Over €280 million in EU funding for environment, nature and climate action projects
The European Commission has approved an investment package of more than €280 million from the EU budget for over 120 new LIFE programme projects....
The East African Rift: Realising the Region’s Geothermal Potential
The East African Rift System (EARS) is one of the largest rifts in the world. Characterised by a spreading crust, the tectonically active region...
Africa’s governance performance declines for the first time in a decade
The 2020 Ibrahim Index of African Governance (IIAG) launched by the Mo Ibrahim Foundation, highlights a decline in African governance performance for the first...
The Art of Productivity In The Asian Culture
Whatever your occupation, you can transform it into an art, when you love it enough. There can also be art in productivity because when...
Next Generation Tech Creates Watershed Moment for Cybersecurity Industry
COVID-19 has led to an acceleration of cyber-attacks targeting those working from home, hospital systems and financial institutions. However, the next wave of cybersecurity...
Industrial policy and the road to recovery
The COVID-19 pandemic is posing enormous challenges to economic development, yet it may also unveil new opportunities to ‘build back better’. Renewed industrial policies...
New Asian trade bloc could play key role in driving investment
A new trade bloc covering a huge swathe of the Asia-Pacific region will play an important role in developing poorer economies and in post-pandemic...
A deep dive into Zero Hunger: The seaweed revolution
If just two per cent of the Ocean were to be sustainably farmed, the world could easily be fed, according to experts. In the...
Roadmap to ‘Virtual Driver’s licence’ for AV Can Accelerate Development
The World Economic Forum today released guidance for policymakers to create performance-based regulations for autonomous vehicles (AVs). A sort of ‘virtual driver’s license,’ the...
Commission holds first meeting of EU COVID-19 national scientific advice platform
President Ursula von der Leyen welcomed Member States' COVID-19 scientific advisors to the first meeting of the EU scientific advice platform on COVID-19. The...