warming and biodiversity loss are two of the biggest crises facing our planet. The two are interlinked, though treated as separate issues by the international community: global warming is the focus of the 2022 United Nations Climate Change Conference... read more

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Nature Based Solutions: Why they matter for our future

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The planet's natural cycles produce most of the carbon in the atmosphere. But human activities have disturbed the natural balance. Fortunately, nature also has the capability to reduce the harmful emissions produced by human activities, such as burning fossil fuels,... read more

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The energy transition is here

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We are undergoing an energy revolution, and it has the potential to reduce – even reverse – the impacts of climate change, provide a raft of new opportunities for employment and education across the globe, and improve the quality of... read more

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Systems Leadership: Why it matters for our future

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It’s easy to be cynical about the idea of "changing the system". When you see how the structures of democratic societies are failing to take seriously the pressing global problems of our time, giving up in despair is an understandable... read more

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Alpine Inspiration: Villars-sur-Ollon

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The challenges facing our shared planet are large and complex. But a small village in the mountains of Switzerland is set to become a platform for empowering future global change-makers, by bridging generational divides and nurturing collaboration across disciplines. Their... read more

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Empowering future systems leaders

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The Villars Institute was established to accelerate the transition to net zero emissions and to improve the health of the planet. It is an ambitious goal, but it can be achieved by bringing together exceptional people from all generations to... read more

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Systems leadership for all generations

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Born in a village in the Swiss Alps, The Villars Institute aims to accelerate the transition to a net zero economy and to improve the health of the planet for all its inhabitants.

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4 Questions to Lee Howell, Executive Director of the Villars Institute

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Catherine Allen

After more than a decade producing the World Economic Forum's influential Annual Meeting in Davos, Switzerland, Lee Howell is embarking on an exciting adventure as Executive Director of the Villars Institute. Lee is an American, born and raised in Japan,... read more