Governments, businesses and multilaterals are being forced by the new global systemic risk environment to re-evaluate risk in fundamentally new ways.
Robert Muggah
June 30, 2022
Web3 tools are being used to raise money for ocean conservation and fund ocean science, but more scientific input and analysis are needed to ensure success.
Linwood Pendleton and Annie Brett
June 29, 2022
Fintech firms reported faster than expected growth during the pandemic and were able to serve traditionally underserved groups such as women and SMEs.
Tania Ziegler, Bryan Zheng Zhang, Ana Fiorella Carvajal and Drew Propson
June 29, 2022
Seas hold over 50 times the amount of CO2 than the atmosphere, so we'd be wise to look at ocean-based carbon dioxide removal to tackle climate change.
Ken Buesseler, Margaret Leinen, Kilaparti Ramakrishna, Fei Chai, Sarah Smith, Mark Wells and Joo-Eun Yoon
June 29, 2022
Blockchain gaming and cryptocurrencies are no strangers to ecological controversy with the rise of NFTs putting the issue into the spotlight. But is Blockchain gaming on the greener side of the “emission spectrum"?
Maxime Eyraud, Abhimanyu Kumar and Moritz Baier-Lentz
June 29, 2022
Video games like Mission 1.5 are helping users learn about the climate crisis and participate in climate action, with proceeds of some games funding tree planting.
United Nations
June 29, 2022
Jean Case is an author, philanthropist and former senior executive at AOL. Here she discusses her career and how to find purpose by reaching beyond your bubble.
Katherine Klein
June 29, 2022
But their popularity has resulted in young boys abandoning formal education to pedal bicycles, in order to earn money for their families.
Deogracias Kalima
June 29, 2022
AlphaFold2 has correctly modelled whether amino acids will react - despite not being designed to. It raises questions about whether these leaps in ability are desirable.
Marc Zimmer
June 29, 2022
Inflation is the top concern for Americans, hitting consumer confidence and meaning many will delay the big purchases needed to reverse recessionary fears.
Marcus Lu
June 29, 2022
Women in science are around 13% less likely than men to be named as authors of their work - and it could be deterring young female scientists, says study.
Robert Polner
June 29, 2022
One million Somalians are already in a pre-famine emergency, facing severe hunger and malnutrition. Aid is vital to mitigate the scale of the catastrophe.
Mukesh Kapila
June 29, 2022
Heat domes can severely impact human health, increasing the risk of illness and death. An atmospheric scientist explains their formation.
William Gallus
June 29, 2022
Cryptocurrency prices have been crashing, leading to talk of a ‘crypto winter’. But what's causing the downturn?
Simon Read
June 29, 2022