Stakeholders and Experts Joining new RE-SOURCING Network

Vienna, 21 August 2020 The RE-SOURCING project team has recently started to invite key players from business, politics, academia, and civil society to join the new responsible sourcing network. So […]
Resources and Circular Economy Conference to be held in Ghana

St. Gallen/Accra/Online, 6 July 2020 The WRF Secretariat conducted three successful conference calls with WRF2020 partners from June 23-25. At these dates originally WRF 2020 Ghana would have taken place, […]
WRF 2020 Ghana Postponed to 2021

St. Gallen, 20 March 2020 The WRF Secretariat has announced that the upcoming World Resources Forum, Accra, Ghana originally to be held from 23-25 June 2020, will be rescheduled to […]
WRF 2019 Meeting Report on Resource Governance Published

St. Gallen, 20 March 2020 The WRF Secretariat has published the meeting report of World Resources Forum 2019. WRF 2019 was held in Geneva from 23-24 October 2019. The annual […]
Making Natural Resource Governance Fit for the 21st Century – WRF 2019 Meeting Report

Download PDF Making Natural Resource Governance Fit for the 21st Century – WRF 2019 Meeting Report Authors: WRF staff Publication date: 2020 Abstract: Well over 300 participants coming from […]
About WRF and Coronavirus

St. Gallen, 16 March 2020 The World Resources Forum team is monitoring the developments with regard to the coronavirus pandemic with great concern. Foremost the hearts of the team go […]
Environment Minister Ghana Announces Natural Resources Initiatives

Accra, 5 March 2020 The sustainable use of natural resources will be at the heart of debates at the first World Resources Forum to be held in Africa (WRF2020), which […]
MOOC Launched by UN and Partners to Galvanise Action for Managing Hazardous E-waste

Geneva, 18 February 2020 It is estimated that, by 2050, there will be about 120 million metric tonnes of e-waste produced per year, far-outstripping current capacities to properly manage it […]
Call for Abstracts WRF 2020 Ghana Open

Accra, 19 December 2019 The Call for Abstracts for World Resources Forum 2020, to be held in Accra, Ghana, from June 23-25 has been opened. The conference is hosted by […]
WRF 2019 Calls for Ambitious International Rules for Resources Management

Geneva, 24 October 2019 Participants of the World Resources Forum 2019 are calling for ambitious international rules for mineral resources management. A low-carbon and resource efficient economy requires an uptake […]