On April 22, the world will be marking Earth Day, a global day of environmental activism to bring about policy changes, mobilize funding and transform human behaviour to fight the climate...
Today, more than 6 out of 10 women in Latin America and the Caribbean go to college, while less than half of men do. Look at the same statistics for 1970, and only 5% of women made it bey...
This article was first published on 19 February 2020 and was updated on 29 March 2023.
¿Por qué la gente ignora los consejos científicos y adopta estilos de vida poco saludables? Según el informe Perspectivas Estratégicas de la Salud y la Asistencia Sanitaria en el Mundo de...
Why do people ignore scientific advice and make unhealthy lifestyle choices? The World Economic Forum’s Global Health and Healthcare Strategic Outlook finds that although the health impac...
How much of your weekly shop ends up in the bin?
The quest for greater energy efficiency has united people around the globe over the past year, driven by the concurrent challenges of the energy and climate crises. It has brought togethe...
“We call energy efficiency ‘the first fuel’.”
In 1949, the one-time crocodile hunter and economist Bill Phillips built a machine that simulated the dynamics of the British economy. His two-metre tall contraption used pipes, valves, t...
What does the future hold for globalization?
A new study from University College London has linked fine particulate emissions to premature deaths across some of the world’s fastest-growing cities. Air quality in Asia is particularly...
Used cooking oil is probably not the first thing that springs to mind when you think about your next holiday flight. But that could soon change. Airbus has just completed its first test f...
Fighting climate change and standing up for social issues: these are the two top expectations consumers have of businesses as they pivot towards brands whose values align with their own.
Has the pandemic changed our priorities when it comes to the kinds of jobs we want to do? According to the job site Indeed, the answer is yes.
Offshore wind farms have been called many things - a marine habitat is not necessarily one of them. But that’s exactly what’s happening off the coast of Virginia in the United States.
