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(Iran/USA) Iran says ‘no step-by-step plan’ for lifting US sanctions (Al Jazeera)

Maziar Motamedi The step-by-step approach previously proposed by Iran is now off the table as it says it will only accept a full removal of...

(USA/Climate Change) Here’s how human efforts to reduce Mississippi floods have helped climate change (WEF)

Barri Bronston-Tulane A new study suggests human efforts to prevent the Mississippi River from flooding have resulted in less organic carbon lost to the atmosphere https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2021/04/mississippi-river-carbon-benefits-climate-change/

(India/Climate Change) How energy demand for cooling in India’s cities is changing (WEF)

Dr Radhika Khosla Climate change is heating the planet as the economies and populations of the hottest regions are growing https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2021/04/guest-post-how-energy-demand-for-cooling-in-india-s-cities-is-changing/

(Climate Change) Economists support ‘immediate and drastic action’ against climate change (WEF)

Andrea Januta Failing to tackle climate change could cost the world $1.7 trillion a year by 2050, according to 738 economists https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2021/04/economists-global-action-climate-change-natural-disasters/

(Climate Change) Arctic storms: How scientists are improving forecasts of dangerous polar lows (WEF)

Marta Moreno Ibáñez Polar lows are short-lived, but intense and hard to forecast storms, that can cause considerable damage with gale-force winds and heavy snowfall https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2021/04/arctic-storms-scientists-improving-forecasts-polar-lows/

(Circular Economy) 17 innovations accelerating the transition to a circular economy (WEF)

Emanuela Orsini The Circulars Accelerator Cohort 2021 is supporting innovators to scale their ideas for a more circular economy. https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2021/04/17-innovations-accelerating-the-transition-to-a-circular-economy/

(Africa) Mobile creches are transforming the lives of women and children in Africa (WEF)

Douglas Broom Lack of childcare is one of the biggest obstacles to women’s participation in employment https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2021/04/mobile-childcare-lets-women-work-burkina-faso/

(Innovation/Technology/Future of Work) Workers need a new social contract and technology has a key role to play (WEF)

Sharan Burrow Social inequalities have worsened during the COVID-19 pandemic as millions have lost their livelihoods https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2021/04/workers-need-new-social-contract-and-technology-key-role-to-play/

(Innovation/Technology/Urban Mobility) Flying cars and driverless buses – the future of urban mobility has landed (WEF)

Douglas Broom Electric flying cars could offer a more sustainable way of getting around cities https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2021/04/low-emission-flying-cars-future-of-cities/

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