Fourth Industrial Revolution 5 challenges for government adoption of AIweforum.org - Julian Torres Santeli From transportation solutions to video-streaming applications, artificial intelligence (AI) permeates almost every aspect of our lives. This includes …
Entrepreneurship Indonesia is buzzing with entrepreneurial spirit. And others in ASEAN aren’t far behindweforum.org - Johnny Wood What do you want to be when you grow up? It’s a question we’ve all been asked at some point. If you live in Indonesia, the answer could well be “an …
World Economic Forum In memory of Suleiman Bakhit: 'A hero in his own right'weforum.org - Alsharif Nasser Nasser Jamil Al-Oun Last week, the Young Global Leaders (YGLs) of the World Economic Forum lost a prized member of its community; Jordanian YGL Suleiman Bakhit. Suleiman …
World Economic Forum This farmer is saving the jungle by growing food in itweforum.org - Joe Myers “My dream is to create a sustainable farm, this is my work.” Alexander Retana is a farmer with a different kind of farm. His – where he grows around …
Vegetarian Carbon-zero flying, meatless profit, AI startups in Africa, and other top stories of the weekweforum.org - Adrian Monck Concerned about flying’s carbon footprint? Meet Alice, the future of flight. ⇒ Explore: Aerospace Innovate more, use less. Acting to avoid a looming …
World Economic Forum The Japanese have a word to help them be less wasteful – 'mottainai'weforum.org - Kate Whiting The Japanese have a word for the sense of regret they feel when something valuable is wasted: 'mottainai' (もったいない). It can be translated as “don’t …
Social Justice Why society is paying the price of inequalityweforum.org - Mike Brewer When high levels of inequality are pointed out, a common response is that the “politics of envy” are being deployed. I heard the phrase myself when I …
World Economic Forum It sounds mad, but extending parental leave to non-parents could be highly beneficialweforum.org - Lila MacLellan In the US and most of the world, deep-pocketed employers try to lure the best and brightest employees with a patchwork of paid time off benefits, …
World Economic Forum Ancient plankton fat can predict climate change - here's howweforum.org - University of Arizona The Mauna Loa Observatory in Hawaii recently recorded the highest concentration of carbon dioxide levels in human history. The last time CO2 levels …
Sleep Are you sleeping enough? This infographic shows how you compare to the rest of the worldweforum.org - Ashley Viens Sleep quality, patterns, and duration may vary among countries, but one thing’s clear─people still aren’t getting enough sleep. While some people can …
World Economic Forum This is the secret behind long-term academic success and growthweforum.org - Paul Ratner What one factor is responsible for getting good grades? Of course, there's hard work, and having an engaging and qualified teacher. A well-designed …
Fourth Industrial Revolution Your iPhone could be used to detect dementiaweforum.org - Reuters Staff Drugmaker Eli Lilly has said early results from a study suggest that Apple Inc devices, including the iPhone, in combination with digital apps could …
Portugal Portugal wants its emigrants back – so it’s paying them to returnweforum.org - David Elliott Portugal boasts pristine beaches, thousands of hours of annual sunshine and cuisine that includes little custard tarts that are enjoyed far beyond …
World Economic Forum Sustainable development funding is broken. Here's how to fix itweforum.org - Charlotte Petri Gornitzka The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) represent an urgent call for action to end poverty and …
World Economic Forum Sustainable investment is on the rise - here's how to connect the dotsweforum.org - Katherine Brown Sustainable investing reportedly topped $30 trillion at the start of 2018. This is not only a large sum, but also a 34% increase in two years – and …
World Economic Forum The UN has a 17-point plan to save the world. So how's it doing?weforum.org - Kate Whiting In 2015, the United Nations wrote a to-do list to address the world’s biggest problems – designed to tackle everything from poverty to the oceans – …
Fourth Industrial Revolution The world needs carbon-neutral flying. Here’s how to bring it one step closerweforum.org - Lauren Uppink In the year when the Swedish word “flygskam” (flight-shaming) hit the news in Europe, public concern about carbon emissions from aviation is …
World Economic Forum This lethal fungus is threatening to wipe out the world’s bananasweforum.org - Douglas Broom A deadly fungus almost killed off one of the world’s most popular varieties of banana in the middle of the last century. Now, a new strain is again …
World Economic Forum How 5G can connect the affordable homes of the futureweforum.org - Fanyu Lin “2019 will be a critical year in the evolution of 5G as global roll-out pilots will shape the landscape and specifications will start to be …
World Economic Forum This is what archaeology can teach us about eating sustainablyweforum.org - Kelly Reed What we eat can harm not only our health, but the planet itself. About a quarter of all the greenhouse gas emissions that humans generate each year …
Reindeer Reindeer are struggling to survive because of climate changeweforum.org - Ilona Kater Reindeer are incredibly hardy creatures – they survived the last Ice Age and today live in some of the world’s most inhospitable landscapes. Despite …
World Economic Forum Indian scientists have found an ingenious way to cut smogweforum.org - Thin Lei Win Every year, a choking smog descends on northwest India as the region's farmers burn their fields following the rice harvest - a phenomenon that has …
World Economic Forum Africa is set to get its first vertical forestweforum.org - Rosamond Hutt The Egyptian desert is set to host the African continent's first vertical forest. Italian architect and urban planner Stefano Boeri has unveiled …
World Economic Forum The three-stage blueprint for “crafting” a flexible careerweforum.org - Cassie Werber In theory, flexibility is firmly on the agenda for companies that want employees to thrive. Work that can bend can help people avoid burnout and …
World Economic Forum This Danish bank is offering mortgages with a negative interest rateweforum.org - Will Martin A bank in Denmark is offering borrowers mortgages at a negative interest rate, effectively paying its customers to borrow money for a house …
Robotics Most people would rather lose their job to a robot than a humanweforum.org - Paul Ratner By most accounts, the robots are coming for human jobs. Predictions vary when exactly that reality will be upon us, but it seems clear that within …
World Economic Forum July was the hottest month ever – what does that actually mean?weforum.org - Emma Charlton If it seems like record-breaking temperatures are becoming an everyday occurrence it’s because, right now, they practically are. So far this year, …
Fourth Industrial Revolution Voice tech and the question of trustweforum.org - Robb Henzi Voice technology is becoming more ubiquitous, integrating into tools and services by major corporations, startups, governments, and public sector …
Fourth Industrial Revolution Shared AVs could save the world. Private AVs could ruin it.weforum.org - Raphael Gindrat Believe it or not, the automobile was once hailed as an “environmental savior.” In 1900, cities were “drowning” in horse waste. Every day, New York …
ASAT India's strategy in space is changing. Here's whyweforum.org - Dr. Rajeswari Pillai Rajagopalan Half a century after humans first walked on the Moon, space is still as much about scientific discovery as it is about strategic competition. As was …
