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The stories shaping the Global, Regional and Industry agendas
With governments increasingly focused on building a STEM pipeline, they are potentially excluding those with the backgrounds required to maximize the benefits of technology.
Marin Alsop, Haifaa Al-Mansour and Sir David Attenborough will be honoured at Davos 2019 for their leadership in advancing positive change.
The all-new Reykjavik Index for Leadership has found that sexist attitudes towards women’s public roles continue to exist in some G7 countries.
The values of the landmark declaration are of course still valid, but their approach and the packaging have changed.
Societies around the world are grappling with the same challenges, despite local differences
Also in this week's round-up: the New Green Deal, electric passenger jets and how where we're born shapes our lives.
Increasing adoption of cryptocurrencies will bring markets, institutions and infrastructure together in a multi-polar, complex and interconnected world, writes Axel Lehmann of UBS.
Many issues surrounding digitalization are addressed by institutions founded in the 19th and 20th centuries. 2019 should herald a new era of updated, strengthened digital cooperation that meets this century's needs.
Across the world, poorer neighbourhoods take on a disproportionate share of environmental burdens. Now a new tool is leveraging big data to reveal how cities are performing at the intersection of environmental and social equity.
Projects that empower local communities to take charge will boost disaster resilience across the region.
China has been championing the concept of 'ecological civilization', which aims to achieve harmony between people and nature. But what does this mean for the rest of the world?
China's high-speed rail network is the largest in the world, and it's about to expand under the sea.
From terrorists to hacktivists, all the way up to state-orchestrated cyber-warfare, staying alert in the new threat landscape calls for new skills and capabilities.
The government is pushing ahead with legislation that would give women the same inheritance rights as men, despite protest from Islamic scholars.
This month, South Africa celebrates the anniversary of its pioneering gay-marriage decision. But the reality on the ground lags far behind the legal situation.
The secure ledger will give consumers control of their energy requirements and consumption.
Ghana's 14,000 refugees have the same legal rights as ordinary citizens - they can live, work and own property. It's the perfect place to trial economic and social integration solutions f...
Time is running out for the shipping industry to clean up its emissions. Could biogas made from organic waste help unlock the pollution problem before it’s too late?
The bleak future of our planet is the result of a system-wide failure in our financial system, and it will take a similarly systemic change to correct it. Regenerative capitalism is the a...
Researchers in Singapore have developed a contact lens-like patch covered with microneedles that deliver drugs to treat eye diseases.
Partnerships between banks and public bodies are the only way to stop criminals moving their ill-gotten gains.
As we advance in the Fourth Industrial Revolution, data will become an even more valuable commodity.
With confidence in future demand from the vast Chinese market, carmakers’ ambitions took off.
Drawing a path to sustainable energy equity in the Arab world begins with identifying and understanding the challenge, in all of its dimensions, more clearly.
A free online tool tracks the economic risks of coal-fired electricity throughout the world, plant by plant. Its data empowers policy-makers, investors and civil society to give the taxpa...
A company that uses artificial intelligence to help people with autism is part of a wave of education technology start-ups attracting millions of dollars of global investment.
Governments need to tackle excessive debt while growth is good, or they will find themselves unable to provide stimulus when the party is over.
