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The Davos Agenda 2021
How the MENA region can shape the post-COVID-19 sustainability agenda
The Middle East is especially vulnerable to climate threats, and addressing climate change should be a top priority. Here's a strategy for the region.
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Industry
Economy
4th Industrial Revolution
Global Issue
Industry
Economy
4th Industrial Revolution
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The Davos Agenda 2021
3 ways ASEAN can build a stronger future post-pandemic
Before COVID-19, ASEAN was on track to become the fourth-largest economy in the world. Here's how the region can drive sustainable, resilient growth.
Indonesia
How can Indonesia break its vicious cycle of cheap imports?
Encouraging Indonesians to buy locally produced goods is vital to supporting the country's entrepreneurs - as well as the national economy.
Electricity
The pandemic brought US emissions to their lowest level in three decades
The dip brings the US within striking distance of its commitment at the Paris climate summit to bring emissions 26-28% below 2005 levels by 2025.
United States
COVID-19 is pushing Americans out of cities and into the country
The coronavirus pandemic has caused many in the US to want to swap city living for a rural life, according to a new survey. Remote working could make the dream a reality.
COVID-19
Has lockdown completely distorted your sense of time? This could be why
Studies carried out in the UK, France, Italy and Argentina show widespread distortion to the passage of time during periods of strict COVID-19 restrictions.
Spain
Barcelona's new 10-year plan to make the city even greener
Barcelona has unveiled a new 10-year plan, whereby 1-in-3 streets in the residential and commercial area will be turned into green zones.
The Davos Agenda 2021
How Japan can build a sustainable future post-COVID-19
The business culture in Japan has been resistant to change, with a preference for seniority and lifelong employment and a lack of gender parity.
Public Finance and Social Protection
This social enterprise crowdfunds training for homeless people
Beam accepts referrals from councils and other homeless charities. Donations of more than £1.5 million have been raised since 2017.
Environment and Natural Resource Security
From a landfill site to an urban farm: The transition that kept a Thai city fed during COVID-19
An urban farm built on a former landfill site in Chiang Mai, Thailand, has been helping keep nearby residents fed during the COVID-19 crisis.
The Davos Agenda 2021
Workplace disrupted – five themes that will define the future of work
The post-COVID era will be shaped more definitively by technology than any other force in the global theatre today.
India
How India’s renewable energy sector survived and thrived in a turbulent 2020
Record-low solar tariffs and flexible clean power auctions have pushed India’s renewable energy growth, despite disruption from the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Davos Agenda 2021
People have more children in the north of Europe than the south. Here’s why
Fertility in the North of Europe, is much higher than in the South a trend that has been persistent for a number of decades and differing government policy could be why.
Africa
Here's how satellite alerts are stopping deforestation in Africa
A satellite alert system has helped reduce deforestation in Africa by an average of 18% across nine central countries.
Middle East and North Africa
How Saudi Arabia's ancient AlUla region is building for the future
Three hundred kilometres north of Medina, the region is developing its tourist economy, while aiming to preserve its local culture and heritage, in line with the Kingdom's Vision 2030 pro...