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Disruptive technology applications and the Future of Food
While food security is a global issue, its impacts are all too often hidden. Aiming to address global demand for food, we have created...
Five Key Takeaways from COP24 for Energy
Authors: Caroline Lee and Andrew Prag*
In the late evening of December 15 2018, the gavel came down on the 24th Conference of Parties (COP)...
With Innovative Business Models, We Can Make Internet for All a Reality
The World Bank launched today a new report that shows how new technologies and business models can help developing countries expand high-speed internet access....
A New Circular Vision for Electronics
Authors: Guy Ryder and Houlin Zhao*
Humankind’s insatiable demand and consumption of electronic devices is creating the world’s fastest growing waste stream. Some forms are...
Can Cyber Deterrence be Pursued?
South Asian security structure is marred with hostility between two major powers of the region. Owning to this hostility both states are involved in...
Environment and health at increasing risk from growing weight of ‘e-waste’
Around 50 million tonnes of electronic waste, or e-waste, is being thrown away each year, according to a new joint United Nations report –...
World Needs ‘Coalition of the Willing’ to Meet Cyberthreats
Cybersecurity experts at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting have called for a “coalition of the willing” to embrace the Paris Call of 12...
Advanced Persistent Threats: The Mysterious New Ground for Cyber Danger
As the world continues on a path of increased connectivity, control over the cyber domain has become a matter of state security. The sustained...
CEO confidence in growth dips dramatically
What a difference a year makes. Nearly 30% of business leaders believe that global economic growth will decline in the next 12 months, approximately...
Who Pays for the Reskilling Revolution?
The cost of reskilling the 1.4 million US workers likely to lose their jobs as a result of the Fourth Industrial Revolution and other...