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Entrepreneurship
5 start-up hubs to watch – beyond Silicon Valley
Start-ups these days are spoiled for choice. Here's a look at 5 emerging global start-up hotspots - and the factors that make them so attractive to entrepreneurs.
SDG 07: Affordable and Clean Energy
Here's how India, China and Brazil are making the transition to clean energy
While nations such as China, India and Brazil produce a lot of the world's total CO2 emissions, they are also leading the way in a renewable energy transition.
Brazil
This Brazilian company can turn your trash into musical instruments
Brazil is the fourth biggest producer of plastic in the world. Mismanagement of waste globally means microplastics have now been found in drinking water.
Systemic Racism
This is how systemic racism is hampering progress around the world
Systemic racism has hampered economic and social progress since the abolition of the slave trade. Countries including the United States, France and Brazil are still struggling with issues...
Gender Parity
Brazil announces equal pay for men's and women's national soccer teams
Brazil's Football confederation has announced it will pay its men's and women's soccer teams equally.
Brazil
This new Indigenous storytelling platform is bringing community stories to the world
Tribal Stories features films created by Indigenous filmmakers from Ecuador and Brazil.
Forests
These Andean communities are helping restore the world's highest forests
Indigenous peoples are planting millions of native Polylepis trees, which are vital to the Amazon and crucial in the fight against climate change and deforestation.
Aviation, Travel and Tourism
The countries with the worst traffic congestion - and ways to reduce it
In 2019, the two cities that topped the list for most traffic congestion were Bogota, Colombia and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Brazil
COVID-19 could shrink Latin America's GDP by almost 10% in 2020
Latin America and the Caribbean have seen over 100,000 deaths from coronavirus and accounts of 25% of global cases. The GDP loss for the region totals 9.4% in 2020.
COVID-19
Why it's vital indigenous communities protect their elders from coronavirus
In the COVID-19 pandemic, indigenous communities in Latin America are cutting off their villages from the outside world, to protect their elders and cultural identity.
Book Club
Meet the 12-year-old who started her own library in Brazil
It all started when Lua Oliveira noticed a mother telling her daughter she couldn't afford to buy her a book.
Brazil
How to unleash the potential of regions like São Paulo
Brazil's largest state has a GDP larger than Argentina's - and it's growing at twice the national average. But this success was no accident, as João Doria, São Paulo's state governor, exp...
Brazil
This country is vital to 'global survival' - here's the challenges they face
Zero tolerance of deforestation and a policy to fight inequality as Brazil's economic future will have "global consequences"
Climate Change
Make no mistake: the purpose of business is to serve society
Why all businesses must transform their business models to have a more positive impact on the environment and society.
Environment and Natural Resource Security
Amazon rainforest and the power of paleoecology
Using fire to clear land is not new, but research shows ancient techniques may be more sustainable.