Browsing: General Interest

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Jean-Pascal Tricoire Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Schneider Electric[/box] Buildings are responsible for 40% of global…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]This article is published in collaboration with Microsoft Deborah Bach Writer, Microsoft Stories[/box] HoloLens, created by…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Lilith Zecherle, Liverpool John Moores University; Hazel Nichols, Swansea University, and Richard Brown, Liverpool John Moores…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Natalie Marchant Writer, Formative Content[/box] Thinking Huts and its partners are building the world’s first 3D-printed…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Noel Nevshehir Director, International Business Services and Global Strategic Partnerships, Automation Alley[/box] Realizing the energy transition…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Douglas McCauley Professor, University of California Santa Barbara; Member of Friends of Ocean Action; Director, Benioff…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Osvaldo Di Campli President of Latin America Region, Nokia[/box] Latin America is taking a five-pronged attack…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Zhengyao Lu, Lund University and Benjamin Smith, Western Sydney University[/box] The world’s most forbidding deserts could…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Malik Amin Aslam Khan Advisor to Prime Minister of Pakistan on Climate Change & Global Vice…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Caroline Kende-Robb Senior Fellow, African Center for Economic Transformation (ACET)[/box] • AfCFTA, the largest global free…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Jessie Creamean Research Scientist, Colorado State University Thomas Hill Research Scientist, Colorado State University This article…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Jacqueline McGlade, UCL and Philip Landrigan, Boston College[/box] Ocean pollution is widespread, worsening, and poses a…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Henrietta H. Fore Executive Director, United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) This article is part of the The…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Elia Apostolopoulou, University of Cambridge[/box] The ancient Silk Road was a historical network of trade routes…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Victoria Masterson Senior Writer, Formative Content This article is part of the The Davos Agenda[/box] In Pinduoduo’s…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Ronan Dunne Executive Vice President and Group CEO, Verizon Consumer This article is part of the The…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Sonia Elks Journalist, Reuters This article is published in collaboration with Thomson Reuters Foundation trust.org[/box] A…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””] Nicolò AndreulaFounder and Managing Director, Disal Consulting, Anne-Marie Engtoft LarsenTech Ambassador, Ministry of Foreign Affairs…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””] Jonathan Menary, Lancaster University and Sebastian Fuller, St George’s, University of London[/box] Once the UK…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””] Raja Chatila Professor Emeritus of Artificial Intelligence, Robotics and Ethics , Sorbonne University in Paris…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Børge Brende President, World Economic Forum This article is part of the The Davos Agenda[/box] COVID-19 vaccines…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””] Malcolm Bennett, University of Nottingham; Bipin Pandey, University of Nottingham, and Sacha Mooney, University of…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””] Paul Dobraszczyk, UCL[/box] Carry out a Google image search of the phrase “28 Days Later”…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Blair Chalmers Director, Marsh & McLennan Advantage Lawrence Slade CEO, Global Infrastructure Investor Association[/box] The emerging…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]César A. Hidalgo Chair, Artificial and Natural Intelligence Institute (ANITI), University of Toulouse[/box] Humans historically take…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Amr Al Madani Chief Executive Officer, Al-Ula[/box] • The AlUla region is opening up and diversifying…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””] Bas van Abel Founder & Board Member, Fairphone Wineke Haagsma Director Corporate Sustainability, PwC Stefan…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””] This article was first published by Energy Monitor Andrew Higham former CEO, Mission 2020 climate…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Sandy Brian Hager, City, University of London and Joseph Baines, King’s College London[/box] When the COVID-19…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Francesco Starace Chief Executive Officer and General Manager, Enel Jean-Pascal Tricoire Chairman and Chief Executive Officer,…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]En collaboration avec Reuters Staff[/box] China will overtake the United States to become the world’s biggest…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Costas Velis, University of Leeds and Ed Cook, University of Leeds[/box] As much as one billion…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Volker Sick Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Director Global CO2 Initiative, University of Michigan[/box] The construction industry…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Bruce Spear Partner, aviation practice, Oliver Wyman Patrick Daoust Partner, operations practice, Oliver Wyman Edwin Anderson…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Nick Dunn, Lancaster University and Paul Cureton, Lancaster University[/box] Imagining future cities has long been a…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]With the collaboration of Statista Katharina Buchholz Data Journalist, Statista[/box] Labor productivity in developed countries can…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Tony Heron, University of York and Bob Doherty, University of York[/box] With just a few days…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Kirsten Salyer Opinion Editor, World Economic Forum[/box] The latest World Economic Forum-Ipsos survey on vaccine confidence…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]David Williams, University of Leeds and Michael Clark, University of Oxford[/box] Scientists know that biodiversity is…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Sally Capp Lord Mayor, City of Melbourne[/box] • Melbourne’s rich history of adaptation to crisis will…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””] Cathy Barrera Founding Economist, Prysm Group Stephanie Hurder Partner, Founding Economist, Prysm Group[/box] Blockchain does…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Douglas Broom Senior Writer, Formative Content[/box] Millions more people could be pushed into extreme poverty by…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Daniel Lim Fellow, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning, World Economic Forum Ann Skeet Senior Director, Leadership…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]John Morrison Chief Executive Officer, The Institute for Human Rights and Business Limited (IHRB) Julia Olofsson…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Natalie