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  • 7 renewable energy lessons from South Australia

    Monday 14th of June 2021

    It’s one-and-a-half times bigger than the US state of Texas, almost as big as Egypt and has a population of 1.7 million people. The state of South Australia is also a global leader in the use of renewable energy.

  • Here’s how one social entrepreneur became a first responder to the Indian COVID crisis

    Monday 14th of June 2021

    “In rural Manharashtra, India we have a local saying that the sky has burst – we are trying to fix it with small pieces – it’s a bad situation”, says Chetna Sinha, Founder-Chairperson of Mann Deshi Bank and the Mann Deshi Foundation.

  • Taxonomy: Why 19 ferns are named after Lady Gaga and a bug is named after Brad Pitt

    Monday 14th of June 2021

    People have long named their pets after celebrities or well-known figures, but scientists do it too – and for good reason.

  • Tasmania’s already reached net-zero and 100% renewables. So what’s next?

    Monday 14th of June 2021

    Getting to net-zero greenhouse gas emissions and 100% renewable energy might seem the end game for climate action. But what if, like Tasmania, you’ve already ticked both those goals off your list?

  • 2020 was a record year for US renewables. This is what needs to happen next

    Monday 14th of June 2021

    Despite the challenging economic conditions created by COVID-19, 2020 was a record year for clean energy development in the United States, with the country nearly doubling the capacity installed in 2019.

  • 25 million people in Africa and Asia cannot afford electricity due to the COVID-19 pandemic

    Monday 14th of June 2021

    The economic toll from the COVID-19 pandemic has left more than 25 million people in Africa and Asia unable to afford electricity, threatening a global goal to provide power to everyone by 2030, international agencies warned on Monday.

  • Experts explain: What the FDA’s approval of a new Alzheimer’s drug means for healthcare

    Monday 14th of June 2021

    In 2019, Alzheimer’s disease was the seventh biggest cause of death globally, so it’s likely you know someone who has been affected. It’s the leading cause of death in the UK, where, of the COVID-19 deaths in March to April 2020, 1 in 5 were people with dementia.

  • How to bring your conscience to work

    Monday 14th of June 2021

    Wharton professor G. Richard Shell’s graduate course on business responsibility is peppered with students he calls “ethics refugees.”

  • Everything you need to know about the G7’s plan to donate 1 billion vaccine doses

    Monday 14th of June 2021

    A G7 plan to donate a billion COVID-19 vaccine doses to poorer countries will have limited impact because it includes some previous pledges, but it still offers a small lifeline to a global vaccine buying system, according to some experts.

  • Climate change is making ocean waves more powerful, threatening to erode many coastlines

    Monday 14th of June 2021

    Sea level rise isn’t the only way climate change will devastate the coast. Our research, published today, found it is also making waves more powerful, particularly in the Southern Hemisphere.

  • 5 charts on the state of the global economic recovery

    Monday 14th of June 2021

    The global economy is set to expand 5.6 percent in 2021—its strongest post-recession pace in 80 years. This recovery is uneven and largely reflects sharp rebounds in some major economies amid highly unequal vaccine access, with many poorer countries facing subdued prospects. By 2022, last year’s per capita income losses are not anticipated to be reversed in about two-thirds of emerging market and developing economies (EMDEs). To help repair the damage from the pandemic, policy makers will need to promote growth-enhancing reforms and steer their economies onto a green, resilient, and inclusive development path.

  • 40 years on: four action points essential to the global battle against HIV and AIDS

    Monday 14th of June 2021

    On 5 June 1981 a short report of five cases of pneumocystis pneumonia in young homosexual men in Los Angeles marked the discovery of AIDS, the first pandemic of the 20th century caused by a completely new virus, HIV.

  • How tech is helping Egypt’s informal recyclers build a circular economy

    Monday 14th of June 2021

    For more than 70 years, Cairo’s zabbaleen (Arabic for waste collectors) have been gathering and recycling the city’s rubbish with an efficiency that would be the envy of most professional waste management companies. Yet their pivotal role in the city’s circular economy has gone largely unrecognized.

  • A new era of sustainable travel prepares for take-off

    Monday 14th of June 2021

    At the last World Economic Forum’s annual meeting in Davos, weeks before the start of the pandemic, Greta Thunberg warned that “our house is on fire” and we need to take urgent action. In my recent speech at Stanford Graduate School of Business, I predicted that we have now reached a tipping point when it comes to environmentally sustainable travel, in the wake of the pandemic. The transportation industry will reach a sustainable cruising altitude and build back better using my 5P framework of purpose, prepare, pursue, partner and pivot:

  • From remanufacturing to recycling: how manufacturing can raise the bar on global climate goals

    Monday 14th of June 2021

    The manufacturing industry must accept its heavy responsibility for emissions of greenhouse gases. In the US, manufacturing accounts for almost a quarter (23%) of direct carbon emissions, according to the Environmental Protection Agency. In Europe the situation is equally dire: the industry emits an annual total of 880 million tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalents making it one of the largest emitters of greenhouse gases on the continent.

