Marie-Line Vaiani, Chair of the WFEO Committee on Energy and Secretary General of the French Energy Council, participated in COP29 as a member of the UN Council of Engineers for the Energy Transition (CEET) delegation.These days of intense discussions and reflections were structured around the CEET plenary meeting, thematic working sessions, an industrial visit and participation in several key events including the intervent···

Standards are at the core of nearly every technology, industry, and innovation transforming society. Building a standards-literate workforce that is tuned into the opportunities that standards knowledge and participation can open up is vital.ANSI and its members are keenly focused on building that capacity, enhancing resources, and fostering participation by new,···

The U.S. Department of Commerce (DoC) and U.S. Department of State recently co-hosted the inaugural convening of the International Network of AI Safety Institutes, an effort that seeks to advance global coordination on safe artificial intelligence innovation. The initiative—launched at a two-day conference in San Francisco—aims to focus on three critical areas: managing synthetic content risks, testing foundation models,···

The 40th meeting of UN-Water took place on 4-5 November at the United Nations Headquarters in New York.UN-Water Chair Alvaro Lario opened proceedings, and the UN Secretary-General’s Special Envoy on Water, Mrs. Retno Marsudi, addressed around 130 representatives from UN-Water Members and Partners. WFEO became a partner of UN-Water in August 2023. Since then, the WFEO Water Committee has ···

The 2024 United Nations Climate Change Conference or Conference of the Parties of the UNFCCC, more commonly referred to as COP29, was the 29th United Nations Climate Change conference, held from 11 to 22 November 2024, in Baku, Azerbaijan.The COP29 Presidency’s plan is based on two mutually reinforcing parallel pillars. The first pillar — to “enhance ambition” — combines key elements to ensure all partie···