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This is how Lego braille bricks are helping vision-impaired children to read, learn and play
1 billion people have preventable vision impairment. Now Lego is selling bricks coded with braille to help vision-impaired children read and learn.
Emma Charlton
September 28, 2023
There is no ‘one Africa’: How the continent can turn diversity into growth and opportunity
Africa's growth has slowed, but leveraging each nation's diverse capabilities and strengths can lead to greater sustainability and prosperity for everyone.
Mayowa Kuyoro and Olivia White
September 28, 2023
What happened at Climate Week and why it matters for financiers
Climate Week reiterated that the world is lagging on the net-zero transition – but scaling up climate technologies and supporting emerging economies would help close the gap
Manuela Stefania Fulga and Eneida Licaj
September 28, 2023
How technology can make the climate crisis accessible, undeniable and actionable
Discover how emerging technologies, such as AI and VR can serve as powerful tools that help us realize the challenges we face in the climate crisis.
Rebecca Ivey
September 28, 2023
Bridging the digital divide: These tech projects are empowering global inclusion
COVID-19 created a surge in internet use when 466 million people went online for the first time. Progress has been made on digital inclusion but more action is needed.
Claude Dyer and Sebastian Buckup
September 28, 2023
Why cooperating on sustainable development goals requires competition
Global crises and geopolitical tensions threaten to undermine fragile progress on SDGs. What lessons can governments learn from the private sector about 'coopetition?'
Børge Brende
September 28, 2023
Google expands its subsea cable infrastructure with Nuvem, connecting the US, Bermuda and Portugal
Google's new subsea cable, Nuvem, will connect the US, Bermuda and Portugal, boosting internet infrastructure and reducing latency for Google's cloud-based services.
Paul Sawers
September 28, 2023
How can investing in food security help us create a better future?
Food infrastructure investment is crucial to alleviating the growing threats to global food security. Investors play an important role, and cold storage is a particularly promising area.
Darren Rabenou
September 28, 2023
Ambitious new targets to end TB, and other health stories you need to read this week
New targets agreed to stamp out tuberculosis by 2030; What we know about the Nipah virus outbreak; Catalonia to provide period products for free.
Shyam Bishen
September 28, 2023
These are the space missions to look out for in the 2020s
The biggest space missions planned for the 2020s: from NASA’s Artemis III to ESA’s ExoMars and China’s Chang’e 6. Plus, what are SpaceX’s plans?
Ian Shine
September 28, 2023
3 urgent questions to ask as we navigate a new digital identity
As we spend more time in the digital world, we need mechanisms for digital identity that can authenticate the human behind the avatar while safeguarding privacy and liability
David Treat and Marie Wallace
September 28, 2023
These are the 15 finalists of Prince William's Earthshot Prize 2023
From sustainable cattle feed to recycling polycotton, these are the innovations hoping to win this year’s Earthshot Prize for climate crisis solutions.
Johnny Wood
September 28, 2023
More than 1 in 10 people in Japan are now aged 80 or older. This is having a profound impact on Japan's economy, workforce and society.
Charlotte Edmond and Madeleine North
September 28, 2023
IEA: Clean energy investment must reach $4.5 trillion per year by 2030 to limit warming to 1.5°C
IEA's Net Zero Roadmap says limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius is still possible, but requires $4.5 trillion investment in clean energy per year by 2030.
Cristen Hemingway Jaynes
September 28, 2023