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Explore the latest strategic trends, research and analysis
Explore the latest strategic trends, research and analysis
According to the Global Risks Report 2021, “infectious diseases” tops the list of short-term critical threats to the world, followed by “livelihood crises.”
For low-income countries without energy-from-waste plants, burning trash out in the open is sometimes the only viable option, but this has serious health implications.
Industry is facing disruption from all sides. And leaders need to closely watch three critical drivers of risk – political, technological and societal.
While the world still reels from the coronavirus pandemic, the greatest threats we collectively face come from multiple sources.
We are on the path to triggering climate tipping points that could create runaway and irreversible damage that will be an existential threat to future generations.
Global food prices in December were the highest for any month in the last six years, according to the FAO Food Price Index.
Consumers are always chasing the best products, from better cameras to more storage. Yet constant upgrades have created a growing global e-waste challenge.
The latest economic forecasts from the World Bank suggest global GDP could lag behing pre-pandemic predictions for years.
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The World Health Organization has laid out 10 ways it will help countries strengthen their health systems and pandemic preparedness.
This climate campaign aims to get citizens to reduce their emissions in 2021, using a free online tool to compare their progress with the Paris Agreement goals.
We could cross the global warming threshold as soon as 2027, according to a new model that can project the Earth's temperature until 2100 - and reduce prediction uncertainties by half.
More than a third of the world’s soil is already degraded, and that could rise to 90% by 2050 if nothing is done, threatening our food systems.