Leaders from across the world made a call for stakeholder responsibility to make 2020s a 'decade of delivery' as the 50th WEF annual meeting came to an end on Friday after five days of hectic discussions.
Several leaders also opined that transformative investments in sustainable solutions and the green economy will help underwrite the next phase of global growth and prosperity.
It was also felt there is also a multi-trillion-dollar opportunity to help mobilise investment towards the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), particularly in emerging economies.
The World Economic Forum (WEF) also said the annual meeting, which aimed to bring all stakeholders together to shape a cohesive and sustainable world, was climate-neutral for the fourth consecutive year, with a host of new initiatives to boost resource efficiency and further reduce emissions.
WEF President Borge Brende said, "Our 50th Annual Meeting has been truly remarkable, due to the real progress that we created on a spectrum of issues where public-private collaboration is crucial. We laid the basis for a decade of delivery."
US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said: "The US economy continues to be the bright spot in the world."
Haruhiko Kuroda, Governor of the Bank of Japan, said: "We expect Japan's economy to grow by 1 per cent to 1.5 per cent this year."