Blogs and Opinions
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These are the best ways to tackle air pollution and climate change together
Monday 6th of July 2020
When we look at air pollution and climate change, we see two dire situations:
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Companies need help to overcome rising data inequality
Monday 6th of July 2020
As the impact of COVID-19 continues to be felt across the world’s economies, supporting SMEs to maintain operations and employment is rightfully the focus of policymakers and industry-leading businesses. Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) need to remain top of mind in the months to come to ensure the vibrancy, diversity, economic stability and creativity of all industries globally.
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COVID-19: Why higher education in the US must embrace digital
Monday 6th of July 2020
• The pandemic is an opportunity to change higher-education delivery.
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COVID-19 is exacerbating the global trade finance gap
Monday 6th of July 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic is a tragic health crisis causing irreversible damage to the global economic and financial system. It is also worsening trade restrictions and reducing trade volumes globally. Coupled with the scarcity of financing in general, and trade financing in specific, coronavirus is causing serious damage to developing economies.
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UNAIDS Report on Global HIV & AIDS
Monday 6th of July 2020
Winnie Byanyima, Executive Director of UNAIDS and Under-Secretary-General of the United Nation
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Why some companies leapt to support the COVID-19 response
Monday 6th of July 2020
The first phase of the COVID-19 crisis posed an unprecedented challenge for the private sector. In early March, as the pandemic took hold and lockdowns went into effect in the US, companies scrambled to adapt to profound disruptions to their business operations and markets. The rush to protect employees, jobs, financial liquidity – and in some cases the survival of the firm – was all-consuming for many companies.
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4 views on the shape of global cooperation in the time of COVID-19
Monday 6th of July 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic is posing challenges to governments and institutions around the world. To address urgent public health and economic needs, stakeholders are coordinating and forming new partnerships—in some instances led by international organizations. Yet, there has also been an increase in geopolitical turbulence as global stress points are exacerbated by competition over resources, battles over national narratives, and overall questions about the benefits of globalization.
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To build a resilient world, we must go circular. Here’s how to do it
Monday 6th of July 2020
COVID-19 has created a human tragedy on a huge scale, with deep consequences for the global economy that will lead to an extended recession and long-term hardship.
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We’re about to see the Golden Age of drone delivery – here’s why
Monday 6th of July 2020
The way the world views drones is changing. Once a nuisance buzzing around our heads, drones are now life-saving tools in the battle against COVID-19.
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China is here to stay – and America isn’t going away
Monday 6th of July 2020
When China overtakes the United States as the biggest economy in the world, as it will do in the next few years, that will be just one milestone. With the country’s growth likely to continue at a relatively fast pace for the next generation, it will soon become by far the largest economy in the world. China’s rapidly expanding influence on the world stage – and its assertiveness in pursuing its strategic interests – will become ever greater.
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How COVID-19 is making companies act for the long term
Monday 6th of July 2020
As much of the world shelters in place, a new future is being invented. The global pandemic, for all the human misery it has wrought, is changing communities in profound ways, forcing people and businesses to fundamentally rethink basic assumptions. Amid the grim statistics, there are countless stories of human adaptability and courage. Businesses too have been battered like never before, yet there are numerous examples of innovation and resilience.
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Want to achieve success? Develop a strategic mindset
Monday 6th of July 2020
A “strategic mindset” may be key to success, research finds.
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The U.S. employment-population ratio drops to a historic low
Monday 6th of July 2020
According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics’ latest jobs report, roughly 17.75 million Americans were unemployed in June 2020, resulting in an unemployment rate of 11.1 percent on a seasonally adjusted basis. The number of people that are currently not employed is much higher than 17.75 million, however, as a look at another indicator, the employment-population ratio, reveals.
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The one crucial thing businesses can do to get through COVID-19
Monday 6th of July 2020
What is common between leaders like San Francisco 49ers head coach Bill Walsh, Oracle cofounder Larry Ellison and California cuisine pioneer Alice Waters? They, and scores of others like them, “generate and regenerate talent on a continuous basis,” according to Sydney Finkelstein, a professor of management at the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College.
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WHO’s early years childcare guidelines have changed – Here’s everything you need to know
Monday 6th of July 2020
In March, the World Health Organization (WHO) released a 67-page document with guidelines to improve the development and well-being of children aged 0-to-3. Its conclusion: In order to support kids, we must support their caregivers, because their love and care is what children really need to thrive.
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COVID-19 could wipe out gains in equality for women at work – U.N.
Monday 6th of July 2020
The coronavirus pandemic could wipe out “the modest progress” made on gender equality at work in recent decades with women globally at greater risk of losing their jobs, the International Labour Organization (ILO) warned.
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Preparing for the next crisis – before it’s too late
Monday 6th of July 2020
The world has been planning for the future in the mistaken belief that it will resemble the past. But as COVID-19 coincides with cyclones in South Asia and the Pacific and vast locust swarms in East Africa, the need to prepare for a world of unexpected shocks has become clearer than ever. Epidemics, floods, storms, droughts, and wildfires are all expected to become more frequent and severe, affecting hundreds of millions of people each year.
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How COVID-19 is rapidly evolving digital financial inclusion
Monday 6th of July 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic could be a game-changer for digital financial services. Low-income households and small firms can benefit greatly from advances in mobile money, fintech services, and online banking. Financial inclusion as a result of digital financial services can also boost economic growth. While the pandemic is set to increase use of these services, it has also posed challenges for the growth of the industry’s smaller players and highlighted unequal access to digital infrastructure. Several actions will need to be taken to ensure maximum inclusion going forward.
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Remittances could fall by $100 billion because of COVID-19 – here’s why that matters
Monday 6th of July 2020
The scale of remittances is vast. But it’s under threat.
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How air conditioners contribute to inequality and ‘energy poverty’
Monday 6th of July 2020
The effects of climate change may more far-reaching than you think.
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COVID-19: What you need to know about coronavirus on 6 July
Monday 6th of July 2020
1. How COVID-19 is affecting the globe
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How do we beat COVID-19 cybercrime? By working together
Monday 6th of July 2020
Cybercrime is a major threat to global prosperity. Even now, in the midst of the worst public health crisis in a century, the cybercriminals just keep at it.
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Great Reset: What university entrepreneurship can bring to the post-COVID world
Friday 3rd of July 2020
Rightly lauded for its contributions to the fight against COVID-19, university-supported, science-based entrepreneurship must also be part of the vanguard of the global response to the pandemic. Through their engagement, teaching and research, universities must redouble their efforts to work alongside corporations, governments and NGOs as they search for new business models and policies to assist “the Great Reset”.
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Siberia is experiencing heatwaves and forest fires – this is why it matters
Friday 3rd of July 2020
As average temperatures rise in many parts of the world, encroaching on the 1.5ºC Paris Agreement target, extreme weather events are becoming increasingly common. And while it’s too soon to say whether 2020 will be the warmest year yet, it looks likely to be among them.
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How cycling could help drive racial equality
Friday 3rd of July 2020
Bicycles are simultaneously symbols of social hope and white oppression – an age-old duality reflected in American racial culture. Changing this perception is important to break down the racial and social divide found in America’s cities.
