The stories shaping the Global, Regional and Industry agendas
The majority of industry emissions comes from four material groups: Steel, cement, aluminum, chemicals. Circular economy solutions focused on these materials can help industry reduce emissions and tackle decarbonisation.
There is a lack of data on rising air pollution in cities worldwide – but a new London scheme shows how low-cost monitors can plug that gap and help us improve air quality
New research shows how clean air policy-making generates significant economic and health benefits – and why local and national authorities must act now.
The ability to adapt is essential today. If parents and educational systems leveraged learning through play, we could all be more prepared for the future.
Tech can help us preserve the ocean, but it comes with a high environmental cost in terms of emissions and waste. Here's how to increase sustainability.
Tariff reduction provides a clear opportunity to improve access to vaccines, therapeutics and diagnostics globally.
Governments and stakeholders need to cooperate more closely across borders in parallel to negotiating data openness in modern trade deals.
A new World Economic Forum-Ipsos survey asked participants when they felt life would return to something like a pre-COVID normal - with mixed opinions globally.
A growing body of evidence illustrates the ways social media has radicalized users around the world and resulted in violence. So what should be done about it?
The pandemic revealed the depths of India's dependency on slum-dwellers working in the informal economy – but the country has so far failed to improve life for them
Joining the global fight to close the gender gap, Panama is introducing measures aiming to bolster and support women's participation in the labour force.
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An innovative childcare project in Burkina Faso is enabling poorer mothers to go to work, while their children are cared for nearby. The effect has been life-changing.
Despite granting women the vote only 50 years ago, Switzerland features in the top 10 rankings of the Global Gender Gap for the first time this year.
The Japanese government's recent equality roadmap will encourage changes for women at boardroom level. This is good news for the gender gap, but there is still some way to go.
The integration of digital assets into economic structures could tackle the financing challenges faced by SMEs and provide a more standardized and accessible approach to funding.
Leaders from Japan and the Netherlands shared how their governments are creating incentives, policies and partnerships to encourage circular change at the opening session of today’s Japan...
Six months ago, the blasts caused by ammonium nitrate stockpiles devastated the Lebanese capital. How can the country build greater resilience going forward?
With the growing technological complexity of the aviation sector, the ICAO is working to create harmonized standards to protect it from cyberthreats.
Employers must invest in retraining and reskilling, while levelling the playing field and embedding greater equity into the workforce of the future.
The world faces unprecedented challenges caused by our current approach to production and consumption. These innovators think they have the solutions to change that.
New Zealand company Mint Innovation is using microbes to extract valuable metals like gold from powdered electronic waste.
Less top-down, fewer one-size-fits-all programmes: how digital training, learning and remote work could change for the better after the COVID-19 pandemic
COVID-19 pandemic and climate change have pushed ESG issues to the top of the corporate agenda. New research reveals how corporate boards are responding.
The growing instability of the world means long-term strategy based on trends forecasting has become difficult. The chemical industry must adopt new management practices in response.
Implementing NbS is not enough – their success or failure depends on the extent to which the world transitions to more sustainable planet-based diets.
A new protocol that allows service providers to choose which route their data takes could help reduce the internet's rising emissions of greenhouse gas.
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