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Cybersecurity – New ransomware highlights widespread adoption of Golang language by cyberattackers (Charlie Osborne, ZD Net)

A new ransomware strain that utilizes Golang highlights the programming language's increasing adoption by threat actors. New ransomware highlights widespread adoption of Golang language by...

Israel/UAE – The Opening of the Israeli Embassy in the United Arab Emirates (US Department of State)

The United States welcomes the historic opening of the Israeli Embassy in Abu Dhabi and the visit of Alternate Prime Minister and Foreign Minister,...

Post Pandemic/Transportation Activity/Oil Demand – Will COVID Drive an Early Peak in Transportation Activity and Oil Demand? (Columbia SIPA)

MARIANNE KAH - Adjunct Senior Research Scholar and Advisory Board member AMY MYERS JAFFE - Co-chair, Women in Energy Steering Committee and Fellow at the Council on...

Philippines – Meet the team trying to clear up one of the world’s most polluted rivers (Peter Blaza, Adrian Portugal, Reuters, WEF)

Manila's notorious Pasig River is one of the world's most polluted rivers. Filipinos come together everyday raking out rubbish, trying to clear the...

Climate Change – Climate change has driven 16% drop in ‘snow meltwater’ from Asia’s high mountains (Ayesha Tandon, Carbon Brief, WEF)

Climate change is reducing the supply of water from melting snow to many of the largest rivers in Asia. This is negatively affecting...

Climate Change – This is how climate change could impact the global economy (Natalie Marchant, WEF)

Climate change could wipe off up to 18% of GDP off the worldwide economy by 2050 if global temperatures rise by 3.2°C, the...

Indonesia – 12 innovators improving the lives – and livelihoods – of Indonesia’s informal sector workers (Gulipairi Maimaiti, WEF)

Indonesia's waste management issue has reached an alarming scale and therefore calls for immediate action. The country requires collaboration from all sides, to...

Eurasia – A digital platform for Eurasia could help overcome region’s distance and fragmentation (Yaroslav Lissovolik, WEF)

The current challenge is to bring out the best from different parts of Eurasia to create a human-centred digital platform that is globally...

Europe – What Europe’s SMEs need to do for a cyber-secure future (Alba Perez Grandi, Anna Sarri, Viktor Paggio, WEF)

Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) constitute 99% of businesses in the EU and face diverse cybersecurity challenges including low management awareness and commitment; ...

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