Industries in Depth

CEOs vs climate change, Indonesia loves globalization and other top stories of the week

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Adrian Monck

Canada to welcome a million immigrants — and hopes for big benefits.
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Why Italians gesture more than the Dutch. How our birthplace shapes us.

The global companies fighting climate change. 50 CEOs take a stand.

The country that loves globalization. Why Indonesia resists the backlash.

Blockchain in rural Africa. Future electification may depend on it.

How to cut coal use: reveal its true costs.

Electric cars are about to boom in China. The power of ambition loops.

Hold that rocket launch. We need to figure out the laws of space.

Where are the electric passenger jets? One thing needs to change.

What needs to change at the UN? Much, according to a top UN official.

The Fourth Industrial Revolution for spies. Britain’s secret service chief on the future of intelligence gathering.

Heard about the Green New Deal? This is what it could mean. But, for some, green growth is pie in the sky.

Global retirement crisis threatens investment industry. Cites Forum white paper. (Financial Times)

Delivery drones in Tanzania. The Forum’s Centre for the Fourth Industrial Revolution is part of the project. (The Citizen)

Data privacy getting more attention in China. Quotes a Forum lead. (CNBC)

How to hire for roles that didn’t exist before. Draws on data from Future of Jobs Report. (Harvard Business Review)

What is the Fourth Industrial Revolution? Credits Forum founder Professor Klaus Schwab with coining the term. (The Street)

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