General Interest

The global shipping industry’s annual greenhouse-gas emissions total more than one billion tons. Reducing them is critical in the fight against climate change. Former President of Costa Rica José María Figueres writes that shrinking emissions in the future largely depends …

With COP26, the UN’s climate change conference, on the horizon next year in Glasgow, all eyes are on securing the decarbonisation of the global economy. What this will mean and how it will be achieved will be hotly debated before, …

Mass unemployment will occur because of robotics and AI. Hospitality, management and creativity cannot be substituted by AI. We need to acquire and refine more sophisticated abilities in these areas. The COVID-19 crisis is going to accelerate a number of …

Demand for cooling is being overlooked in the fight against climate change. As temperatures and extreme heatwaves increase, more and more people across the world are relying on cooling to stay safe and comfortable. According to the IEA the power …

To prepare young people for the jobs of the future in spite of the digital divide, we must deploy no-tech as well as hi-tech educational methods. We must reduce our focus on high-stakes exams and replace them with fairer forms …

The decision by credit ratings agency Moody’s to cut the UK’s sovereign credit rating has been a gift to the government’s critics. The agency downgraded the UK from Aa3 to Aa2 on the rationale that its heavy reliance on face-face …

COVID-19 has had a severe impact on the global economy, and the business community is most concerned about the impact of a prolonged recession. By focusing on the direction and speed of economic growth – and the impact on people …

Singapore plans to plant 1 million trees by 2030, in a bid to boost biodiversity. The city-state has also launched a new 990-acre park in the northern portion of the island that will act as is a refueling site for …

There is a crisis of inaction on mental health around the world – and COVID-19 has made things worse. Investing in mental health today isn’t just the right thing to do; it will have multiple social and economic benefits, too. …

As we rebuild the post-COVID global economy, we must invest in women and women-led small and micro businesses (SMBs). Equitable access to capital and digital payments can ensure a more inclusive recovery. Collaborative public-private partnerships are bridging gender gaps in …

Start-ups were once synonymous with Silicon Valley or London – but that’s no longer the case. Here we look at five emerging global start-up hotspots, and ask which factors make each one so attractive to today’s tech entrepreneurs. COVID-19 has …

It wasn’t so long ago that the UK prime minister, Boris Johnson, said wind turbines “couldn’t pull the skin off a rice pudding”. He now seems to have undergone something of a Damascene conversion, promising to boost the government’s target …