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SDG 04: Quality Education
These 3 key factors can help reshape higher-ed after COVID-19
Educators can consider the new mindsets needed to build a resilient but engaging system that outlasts the pandemic - and helps update the concept of a classic college education.
COVID-19
The world’s supercomputers joined forces against COVID-19 – why such collaborations are critical for tackling future emergencies
During the pandemic, the world’s most powerful computers were available for free to researchers trying to fight COVID-19. Here's how such collaborations could help tackle future crises.
The Great Reset
Is this the moment we put heavy industry on a path to net zero? This week's Great Reset podcast
Heavy industry and transport emit one-third of CO2 emissions. As the world struggles out of the COVID crisis, can we get them on a path to net-zero?
Technological Transformation
The ultimate tech age - a book extract
Read an extract from Jim Hagemann Snabe and Lars Thinggaard's new book, Tech For Life: Putting Trust Back in Technology.
Drones
We're about to see the Golden Age of drone delivery – here's why
Drones have helped fight COVID-19, creating more resilient supply chains and socially distanced delivery. Now, policy is catching up to the technology.
COVID-19
COVID-19: What are the biggest risks to society in the next 18 months?
It's important to look at the biggest risks to society following COVID-19. These include the economic, societal and geopolitical problems that could emerge.
Blockchain
How governments can leverage policy and blockchain technology to stunt public corruption
A new World Economic Forum report looks at the feasibility and value of blockchain technology for eliminating corruption in the public procurement process.
The Great Reset
The Great Reset - this week's World Vs Virus podcast
This week, the World Economic Forum joined with HRH The Prince of Wales to launch the Great Reset, a plan to build a greener, smarter, fairer world after COVID-19.
The Great Reset
Now is the time for a 'great reset'
The changes we have already seen in response to COVID-19 prove that a reset of our economic and social foundations is possible. Professor Klaus Schwab outlines how to achieve it.
COVID-19
How AI and machine learning are helping to fight COVID-19
Organizations have been quick to apply AI and machine-learning in the fight to curb the pandemic - and here are some of the most exciting applications.
Artificial Intelligence and Robotics
This was the year automation started taking over the workforce
A study finds that robots in the workplace are driving employment inequality. Jobs are being lost at a far higher rate than opportunities are available.
COVID-19
How the Fourth Industrial Revolution can help us beat COVID-19
The tools of the Fourth Industrial Revolution, from Big Data to AI, combined with the right leadership have helped many countries respond to COVID-19.
COVID-19
Robots have demonstrated their crucial role in pandemics - and how they can help for years to come
Due to the highly infectious nature of the coronavirus, robots provide an advantage through contact-free alternatives for anything from healthcare to delivering food.
Future of Health and Healthcare
5 ways collective intelligence can help beat coronavirus in developing countries
As COVID-19 threatens less developed countries, collective intelligence and technology can help by offering insight into the pandemic and how to respond.
Fourth Industrial Revolution
COVID-19: Emerging technologies are now critical infrastructure – what that means for governance
Tech tools have become essential infrastructure under lockdown and reveal opportunities for governance.