Sustainable Development
What are green bonds and why is this market growing so fast?
This article was first published in October 2021 and updated in November 2023.
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Economic Growth
La desigualdad económica se ha agudizado durante la pandemia. Eso no significa que no se pueda corregir
El mundo se enfrenta a un aumento de la desigualdad económica acelerado por el COVID-19 y exacerbado por el impacto de la guerra en Ucrania. Los gobiernos deben iniciar cambios urgentes p...
Equity, Diversity and Inclusion
Economic inequality has deepened during the pandemic. That doesn’t mean it can’t be fixed
The world is facing a surge in economic inequality accelerated by COVID-19 and exacerbated by the impact of the war in Ukraine. Governments need to initiate urgent change to tackle extrem...
Climate Action
4 experts on sustainable mass timber and the green future of building
The biggest new idea in sustainable building is also one of the oldest construction materials around: timber. But this isn’t ordinary wood. Cross-laminated timber, as it’s known, is argua...
Health and Healthcare Systems
注射器ナショナリズムとは ― 新型コロナワクチンの普及をどのように妨げているのか
開発途上国向けの新型コロナワクチンの供給は増加していますが、2022年半ばまでに世界のすべての国で人口の70％以上にワクチンを接種するという国際的な取り組みは、その接種に必要な数十億本の注射器を確保することができなければ、実現しない可能性があります。
Jobs and the Future of Work
Explainer: What’s driving ‘the Great Resignation’?
Economists are calling it the Great Resignation. People are leaving their jobs in droves, and there’s no indication that this mass exodus will slow any time soon.
Health and Healthcare Systems
What is syringe nationalism - and how is it slowing the global COVID-19 vaccine roll-out?
The supply of COVID-19 vaccines for developing countries is ramping up. But international efforts to vaccinate at least 70% of the population in every country across the globe by mid-2022...
Climate Action
This scientist and author will make you care about melting glaciers
Scientist Jemma Wadham met her first glacier when she was 20. During a career spent studying glaciers and ice sheets from Norway to Antarctica and the Swiss Alps to the Himalayas, she has...
Supply Chains and Transportation
How logjams at LA’s ports highlighted the global supply chain crisis - and pointed to ways to fix it
Flexport founder Ryan Petersen rented a boat in October 2021 and took a close look at the logjam choking the two busiest container ports in the US – Los Angeles and Long Beach. After a th...
Climate Action
Explainer: How catastrophe bonds help manage the risk of climate change
Wildfires, hail storms and a deep winter freeze helped push insured losses from natural disasters to $40 billion in the first half of 2021, the highest level in a decade. With extreme wea...
Climate Action
Consumers have become less vigilant about climate change during the pandemic
Successfully tackling climate change will require all of us to make changes to our behaviour as consumers. But a new survey by Ipsos on behalf of the World Economic Forum shows a decline ...
Climate Action
Why building greener is crucial to meeting Paris climate targets
“Green-building” is more than just a good idea. Reducing carbon output from buildings and construction is essential if we’re going to meet the Paris Agreement goal of limiting global warm...
Civil Society
These innovative projects are tackling homelessness around the world
Homelessness was on the rise even before COVID-19 struck. In Europe, the number of people sleeping rough or living in temporary accommodation soared by 70% in a decade, according to a rec...
Health and Healthcare Systems
These are the jobs currently driving the economic recovery across Europe
The European hospitality and entertainment industries are leading the return to work, as countries across the region continue their recovery from the COVID-19 economic slump.