Well-Being Boosts Productivity & Teamwork Lessons From an Astronaut | WEF | Top Stories of the Week

This week's top stories of the week include:

0:15 Well-being boosts productivity – Poor mental health costs the global economy $2.5 trillion per year. Experts say that could grow to $6 trillion by 2030. Younger generations entering the workforce are pushing for change. What can employers do to look after the mental health of their employees?

2:41 Teamwork lessons from an astronaut – Soichi Noguchi is a veteran of Japanese and US space missions. Cumulatively, he has spent almost a year in space and he even performed Chopin for the world aboard the International Space Station.

5:41 Al Gore: Close the green finance gap – This is how the world can close the ‘green’ investment gap, according to Al Gore. The world invested a record $1.7 trillion in clean energy in 2023. But this falls far short of what’s needed to keep the energy transition on target. Experts say the world needs to invest $18 trillion by 2030 to limit global warming to 1.5˚C. Here are several ways to ramp up green investment, according to Al Gore.

8:59 Deep dive for ocean knowledge – Dr Diva Amon spoke live to participants at this year’s World Economic Forum Annual Meeting from an OceanX deep-sea submersible near the Aldabra Atoll in the Seychelles.

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