For leading business executives committed to climate action, there was a silver lining in the dark cloud of 2020. Greenhouse gas emissions dropped for the first time since the Second Worl...
Chinese President Xi Jinping’s commitment to speed up emissions cuts in one of the world’s top-polluting nations and reach carbon neutrality by 2060 took the world by surprise. Hong Kong,...
As we reflect back on 2020, words like cooperation and collaboration may not immediately spring to mind. Not only were we physically separated from each other – but many divisions seemed ...
Do you believe that 2021 is the year of re-imagining? I do, whether it’s the result of a strategic business decision, a recovery plan to rebound from the COVID-19 pandemic, or the reactio...
Small businesses in the world’s least developed countries (LDCs) are facing enormous challenges. Many have been left cash-strapped due to plummeting revenues during national and global CO...
The speed and scale of the response to COVID-19 by governments, businesses and individuals seems to provide hope that we can react to the climate change crisis in a similarly decisive man...
In January 2020 as the world began to learn of COVID-19, many market observers predicted a challenging year for Asia. While there continue to be headwinds from the health and economic cri...
A disruptor and a fresh start, though unexpected: the coronavirus pandemic has brought immeasurable grief and hardship, but it has also created unprecedented momentum for deep and structu...
In January 2020, climate change took centre stage at Davos as one of the biggest global challenges facing business and governments alike. And indeed, climate disasters resulted in more th...
The global spread of COVID-19 has undermined the future prospects of human society.
The COVID-19 crisis, with its myriad economic, political, and social effects, continues to present leaders with a diverse set of challenges. The new year ushered in reinforced lockdowns i...
The transformative and disruptive technologies of the Fourth Industrial Revolution are reimagining the possibilities for the built environment. Advances in data proliferation, connectivit...
If 2020 turned out to be a true, global "annus horribilis" – what will it take to make 2021 a joyful turning point and maybe even become the "annus mirabilis" we hope for? The first deplo...
