Tag: Global Topics

2020 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices  Addenda on Reproductive Rights (US Department of State)

When the Department of State released the 2020 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices earlier this year, I announced our intention to restore the...

‘A continuation of colonialism’: indigenous activists say their voices are missing at Cop26 (Nina Lakhani, The Guardian)

As world leaders inside the Cop26 conference centre in Glasgow boasted about pledges to slash greenhouse gas emissions and end deforestation, indigenous delegates gathered across the...

The world will burn through its ‘carbon budget’ in 11 years without big emissions cuts, scientists say (Sarah Kaplan, The Washington Post)

Global greenhouse gas emissions have almost completely rebounded after slumping during the coronavirus pandemic, leaving the world with just 11 years of burning carbon at the...

Body cam alle forze dell’ordine, no al riconoscimento facciale: dove si ferma il diritto alla sicurezza (Diego Dimalta, Agenda Digitale)

Le body cam, come strumento in dotazione alle forze dell’ordine, sono ormai una realtà anche in Italia. Lo ha ribadito anche il Garante Privacy con un provvedimento...

Le criptovalute come leva di attività illecite: servono nuove leggi (Filippo Graziano, Agenda Digitale)

Il rapido e inesorabile diffondersi delle valute virtuali richiede una altrettanto adeguata risposta da parte delle Istituzioni pubbliche e private soprattutto orientata a evitare che i...

Transizione energetica, la via per le rinnovabili passa dall’innovazione (Mirella Castigli, Agenda Digitale)

La transizione energetica è inevitabile e serve per evitare i disastri causati dai cambiamenti climatici, ma l’Italia è in ritardo nell’adozione delle strategie per affrontare il...

Trasferimento dati, serve una nuova Bretton Woods? Quale approccio dopo Schrems II (Ivana Bartoletti, Agenda Digitale)

Ogni giorno miliardi di persone e imprese, connesse da ogni parte del mondo, affidano ad aziende pubbliche e private i dati necessari per le...

Why Are Supply Chains Blocked? (Michael Spence, Project-Syndicate)

Supply-chain disruptions are severely hampering the global economic recovery. It is a strange situation in many ways. The types of products and services affected...

Is Multilateralism a Fig Leaf? (Ngaire Woods, Project-Syndicate)

International organizations are currently plagued by allegations of powerful states wielding undue influence over outcomes. These include recent revelations about Australia, Japan, Saudi Arabia, and other...

‘End of coal in sight’ as COP26 deals take aim at dirtiest fuel (Al Jazeera)

The British government says the “end of coal is in sight” after Poland, Vietnam and Chile and other countries pledged for the first time...

Tackling air pollution can accelerate climate action – here’s how (Roderick Weller, Shannon Engstrom, WEF)

Air pollution is harmful to human health, the economy and the planet. Addressing air pollution can provide immediate and tangible benefits for people...

Why we need a new approach to ‘environmental art’ for the 21st century (Carlo Ratti, WEF)

Environmental artists re-envision humans' relations with nature and highlight how damaged environments can be remedied. The environmental artist Christo's posthumous work in Paris...

The 10 Green Building Principles aiming to get real estate to net-zero (Christian Ulbrich, WEF)

Real estate has a key role to play in the race to net zero. Only a minority of real-estate organizations have a sustainability...

7 entrepreneurs share their solutions for climate action (Saemoon Yoon, WEF)

As world leaders meet in COP26, we asked tech pioneers their solutions for climate action. Their ideas leverage technology to address issues in...

COP26: Everything to know about the climate change summit on 3 November (Joe Myers, WEF)

This round-up brings you everything you need to know about the COP26 climate summit, climate change and greenhouse gas emissions targets. Top stories:...

Urban leaders, influencers, chart new path for world cities (UN News)

Mayors of Mexico City, Bogotá, New Orleans, Freetown, Gaziantep and Barcelona joined other urban leaders, designers, activists and thinkers from around the world on Wednesday, to chart a new path for cities. Urban leaders, influencers,...