Offshore Wind: From the Margins to the Centre-Ground
Offshore wind energy stands on the cusp of rapid and widespread growth. Breakthroughs in fixed bottom and floating foundations, and the development of giant...
St. Petersburg International Economic Forum 2018: Building a Trust Economy
SPIEF 2018 was held under the slogan “Building a Trust Economy,” and this year reached new heights, both in terms of scale and results....
Canada leading the way on women’s inclusion and empowerment
Canada has made significant progress on gender equality in the last few years, developing institutions, policies, tools and accountability structures that position it as...
Can State-of-the-Art Machine Learning Tools Give New Life to Household Survey Data?
In 2014 the UN called for a data revolution to put the best available tools and methods to work in service of achieving the...
Maharashtra goes electric: beating pollution through e-mobility programme
The Indian state of Maharashtra is embracing electric mobility as the next step in sustainable transport, through leasing out electric vehicles and installing chargers...
Philippines’ Poverty Rate Declines: More Well-Paying Jobs and Opportunities Needed
With solid economic fundamentals, the Philippines is well-placed to speed up poverty reduction. The challenge is to provide more economic opportunities, which would help...
Industry 4.0 for smart sustainable cities in Latin America
Innovative policies and regulatory frameworks are key to harnessing the potential of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and the Internet of Things (IoT) to revolutionize urban...
Unemployment in the Occupied Palestinian Territory world’s highest
The unemployment rate in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT) has risen to the world’s highest level, at 27.4 per cent in 2017, says an...
Finding Opportunity In The Energy Transformation: The Perspective From The EU
As European Commissioner for Climate Action and Energy, Miguel Arias Cañete is tasked with accelerating the deployment of renewable energy in the region, both...
It’s not about the technology: Faster, better internet needs different financing models
To connect the as yet unconnected around the world to the internet is only a first step towards ensuring that all societies participate in...