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SDG 09: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
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SDG 09: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
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Electricity
Congolese Nun Ends Local Blackouts With Homemade Power Plant
Energy
How China is decarbonizing the electricity supply for aluminium
How China can boost its carbon neutrality efforts by ensuring renewables account for more than 50% of the power supply for aluminium production by 2045.
Future of Work
Should employees be allowed to choose what they want to do?
Researchers investigate when the self-selection of tasks would outperform managerial allocation - and find that specialization is the deciding factor.
Climate Change
How the US commitment to lower emissions will affect the fight against climate change
The Biden-Harris administration looks to shift the US economy to a low emissions one through investment, innovation and a push for green public procurement
Davos Agenda 2022
3 ways to reinvent affordable housing in a post-pandemic world
Habitat for Humanity's CEO shares how reinventing affordable housing can help bridge some of the world's biggest health and wealth disparities.
Sustainable Development
This material found in cat litter could help reduce atmospheric methane emissions
With special treatment, minerals called zeolites — commonly found in cat litter — can efficiently remove the greenhouse gas from the air, researchers report.
Hydrogen
What is green hydrogen and why do we need it? An expert explains
Current momentum on green hydrogen is unprecedented. Green hydrogen derived from water electrolysis using renewable electricity can help us achieve net zero emissions
Supply Chains
The European year of rail: Why rail can transport us to a greener future
Rail freight can achieve climate neutrality without the need for additional infrastructure and consumes six times less green energy than road transport.
ESG
How digital tracing can reduce industrial carbon emissions
Why companies around the globe are making traceability a priority of their operational capabilities and how this can build a more sustainable industry.
Climate Change
COP26 outcomes aren’t satisfying, but they should leave us hopeful. Here’s why
The Glasgow Pact offered few easy wins against expected COP26 outcomes, but there were critical signs of progress seen beyond the negotiation tables at this month's climate summit.
SDG 09: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
How construction innovations are enabling the transition to a circular economy
The construction sector's emissions account for about 40% of global GHG emissions. These industry innovations show how construction can be made circular.
SDG 13: Climate Action
The world's "largest neighbourhood" of 3D-printed homes to be built in US
100 3D-printed homes will be created by construction companies BIG and ICON, forming a neighbourhood in Austin, Texas. Work is scheduled to start in 2022.
SDG 07: Affordable and Clean Energy
These are the winners of the New Champions Awards 2021
Winners of the New Champions Awards for 2021 are out. The World Economic Forum’s New Champions companies explore business models, technologies and strategies needed during the Fourth Indu...
SDG 13: Climate Action
COP26: 5 leaders from tough-to-decarbonize industries explain how to get to net zero
Insights from 5 CEOs behind the First Movers Coalition at COP26
SDG 13: Climate Action
Industry Transition Goals: Setting up COP26 for success
Sectoral net-zero agreements, bringing together government and industry, could deliver a successful COP26 – and ensure we hit the ground running after.