In 2010, several private-sector companies made bold commitments to remove deforestation from major commodity supply chains by 2020. Since then, many others have joined this effort through...
Here’s something we’re rarely told growing up: our world rewards wealth, not hard work or talent.
In a fractured world, children are often the first to fall through the cracks.
A term widely used in 2017 was ‘the left behind’, implying that a growing number of people had fallen out of the ‘working-class’ and left insecure and impoverished, while the majority had...
A trolley barrels down a track at high speed. Suddenly, the driver sees five people crossing the track up ahead. There’s not enough time to brake. If the driver does nothing, all five wil...
I can’t give you a precise date, but some time in the past two years the world crossed a threshold and incremental action on climate change was off the menu. To keep temperatures below 2°...
The study of adolescent brain development has come a long way. It is now better integrated with a broader understanding of psychological, social and emotional development and new and unex...
Even if you don’t follow the news closely, you have probably heard of Carrie Gracie, a senior journalist at the BBC who resigned because of what she regards as a “secretive and illegal” p...
Digitisation and automation are causing an intense transformation of our societies and economies. The progressive integration of new technologies in our economy amounts to a paradigm shif...
The history of humankind is often told as the epic rise and fall of great empires, clashes of civilizations and epoch-defining conflicts. But another narrative is possible: a narrative in...
For those of us fortunate enough to come together at Davos this year, the Fourth Industrial Revolution promises gains in scientific knowledge, human health, economic growth and more. But ...
Copenhagen – A sunny day is the best time to check whether the roof is watertight. For economic policymakers, the proverbial sunny day has arrived: with experts forecasting strong growth,...
It’s a very exciting time to be an entrepreneur in India. Just a few months ago, after Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the Global Entrepreneurship Summit, a $2 billion national fund...
To address climate change, the 2015 Paris Agreement aims to limit the rise in global temperature to below 2 degrees Celsius. A recent study, however, found that our planet might well exce...
Around the world, brave women have broken their silence on the sexual harassment and abuse suffered at the hands of those with power. Their courage is paving the way for others to speak o...
