Beijing air improvements provide model for other cities
More than 20 years after Beijing began looking for ways to improve air
quality in one of the largest and fastest growing cities in the...
Consumers Pump the Brakes on Autonomous Vehicle Adoption
As autonomous vehicle (AV)
technology gets ever closer to scalable, real-world application, consumer trust
in the safety of AVs appears to be stalling, according to the...
Education remains an impossible dream for many refugees and migrants
The older refugee and migrant children get, the less
likely it is that they will get a quality education: less than a quarter of the
world’s...
OECD: Progress on gender equality is too slow
Governments around the world are paying more attention to gender
equality but progress is too slow and uneven, and much remains to be done to
increase...
Rebecca Enonchong: A Heavyweight in African Tech
Named in 2017 as one of the 100 Most Influential Africans
in SCIENCE, TECH & INNOVATION by
the New African Magazine and Jeune Afrique’s 50 Most...
Work-related gender gaps persist but solutions are clear
A future of work in which women will no longer lag behind men is within reach, but it will
take a quantum leap, not just...
Overtourism? New UNWTO Report Offers Case Studies to Tackle Challenges
The World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) released today the report ‘Overtourism’? Understanding and Managing Urban Tourism Growth Beyond Perceptions: Case Studies’, choosing ITB Berlin as...
Making it circular: The role of industries in circular cities
The United Nations Industrial Development
Organization, together with the Permanent Missions of Austria, Ecuador,
Slovenia, the Ellen MacArthur Foundation and UNDESA, has organized an event,
“Making it...
International Women’s Day 2019: More equality, but change is too slow
On the occasion of this year's
International Women's Day, the Commission has published its 2019 report on
equality between women and men in the EU. The...
Artificial Intelligence and Disinformation: Examining challenges and solutions
An array of
experts has contributed deep insight into how artificial intelligence is
impacting on the way information is being produced, disseminated and consumed,
thus reshaping the...