Marchant Writer, Formative Content[/box] Tasmania met 100% renewable target after the 29th wind turbine went…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Henrik Österblom, Stockholm University[/box] In my career as a marine biologist, I’ve been fortunate enough to…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]This article was originally published by The Applied Ecologist 03 Dec 2020 Karen D. Holl Professor…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Sonja Ayeb-Karlsson, United Nations University[/box] Out of the 79.5 million people who were forcibly displaced in…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Imran Khan Prime Minister of Pakistan, Prime Minister’s Secretariat[/box] Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan calls climate…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Geoffrey See Founder, Choson Exchange[/box] How the two Koreas cooperate on the Gangwon province could make…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Bilge Serin, University of Glasgow and Annette Hastings, University of Glasgow[/box] Historically, suburbs have been considered…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]This article was originally published by Reuters Praveen Menon Reporter, Reuters[/box] The Prime Minister of New…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]This article was originally published by McKinsey & Company Achim Berg Senior Partner, McKinsey & Company…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Rafi Kretchmer VP, Product Marketing, Check Point Software Technologies[/box] Hybrid working between home and office has…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””] Jawad Khan Chief Executive Officer, Punjab Skills Development Fund (PSDF) Mashal Yousaf Manager, Research Policy…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Amna Khan, Manchester Metropolitan University[/box] Friday November 27 marks a key date in the UK’s retail…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Jessica Long Founder and CEO, Next Now Strategies[/box] The circular economy is a way of building…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Ahmed Galal Ismail Chief Executive Officer, Majid Al Futtaim – Properties This article is part of…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Bill Lee, Bangor University and Michael Rushton, Bangor University[/box] Nuclear power has provided low-carbon electricity to…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Dan Schawbel Managing Partner, Workplace Intelligence[/box] • COVID-19 has piled multiple additional pressures on to people’s…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]This article was published in collaboration with Reuters Aaron Sheldrick Journalist, Reuters This article is part…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Chema Vera Interim Executive Director, Oxfam International[/box] • Last year, OECD members only gave 0.3% of…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Natalie Marchant Writer, Formative Content[/box] There could be 14.4 million tonnes of microplastics at the bottom…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Adam Taylor, Lancaster University[/box] We use our phones three hours and 15 minutes a day on…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””] This article is published in collaboration with Project Syndicate José María Figueres President of Costa…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Simone Abram, Durham University and Tom Pegram, UCL[/box] With COP26, the UN’s climate change conference, on…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Hiroshi Tasaka Honorary Professor, Tama University This article is part of the The Jobs Reset Summit[/box] Mass…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]This article first appeared on Carbon Brief Dr Radhika Khosla Research Director , Oxford India Centre…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Asheesh Advani President and Chief Executive Officer, JA Worldwide This article is part of the The Jobs…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Ghulam Sorwar, Keele University[/box] The decision by credit ratings agency Moody’s to cut the UK’s sovereign…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Samantha Sault Writer, Washington DC and Geneva This article is part of the The Jobs Reset Summit[/box]…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]This article was originally published by Mongabay Claire TurrellFreelance Journalist, Singapore[/box] Singapore plans to plant 1…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Elisha London Chief Executive Officer, United for Global Mental Health (United GMH)[/box] There is a crisis…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Graham Macmillan President, Visa Foundation This article is part of the The Jobs Reset Summit[/box] As we…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Saemoon Yoon Community Lead, Technology Pioneers, World Economic Forum Geneva[/box] Start-ups were once synonymous with Silicon…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Gavin Harper, University of Birmingham and Allan Walton, University of Birmingham[/box] It wasn’t so long ago…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Jennifer Rainey Marquez Associate Director of Research Communications, Georgia State This article is published in collaboration…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Tom Baxter, University of Aberdeen[/box] Decommissioning the UK’s offshore oil and gas infrastructure will cost the…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Silvia Anna Ainio Policy Officer, European Commission[/box] To “build back better”, we must make sure economic…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Marc Palahí Director, European Forest Institute Justin Adams Executive Director, Tropical Forest Alliance, World Economic Forum…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Pedro Gabriel Gomez Pensado Head of Oil and Gas Industry, World Economic Forum David Elizondo Senior…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Chandran Nair Founder and CEO, Global Institute for Tomorrow (GIFT)[/box] The Fourth Industrial Revolution can’t be…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Mark Caine Project Lead, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Project Lead, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning,…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Alexis Crow Global Head, Geopolitical Investing, PwC Samir Saran President, Observer Research Foundation (ORF)[/box] Investors could…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Miguel Lurgi, Swansea University[/box] Global warming is one of the biggest threats to biodiversity worldwide. As…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]John Moran CEO, JLL Ireland This article was originally published by The Irish Times[/box] You might…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Carlo Ratti Director, MIT – Department of Urban Studies and Planning[/box] Sidewalk Labs, owned by Google’s…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Vilas Dhar Trustee, The Patrick J. McGovern Foundation Kay Firth-Butterfield Head, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning,…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Tom Butler President and Chief Executive Officer, International Council on Mining and Metals (ICMM)[/box] The COVID-19…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Ayla Majid Managing Director, Financial Advisory Services, Khalid Majid Rehman[/box] Sustainable finance is a key ingredient…