Sustainable Development
可持续发展目标创立背后的两位女性
可持续发展目标现已成为一个广泛使用的路标，用于指导和促进全球繁荣和韧性的建设。这些目标由两名来自发展中国家的女性策划和推动。目前，实现2030年可持续发展目标期限已经过半。但仔细审视后发现，几乎所有关键指标的完成情况都并不乐观。因此，各国必须加快进展。
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Forum Institutional
Quiénes son las dos mujeres colombianas que idearon e hicieron realidad los ODS
Los ODS son un plan de progreso mundial que abarca una amplia gama de cuestiones, como el cambio climático y la pobreza. Estas son las mujeres que los han hecho realidad.
Forum Institutional
These are the women who made the 'SDGs' happen
The SDGs are a blueprint for global progress, covering a wide range of issues, including climate change and poverty. These are the women who have made them happen.
Trade and Investment
The global chip industry's complicated contours are decades in the making
Chris Miller discussed his vivid history of the pivotal chip industry with Radio Davos and suggested that altering it in a meaningful way seems unlikely any time soon.
Climate Action
The Inflation Reduction Act invigorated US clean energy plans – can it stir a stronger climate response globally?
The Inflation Reduction Act will ideally move from promising headlines to actual clean energy projects and also inspire competitive climate plans in other countries.
Geo-Economics and Politics
Can this Enlightenment idea really guide us to a more peaceful existence?
The war in Ukraine cast doubt on the Enlightenment idea of gentle commerce - that more trade means greater civility. But EU expansion plans point to its resilience.
Global Cooperation
What’s in a name? For the ‘Global South,’ it depends on who you ask
"Global South" is shorthand for a vast expanse of the world long afforded limited geopolitical influence. That dynamic's changing, but the region's definition remains squishy.
Climate Action
Could a wealth tax ever be a workable climate fix?
A global wealth tax to address climate impacts is “an extremely attractive and equitable idea,” a prominent historian wrote recently. It also “has no chance of realization.”
Equity, Diversity and Inclusion
¿Qué es el Mes del Orgullo LGBT y por qué es importante?
Las raíces del Mes del Orgullo, que se celebra cada mes de junio, se remontan al levantamiento de Stonewall en 1969. La lucha mundial por los derechos LGBT continúa hoy en día.
Equity, Diversity and Inclusion
What is Pride Month and why is it important?
The roots of Pride Month, celebrated every June, have been traced back to the 1969 Stonewall uprising. The global struggle for LGBTI rights continues today.
Trade and Investment
Will erasing economic ties hinder climate progress?
Rewiring supply chains and reducing dependencies for political reasons, rather than figuring out more ways to cooperate, may not be the best use of precious time.
Financial and Monetary Systems
What’s a debt ceiling, anyway... and why does the US have one?
An impasse over the debt ceiling in the US highlights the varying ways countries opt to manage their finances and may impact more vulnerable economies.
Education and Skills
Debemos aprender de la historia - y sobre todo ahora
Es natural querer creer que la historia proporciona un manual de instrucciones para el presente, y que aprenderla realmente nos ayudará a evitar repetir graves errores. Entonces, ¿por qué...
Education and Skills
This is why history matters, especially now
It’s natural to want to believe that history provides an instruction manual for the present, and that learning it will really help us avoid repeating grave mistakes.
Geo-Economics and Politics
Cold War redux: this is why keeping the economy global is a good idea
Experts were concerned about growing fragmentation of the global economy along geopolitical lines even before Russia's invasion of Ukraine increased tensions.