Food, Water and Clean Air
How satellite surveillance is hauling in illegal fishers
The net is closing in on unauthorized fishing vessels, thanks to the all-seeing eye of orbiting satellites.
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A new World Economic Forum initiative aims to show how harnessing machine capabilities on every scale from domestic to planetary can ensure we don't exhaust the Earth's dwindling resources.
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The technologies and systems of the Fourth Industrial Revolution offer very powerful assets for responding to natural disasters.
Health and Healthcare Systems
Starting in Norway, a new approach to Alzheimer's
Alzheimer's disease affects many millions worldwide, but traditional scientific approaches have failed to yield a cure.
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Circular Economy
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New types of tech are ushering in a more sustainable world – and these five are leading the way.
Education and Skills
Education is key to our refugee crisis response. Here's why
Just 23% of refugee adolescents are enrolled in secondary school, compared to 84% globally. And as they get older, the obstacles increase.
Cybersecurity
What the sea eagle can teach us about risk
If we do not want to give up the benefits of digitization, then cyber risks are here to stay.
Technological Innovation
The fourth sector is a chance to build a new economic model for the benefit of all
The for-benefit sector is developing its own, unique operating system that could change how business, governments and non-profits work and address the world's biggest problems.
Education and Skills
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On International Literacy Day, we hear from an online learning platform outside Arusha, where people from all walks of life are coming to claim an education.
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