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Here’s how US presidents get elected (it’s not by winning the most votes)
Many Americans want to dump the way they choose their president. In the meantime, "electors" are expected to once again cast the votes that really matter in December.
Agenda
The stories shaping the Global, Regional and Industry agendas
Global Agenda
Better Business
3 ways to improve diversity and inclusion in your organization
Only systemic change can right the wrongs of systemic racial and socio-economic inequalities.
Ageing
Why improving women's lives is the key to healthy ageing
Older women are more exposed to social isolation and economic exclusion – but this can be changed earlier in their lives.
Healthy Futures
This pandemic has revealed our most precious asset
Coronavirus has highlighted the need for preventative healthcare, an investment in healthy ageing and the critical role of technology in rebuilding health.
Workforce and Employment
Want to build skills and inclusivity? It's all about peer power
COVID-19 has widened the skills gap while worldwide protests have highlighted racial inequality. Peer-to-peer learning can help businesses take action
Supply Chain and Transport
Here's how we need to change global supply chains after COVID-19
Collaboration and use of innovative technologies to address the disruption brought by COVID-19 to global supply chains could offer a better future model.
COVID-19
How Germany and Costa Rica are putting nature at the heart of their recoveries
Here's how governments around the world can maximise the economic opportunities that lie in nature – as examples from Costa Rica and Germany demonstrate.
Environment and Natural Resource Security
How investing in nature can help tackle the biodiversity and climate crises
The health crisis is a stark reminder of the devastating consequences of overlooking biophysical risks on human wellbeing, businesses and economies.
Tech for Good
How $1 scratch cards are helping farmers invest for the future
A new scheme allows farmers to put aside small amounts of cash during the dry season to pay for seed and fertilizer to increase harvests when the rains come.
Regional Agenda
SDG 13: Climate Action
We need to rethink how tech hubs tackle new problems - here’s why
If we want an equitable and distributed recovery post-COVID, we’ll need to ensure more tech hubs in more places are thriving and poised to take on big challenges - such as sustainability ...
Climate Change
We need a Marshall Plan to tackle the environment: HRH Prince of Wales
In a session at the Sustainable Development Impact Summit, HRH Prince of Wales shared six levers of a Marshall-like plan to help save the planet.
SDI2020
Business leaders embrace Europe's new green reality for investment and growth
Global companies have committed to help make Europe the greenest world economy, welcoming ambitious EU targets that help de-risk sustainable investments.
COVID-19
7 expert perspectives on what COVID-19 means for the planet
The damage inflicted by the pandemic may take years to repair. But it also presents an unprecedented opportunity to change the world for the better.
Workforce and Employment
Is flexible working here to stay? We asked 6 companies how to make it work
Six business leaders share how they're embracing trust, freedom and new leadership styles to ensure remote working works for everyone.
Aviation, Travel and Tourism
Travel and tourism recovery: a perspective for South Asia and lessons for other regions in the age of COVID-19
What's in store for travel and tourism in South Asia after the coronavirus pandemic? What does recovery of the sector look like in the region and world?
Artificial Intelligence
Towards Responsible #AIforAll in India
India is striving to balance innovation and regulation of artificial intelligence. Responsible #AIforAll will put ethical AI principles into practice.
Systemic Racism
COVID-19 has hit Black Americans hardest. Healing this divide would lift the nation
The pandemic has highlighted the many factors – employment, health, housing – that have contributed to America's racial wealth gap.
Pakistan
Black Lives Matter – for Pakistan's Sheedi community too
The Sheedi people are South Asia's largest group of African immigrants. But they are subject to persistent racism both within the country and abroad.
Industry Agenda
Infrastructure
This is how we can get real value from infrastructure
Infrastructure must be made sustainable, secure and resilient, and must work within the planet’s means. This is how this can be achieved.
Technological Transformation
Will your next phone be made from recycled materials? These 6 tech giants are working on it
Tech Giants are betting big on the circular economy as a way to lower emissions and to tap a responsible and sustainable supply of finite materials.
Innovation
Which countries are making the most progress in digital competitiveness?
While some countries are advancing quickly in digital technologies, others are losing ground. With the right policies in place, new champions can emerge.
Mining and Metals
Doctor Copper: this Canadian mining company explains how the red metal fights COVID-19
The COVID-19 virus survives for less than four hours on copper surfaces, compared to up to three days on plastic and stainless steel.
Cities and Urbanization
Why global cities will flourish in a post-COVID future
From offices built around the human experience to more home working, how will urban living, business districts and retail change in the wake of COVID-19?
The Ocean
Deep-sea minerals could meet the demands of battery supply chains – but should they?
Deep-sea mining has attracted controversy due to concerns of potential damage to delicate ecosystems before scientists have had chance to assess what is at stake.
Systemic Racism
How the media and entertainment industry is addressing systemic racism
How advertising, consumer products, gaming, music, social media and sports companies are addressing systemic racism in their corporate culture and content.
Future of Media, Entertainment and Culture
Can there be a fairy-tale ending for Hollywood after COVID-19?
Closed cinemas aren't Hollywood's only challenge. COVID-19 is accelerating the ongoing transformation in movie production, distribution and consumption.
The Great Reset
The Great Reset requires FinTechs – and FinTechs require a common approach to cybersecurity
The Great Reset requires FinTechs – and FinTechs require a common approach to cybersecurity controls. Here are recommendations on where they can start.