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COVID-19

五本书帮你了解有关新冠病毒爆发的背景

阿尔贝·加缪（Albert Camus）著名的经典小说《鼠疫》（La Peste）写于70多年前，但到今天依旧掷地有声。该书讲述了鼠疫在一个北非城市蔓延，以及人类对死亡的反应。自从新冠病毒爆发以来，该书的销售量出现了大幅增长。

27 Mar 2020

Migration

数析全球移民：谁在迁移？往哪迁移？为何迁移？

全世界估计有2.72亿国际移民。尽管他们仅占世界人口的3.5％，但已经超过了某些报告中对于2050年所做出的预测数据。自1970年以来，生活在出生地以外国家的人口数量增加了两倍。

14 Mar 2020

COVID-19

5 books to read for context on the coronavirus outbreak

From how animal diseases spread to humans to the psychological impacts of pandemics, here are five books that help put COVID-19 in context.

09 Mar 2020

Retail, Consumer Goods and Lifestyle

This is what the UK’s major supermarkets say about plastic packaging and the environment

Supermarkets are under pressure to eliminate single-use plastic, but a new report finds consumer confusion about alternatives – and even asks if they are creating more problems.

17 Feb 2020

Arctic

The Arctic is having holes stabbed through it at an alarming rate

Climate change has shown permafrost is perhaps not so permanent after all – and as it begins to melt, it's reshaping the Arctic.

14 Feb 2020

Sustainable Development

Want to understand the world's biggest problems better? Read these 7 books

Books by the world's most original writers were picked by UNESCO's Cities of Literature to align to the UN’s blueprint for a better future. These fiction and non-fiction works help reader...

13 Feb 2020

Global Health

You can live up to 10 years longer by doing these 5 things

A 20-year study has identified some key things people can do to improve their chances.

12 Feb 2020

Oceans

Here's how eating sea urchins could help save the oceans' dying kelp forests

As sea urchin populations boom they are killing kelp forests and damaging vital marine ecosystems.

06 Feb 2020

Decarbonizing Energy

A new tidal energy project just hit a major milestone in Scotland

MeyGen, the world’s largest tidal array, is seen as a flagship project for the renewable energy industry and has the potential to power 175,000 homes – but solar and wind power still domi...

31 Jan 2020

Davos 2020

Voici les principaux risques auxquels le monde sera confronté en 2020

Pour la première fois, le Rapport sur les risques mondiaux est dominé par l'environnement.

20 Jan 2020

Climate Change

These are the top risks facing the world in 2020

Environmental issues, likely to increase over the next decade, dominate the Forum’s latest global risks report, worrying the world’s decision-makers.

15 Jan 2020

Migration

Global migration, by the numbers: who migrates, where they go and why

The World Migration Report 2020 sheds light on who migrates, where, and why.

10 Jan 2020

Global Health

Want to have a healthy brain? Make sure you're washing it every day

Scientists are showing how deep sleep wards off illness, opening new research avenues for dementia treatments.

13 Dec 2019