  • COVID-19: What you need to know about the coronavirus pandemic on 14 June

    Monday 14th of June 2021

    Confirmed cases of COVID-19 have passed 175.9 million globally, according to Johns Hopkins University. The number of confirmed deaths stands at more than 3.8 million. More than 2.36 billion vaccination doses have been administered globally, according to Our World in Data.

  • How trade-based money laundering works and its impact on world finances

    Monday 14th of June 2021

    Money laundering is big business, so big, that to handle the movement of enormous sums of money, fraudsters are increasingly turning to Trade-Based Money Laundering (TBML). In developing countries, TBML and associated tax evasion contributed to almost $9 trillion in losses between 2008 and 2017. Tackling TBML is complicated by cross-jurisdiction trade, multinational companies, and globalized trade pathways.

  • How to practise good cyber-hygiene across your supply chain

    Monday 14th of June 2021

    • Most businesses simply accept that their suppliers are cybersecure.

  • Why startups don’t want the workplace to return to normal

    Monday 14th of June 2021

    If you were to encapsulate the state of business in 2020 (and so far, most of 2021) in a word, it should be “friction.” I am not referring to the complications of the overnight change to digital workplaces, the lockdown of retail, or even the bureaucratic nature of vaccine rollouts. I’m talking about the constraints that disappeared for some startups, revealing a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to thrive. The COVID-19 pandemic was, and is, a watershed moment for more startups to compete on a global scale. I believe that even more of them can succeed and grow in the COVID-19 recovery – if we can maintain a hybrid model of both in-person and remote business.

  • Morgan Stanley’s Audrey Choi on Meet the Leader: Think beyond your title

    Friday 11th of June 2021

    Audrey Choi, Morgan Stanley’s Chief Sustainability Officer, had a non-traditional path to working in an investment bank. Her career includes time as a reporter and bureau chief at the Wall Street Journal and she later worked in public policy, first for the Clinton Administration and then for Al Gore. And she was also chief of staff to Janet Yellen when Yellen served as the chair of the White House’s Council of Economic Advisers.

  • The challenge for G7 leaders: vaccinate the world and be bolder on climate

    Friday 11th of June 2021

    At the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic world leaders were united in their calls for a global response to humanity’s biggest crisis in living memory. But that ideal quickly vanished, as international cooperation gave way to multilateral sclerosis and national self-interest.

  • Is this the most important decade in history? Radio Davos talks climate change and the ocean

    Friday 11th of June 2021

    “We have entered what is probably the most important decade in the history of humankind.”

  • As G7 calls time on coal, have you checked your supply chain?

    Friday 11th of June 2021

    “Coal is an energy of the past,” said Barbara Pompili, France’s environment minister after announcing “the absolute end of new direct government support for international coal power generation” at the historic G7 ministerial meeting in May.

  • What is mass balance and how can it help us transition to a circular economy?

    Friday 11th of June 2021

    We are beginning to understand that the sourcing of sustainable materials and traceability go hand in hand. Without traceability, you cannot truly advance sustainability, and in turn, create a more circular economy. Take food as an example. You can walk into any supermarket and buy a product labelled to show it has been produced ethically and sustainably. If you really wanted, you could even call the manufacturer. This is highly beneficial to both producer and consumer, with the producer able to prove their sustainable credentials to those consumers seeking sustainable products.

  • COVID-19 vaccines have been around for half a year, what have we learned so far?

    Friday 11th of June 2021

    One thing we know for sure: they don’t make you magnetic.

  • A healthy ocean is key to a healthy future

    Friday 11th of June 2021

    The United Nations declared the start to the Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development earlier this year. Its aim is to promote science-based ocean and coastal management, making healthy oceans one of the pillars of progress for all of humanity.

  • This bacteria can eat ‘electricity’ and lock away CO2

    Friday 11th of June 2021

    Bacteria found in brackish sediments can “eat” electricity and, in the process, absorb and lock away climate-warming carbon dioxide, research finds.

  • This chart shows just how little people want to return to the workplace

    Friday 11th of June 2021

    As Apple is kicking off its annual Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) on Monday, the company is dealing with a little trouble on the home front. Following the company’s internal announcement of its post-pandemic remote work policy, a group of employees has pushed back against the planned return to offices. In an email published by The Verge, Tim Cook had asked employees to come in to the office Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays starting in September, giving them the option to continue working remotely on Wednesdays and Fridays.

  • Crowdfunding raises over $34 billion a year. Here are four things you may not know about it.

