Science
Why the world needs to embrace open science
The UN Secretary-General’s annual Sustainable Development Goals’ progress report states that by early 2020 the world was not on track to meet its 2030 targets. Alongside the devastating c...
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Decarbonizing Energy
The energy transition needs metals. But it needs social awareness too
The energy landscape and the transition to a low-carbon future is moving at an extraordinary pace. Different groups and regions will be impacted in varying ways. There will be winners and...
Quatrième révolution industrielle
How decentralized systems can help rebuild local communities
The 1946 Christmas film, It’s a Wonderful Life, celebrated the role of community banks, cooperatives, and credit unions in helping communities invest in their residents and build better l...
Geopolitics
3 external risks to democracy and how to address them
The deliberative nature of democracy seems to have finally overcome the hubristic triumphalism of the 1990s. Amidst the treacherous times we live in, Western democracies are showing incre...
Investisseurs privés
How green funds help protect investors from climate change risks
Getting to carbon neutrality is immensely expensive. In the EU alone, reaching zero emissions by 2050 is estimated to cost $300 billion per year for the foreseeable future. Taxpayers will...
Électricité
COP26, getting to net-zero: How clean electricity can be crowdsourced by digitalizing the grid
In just two weeks, the UN Climate Change Conference COP26 begins, hailed as “the world’s best, last chance to get runaway climate change under control”.
COVID-19
New study shows 10 ways to better deal with trauma and stress
Fear is one of the central emotional responses during the pandemic. Every day brings a new level of stress: concerns about getting sick, the stigma of testing positive, financial difficul...
Chaîne d'approvisionnement et transport
To reach net zero, the shipping sector needs political support
Maritime shipping carries around 80% of the goods that the global economy moves around the world. Shipping is the lowest carbon form of transport per tonne of goods moved, but it still ac...
ASEAN
5 insights to guide ASEAN’s digital generation in a post-pandemic world
In just one year, spurred by a global pandemic, the world has undergone a dramatic change, marked by widespread and systematic changes to how we live and work. However, as countries aroun...
Jobs+Skills
Lessons from Singapore on promoting diversity and inclusion at work
Sitting at a focal point between east and west, Singapore has a nuanced and multi-layered cultural landscape that exemplify the importance of context for behavioural interventions to prom...
L'avenir du progrès économique
How we can support the evolving global integrity agenda
Business leaders from across the world will convene for the B20 Summit in Rome this week to hand over recommendations to the Italian G20 Presidency. At the same time, we are witnessing a ...
Information Technology
Why we must consider the intergenerational impacts of AI
Although our future remains unwritten, each day we shape its foundation through our collective efforts, just as our past has paved the way to our present moment. Current debates on artifi...
Cities and Urbanization
This is the urban redesign that will define success for the future city
We’ve all seen the headlines that warned of the mass urban exodus as office workers flocked to suburbia in search of more space for a home office and lower prices. PwC’s announcement this...
SDG 04: Quality Education
Schools must lead the way in education reform. Here's how
We may be living through the Fourth Industrial Revolution, yet our schools and education systems still resemble those from the First. Given how so many parts of our everyday lives have ch...
Investisseurs privés
Sustainability metrics: why it's time investors look in the mirror
This piece is from a blog series written by members of the Global Future Council on Investing exploring factors shaping the investment portfolio of 2040.