General Interest

Floating wind, which uses turbines located at sea but not attached to the ocean floor, has several key advantages over traditional onshore or fixed-bottom wind parks. Floating wind has the potential to make a huge contribution to filling the installed …

Smart buildings are an important tool in bringing down energy consumption. The technology smart buildings use is vulnerable to cybercrime, so the sector needs to improve its cybersecurity. This involves getting processes in place to ensure that cybersecurity is a …

“This government is obsessed with skilling up our population,” said Boris Johnson in his recent speech on “levelling up”. There is still a fair amount of uncertainty about exactly what the UK prime minister’s plan to level up the regions …

Market design is an economic tool that can be used to create and refine marketplaces and exchanges to improve the allocation of scarce resources. A successful initiative in the US to reallocate scarce radio spectrum demonstrates the power and potential …

Mangroves protect coastlines, protect biodiversity and protect local livelihoods – yet humanity has failed to protect them. Vida Manglar (‘mangrove life’ in Spanish), is the first project to adequately measure and value ‘blue carbon’ — the carbon stored in coastal ecosystems …

Pollution created by single-use plastic items like straws and shopping bags is a growing threat to our ecosystems and economies. A system based on reuse would not only reduce humanity’s ecological footprint, but also create lucrative new sources of economic …

Summer isn’t even half over, and we’ve seen heat waves in the Pacific Northwest and Canada with temperatures that would be hot for Death Valley, enormous fires that have sent smoke across North America, and lethal floods of biblical proportions …

Despite covering just 2% of the Earth’s surface, cities are major greenhouse gas emission contributors. 25 mega-cities produce 52% of urban greenhouse gas emissions, according to a new study. Although Asian cities emit the most greenhouse gasses, cities in Europe, …

During the pandemic, drones have helped communities to access goods and services. Regulators across the globe are now looking at ways to support the expansion of drone technology, exploring carrying heavier loads and transporting people. Saudi Arabia could become a …

Infrastructure in Southeast Asia is facing a huge financing gap. SDG bonds are a crucial and innovative way of raising private funds. We outline how new SDG Accelerator Bonds can help de-risk investments in infrastructure. The Asian Development Bank’s (ADB’s) …

Global fish catches are fluctuating near the highest levels ever reported, while the fraction of fish stocks that are sustainable has never been lower. Nevertheless, governments spent US$22 billion of public money on harmful fisheries subsidies in 2018. These harmful …

China contains four of the world’s 36 biodiversity hotspots. China will host the COP15 Biodiversity Conference. Chinese businesses must step up their actions on nature and can help achieve carbon neutrality All eyes are focused on efforts to agree a …