    Friday 11th of June 2021

    Raising money online from a group of donors, known as crowdfunding, is relatively new. The term was coined in 2006 by entrepreneur Michael Sullivan.

  • African apes could lose 90% of their habitat by 2050, according to a new report

    Friday 11th of June 2021

    Humans are at risk of putting their closest animal relatives out of a home.

  • How saying ‘yes’ and ‘no’ could revolutionize your work/life balance

    Friday 11th of June 2021

    I have spent a significant part of my adult life trying to establish “work-life balance,” or, as the dictionary defines it, “… the state of equilibrium where a person equally prioritizes the demands of one’s career and the demands of one’s personal life.” I spent years trying to establish that balance, and no matter how hard I tried, one (usually work) took over the other.

  • COVID-19: What you need to know about the coronavirus pandemic on 11 June

    Friday 11th of June 2021

    Confirmed cases of COVID-19 have passed 174.8 million globally, according to Johns Hopkins University. The number of confirmed deaths stands at more than 3.77 million. More than 2.26 billion vaccination doses have been administered globally, according to Our World in Data.

  • How to grow Africa’s next natural wonder

    Friday 11th of June 2021

    Africa’s Great Green Wall Initiative is a bold movement launched by the African Union to restore degraded lands in the Sahel by 2030. The aim is to re-green an 8000km long area spanning the continent from Senegal to Djibouti. Growing this Natural World Wonder will be key to achieving sustainable development goals.

  • The Circulars Accelerator – Innovation Showcase 2021

    Friday 11th of June 2021

    As the debut year of The Circulars Accelerator draws to a close, join us to celebrate the trailblazers of Cohort ‘21, whose innovations have surfaced with the collaboration of UpLink. This celebratory moment will showcase the inspiring innovators as they reflect on their journey, the scaling up and the impact achieved, and what’s next for circular solutions.

  • World leaders must put women at centre of COVID-19 recovery

    Friday 11th of June 2021

    Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, women and girls around the world confronted a gender gap that left them less able to step into leadership roles, earn a fair wage, or access quality health care or education.

  • How India can become a leader in sustainable aviation fuel

    Thursday 10th of June 2021

    The COVID-19 pandemic has brought global systemic challenges like climate change to the forefront. If not tackled in a timely manner, it will be the cause of greater disruptions than we have witnessed from the pandemic. Nation-states need to build resilience and continue raising awareness towards sustainable living to protect our ecosystems and our economies.

  • This AI technique could use a digital version of Earth to help fight climate change

    Thursday 10th of June 2021

    Last year we embarked on an ambitious project with the Emirates Team New Zealand sailing team to build an AI bot that could sail a digital version of any type of boat design they engineered in digitally simulated, real-world sailing conditions. This would allow engineers to test various boat designs much faster than having to secure time with the team’s human sailors, who could only step away from practice a few hours here and there.

  • These are Barack Obama’s latest reading recommendations

    Thursday 10th of June 2021

    In 2020, Barack Obama published the first volume of his Presidential memoirs, A Promised Land. It’s a book that charms every bit as much as it surprises, revealing the former US president’s humanity, humility and humour.

  • Ocean: What are ‘dead zones’ and why are they getting worse?

    Thursday 10th of June 2021

    When you hear the phrase “dead zone” you likely think of a desolate area that’s barren of any cellular signals — but there are actually parts of the world called “dead zones” that are much more terrifying. Located in bodies of waters, dead zones occur when oxygen levels drop so low, that marine life is unable to survive. And although dead zones have been around for millions of years, a study conducted by UC Santa Cruz researchers shows they’ve gotten increasingly worse.

  • Scientists are using drones to lower the risk of flooding from glacial lakes

    Thursday 10th of June 2021

    Early in the morning on Dec. 13, 1941, the citizens of Huaraz, Peru, heard a terrifying rumble echo across the valley. Within minutes, a torrent of water, ice and rocks had poured over the city, destroying a third of it and killing at least 2,000 people.

  • Cooling effect of clouds ‘underestimated’ by climate models, says new study

    Thursday 10th of June 2021

    Clouds could have a greater cooling effect on the planet than climate models currently suggest, according to new research.

  • COVID-19 recovery: some economies will take longer to rebound – this is bad for everyone

    Thursday 10th of June 2021

    National economies are beginning to return to their pre-pandemic levels. But like the uneven impact of the pandemic itself, the pace of economic recovery is massively divergent across countries.

  • This is what people love the most about working from home

    Thursday 10th of June 2021

    As vaccination rates climb and case numbers drop in many parts of the world, companies are preparing for life after the pandemic. In many cases, that involves bringing workers back to their offices. And while a return to the pre-pandemic working model may have been considered a foregone conclusion at the onset of the pandemic, things have changed over the past 16 months as many workers have developed a taste for a more flexible working model.

