From street sensors that reduce collisions and congestion, to heated pavements that melt snow - data is driving urban improvements. But citizens need a meaningful role in evaluating data ...

Alex Ryan · Quartz 09 Dec 2019

Global Governance

Gaps in global governance are holding back the world’s economy. Here's how

The current system of governance needs to evolve to meet challenges posed by today’s economic realities, argues Yaroslav Lissovolik, of the Valdai Discussion Club

Valdai Discussion Club 02 Dec 2019

Climate Change

Oxford Dictionaries’ word of the year for 2019 is ‘climate emergency’

The Oxford Word of the Year reflects the ethos, mood and preoccupations of the passing year, and has the potential to be a term of lasting cultural significance.

Emma Charlton 02 Dec 2019

Climate Change

Bank of England's Carney to become U.N. climate finance envoy

The current governor of the Bank of England, Mark Carney, is to become U.N. special envoy on climate action and climate finance from next year.

Isla Binnie · Reuters 02 Dec 2019

Media, Entertainment and Information

The age of influence: why digital platforms must come clean about political ads

Targeted advertising on social media platforms is warping democracy – being transparent about where it comes from is the first step towards an even playing field.

Marcus Burke 29 Nov 2019

Climate Change

European Parliament declares symbolic 'climate emergency' ahead of summit

The EU legislature voted in favour of the climate emergency declaration with 429 lawmakers for, 225 against and 19 abstaining.

Jonas Ekblom · Reuters 29 Nov 2019

Gender Parity

Men in UK and U.S. are growing less comfortable with women leaders

A new study shows that in both countries attitudes have changed in the last year.

Annie Banerji · Thomson Reuters Foundation trust.org 22 Nov 2019

Climate Change

Trump's withdrawal from the Paris climate deal is bad for US business. Here's why.

The US withdrawal from the Paris deal is bad news for the country's economy. Here's why - and how businesses are taking back the climate change initiative.

Jennifer Austin 18 Nov 2019

Agriculture, Food and Beverage

Thailand asks farmers not to grow off-season rice due to drought worries

Thailand entered a dry season on Nov. 1, which is expected to last through to April 30 next year - and could have a major impact on agriculture.

Reuters Staff · Thomson Reuters Foundation trust.org 14 Nov 2019

Digital Economy and Society

This is how the internet influences government policy

Mobile technology has allowed for cheaper and quicker political outreach to the masses. But new research finds approval of governments declines as data coverage increases.

Sergei Guriev, Nikita Melnikov, and Ekaterina Zhuravskaya · VoxEU 13 Nov 2019

Global Governance

These are the countries that have made their climate commitments law

New Zealand is the fifth country to pass a law to curtail carbon emissions.

Sean Fleming 13 Nov 2019

Oceans

Illegal fishing plagues the Pacific Ocean. Here's how to end it

Illegal fishing undermines economic development, national security, food security and human rights – and nowhere is this more starkly evident than in the Pacific.

Jim Leape 12 Nov 2019

Global Governance

Breathing new life into a rules-based system – a global strategy

We need a new vision geared towards meeting the challenges and opportunities in a changing world, argue Ash Jain and Matthew Kroenig in an Atlantic Council strategy paper

Atlantic Council 09 Nov 2019

Fourth Industrial Revolution

The World Economic Forum's #GFC19 meeting explained in 5 questions

From what is a GFC to what they'll be talking about, here's everything you need to know about our meeting in the Middle East.

Ceri Parker and Joe Myers 01 Nov 2019

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