Tag: WEF

(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/
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(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/
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(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/
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(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/
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(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/
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(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/
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(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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(Future of Work) What more than 32,000 people think about the future of work (WEF)

Victoria Masterson Almost 40% of workers think their job will be obsolete within five years, according to PwC’s Hopes and fears 2021 report https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2021/04/work-survey-pwc-automation-jobs/
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(Future of Work) The future of face-to-face: how COVID-19 will reshape learning and work (WEF)

So-Young Kang The COVID-19 pandemic has busted the myth that work-from-home and online training is impractical or ineffective https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2021/04/future-remote-working-digital-learning-covid-19/
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(Innovation/Technology/Autonomous Trucks) Autonomous Trucks: An Opportunity to Make Road Freight Safer, Cleaner and More Efficient (WEF)

The logistics sector is currently experiencing a paradigm shift – autonomous trucking. The technology involved has the potential to significantly decrease the cost of...
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(Climate Change) This Latin American tech giant wants to restore nearly 7,500 acres of rainforest (WEF)

Heather Clancy Tech firms in Latin America are helping fund tree restoration https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2021/03/latin-american-brazilian-ecosystem-restoration-mercado-libre/
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(Climate Change) Electric cars powered by tidal energy are driving Scotland toward net-zero emissions (WEF)

Tiffany Duong Cars on the island of Yell, located in the Shetland Islands in Scotland, can now be entirely fuelled by Nova Innovation's tidal turbines https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2021/03/electric-cars-powered-by-tidal-energy-are-driving-scotland-toward-net-zero-emissions/
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(Innovation/Technology) Smart toys: Your child’s best friend or a creepy surveillance tool? (WEF)

Seth Bergeson, Kay Firth-Butterfield The market for smart toys is rapidly expanding and could grow to $18 billion by 2023 https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2021/03/smart-toys-your-child-s-best-friend-or-a-creepy-surveillance-tool/
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(Gender Equality/Circular Economy) Three experts on why eradicating plastic pollution will help achieve gender equality (WEF)

Kristin Hughes Women fight on the frontlines against plastic pollution https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2021/03/three-experts-on-why-eradicating-plastic-pollution-will-help-achieve-gender-equality/
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(Gender Equality) The COVID-19 effect on the global gender gap: Measuring it is the first step towards closing it (WEF)

Natalie Lacey, Darrell Bricker The Global Gender Gap 2021 finds the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic has increased the gender gap by a generation from...
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(Gender Equality) 4 ‘big bets’ to close the post-pandemic gender gap (WEF)

Douglas Broom COVID-19 has caused the gender gap to widen dramatically https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2021/03/covid-gender-gap-inequality/
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