  • What teachers can learn from new technology in the classroom

    Thursday 10th of June 2021

    Before the pandemic, there was a widely held notion that technology will revolutionize the field of education. For instance, it was commonly believed technology would alter how teachers’ instruct, but the reality, is (and was) such that not all teachers are equally enthusiastic about using technology as part of their instruction. While some may be more open to incorporate digital solutions, others present higher levels of resistance to technology integration. The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic revealed how poor integration of technology has led to widespread learning loss – the trend that has been exacerbated given the limitations of in-person instruction due to school closures (among other factors).

  • What businesses and Gen Z have to offer each other

    Thursday 10th of June 2021

    This was first published on EY.com.

  • What climate change will mean for the tropics

    Thursday 10th of June 2021

    More record-breaking temperatures will occur in the tropics, where there is a large and rapidly growing population, a new study shows.

  • Scientists have found a way to generate energy from floating particles

    Thursday 10th of June 2021

    MIT engineers have discovered a new way of generating electricity using tiny carbon particles that can create a current simply by interacting with liquid surrounding them.

  • This is how to speed up ocean-climate ambition towards COP26

    Thursday 10th of June 2021

    The ocean is vital to the well-being and prosperity of humankind. Ocean health is inextricably linked to planetary health and is a fundamental precondition to achieving all 17 of the Sustainable Development Goals. The ocean has buffered the worst impacts of climate change by absorbing 93% of the heat trapped by rising greenhouse gas emissions and up to 30% of carbon emissions, at the expense of significantly deteriorated ocean health.

  • Rebuilding after COVID: The challenge is digital

    Thursday 10th of June 2021

    • The challenges of disruptive technologies must be managed.

  • Can a TikTok star or autonomous trucks reverse the global shortage of commercial drivers?

    Thursday 10th of June 2021

    During the pandemic, millions of people around the world got used to working from home. But bus, coach and truck drivers – commercial drivers of all sorts – are one group of workers for whom working from home was never an option.

  • Profit shifting and paying for a recovery: why a global tax plan is being hailed as ‘historic’

    Thursday 10th of June 2021

    In some ways it started in Britain, and now it may have ended in Britain.

  • These 5 beer companies are taking steps to protect the planet

    Thursday 10th of June 2021

    Beer will become increasingly expensive and could be in short supply by the end of the century because of climate change, experts say.

  • Back to the future: The story behind the IEA’s Net-Zero Roadmap

    Thursday 10th of June 2021

    “The last 12 months have seen enormous upheavals in energy markets around the world, yet the challenges of transforming the global energy system remain urgent and daunting.”

  • COVID-19: What you need to know about the coronavirus pandemic on 10 June

    Thursday 10th of June 2021

    Confirmed cases of COVID-19 have passed 174.4 million globally, according to Johns Hopkins University. The number of confirmed deaths stands at more than 3.75 million. More than 2.22 billion vaccination doses have been administered globally, according to Our World in Data.

  • Advancing Stakeholder Capitalism and ESG in Latin America

    Thursday 10th of June 2021

    The COVID-19 outbreak and its economic, industry, geopolitical and societal aftershocks are driving significant shifts for governments, businesses and people. As we face an unprecedented global crisis, Latin American leaders are facing emerging challenges and defining new priorities.

  • How connectivity credits could help bridge the digital divide

    Thursday 10th of June 2021

    The pandemic has demonstrated just how important internet access now is for education and work; people who can’t get online are at significant disadvantage. Currently, 3.7 billion people in the world do not have internet access – almost half the world’s population. The gaps tend to be in the poorest areas, as companies can’t make a business case for investing in communities that have few economic resources. The cost of connecting the poorest communities also tends to be higher, as they lack other fundamental infrastructure, such as electricity or roads.

  • Heart disease is the leading cause of death in women – here’s how we can address it

    Thursday 10th of June 2021

    It’s a common misconception that cardiovascular diseases only affect men or women in high-income countries, or that they result from poor lifestyle choices.

  • The automobile industry needs to steer in this direction for future success

    Thursday 10th of June 2021

    Automotive companies have spent the best part of a century investing billions into their enterprise systems. It’s now time they kept pace with the digital revolution of Industry 4.0. What’s more, this is critical to their survival.

  • The private sector is taking the lead on enabling digital inclusion. Here’s how.

    Thursday 10th of June 2021

    COVID-19 created an unprecedented accelerant for digitization. Leaders who viewed technology as a cost saver before the pandemic are now looking to digital technologies as an enabler for their entire business. A 2020 study by McKinsey showed that companies have accelerated the digitization of products, services and customer interactions by 20 percentage points, exceeding 50% for the first time ever.

  • Supercharging public-private efforts in the race to net-zero and climate resilience

    Wednesday 9th of June 2021

    This is the text of an open letter from the Forum-hosted Alliance of CEO Climate Leaders.

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