FlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoInternet of Things Aligning the IoT Ecosystem | World Economic Forumweforum.org - www.weforum.org Guiding Question: How can we maximize the opportunities created by the Internet of Things while minimizing and mitigating negative externalities? …
Cape Town Cape Town almost ran out of water. Here's how it averted the crisisweforum.org - Charlotte Edmond Cape Town’s water crisis got so bad last year that there were competitions to see who could wash their shirts the least. Restaurants and businesses …
World Economic Forum · 2dCoral Reefs After 13 years of research, scientists know how to save the world's coral reefsweforum.org When Joleah Lamb strapped on a scuba tank and plunged into the ocean over a decade ago, it was the first of many expeditions to examine the effects …
World Economic Forum · 2dFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoDeforestation The Amazon is reaching a dangerous tipping point. We need to scale solutions now if we have any chance of saving itweforum.org - Paulo Barreto News coverage the catastrophic impacts of global warming are everywhere. From the Arctic to Brazil, the house is clearly on fire. One study recently …
BBC News · 2dGig Economy This 85-year-old Texan can’t wait to pick you upBBC News - Maria Rosa BadiaAfter 58 years in the insurance industry, John Marston retired at 82. He did some fishing, and spent time with his family in his home city of Dallas in the US state of Texas. After so many years working
World Economic Forum · 2dSatellites France's new space-defence strategy explainedweforum.org This article is part of the World Economic Forum's Geostrategy platform At the beginning of 2019 France revealed that it was working on hypersonic …
World Economic Forum · 2dGlobal Perspectives How data can empower patients to personalize and improve their cancer treatmentweforum.org - Brad Power Cancer treatment is not one-size-fits-all. Thanks to medical advancements, people receiving a cancer diagnosis might have many potential treatment …
World Economic Forum · 2dWorld News Poor air quality leads to depression and bipolar disorder, study findsweforum.org - Sonia Elks Air pollution chokes lungs and shortens lives but is also linked to a higher risk of mental illnesses, said researchers on Tuesday in a study based …
World Economic Forum · 2dWorld News Paris is opening the world's largest urban rooftop farmweforum.org - Charlotte Edmond Europe’s most densely populated city is growing. But we’re not talking about people here: it’s growing fruit and vegetables. At the edge of the French …
World Economic Forum · 2dGiraffes This endangered species has been handed a major lifelineweforum.org - Stephanie Nebehay Countries voted overwhelmingly on Thursday to regulate international trade in giraffes, an endangered species, and in their skins and other parts, …
World Economic Forum · 2dWorld News Fraudulent fish, refugee myths, the racial wealth gap and other top stories of the weekweforum.org - Adrian Monck That fish is not what you think it is. Seafood fraud is rampant. ⇒ Explore: Agriculture, Food and Beverage Facing a labour shortage, this country is …
World Economic Forum · 2dWorld News Got the blues? Head for some green spacesweforum.org - Sean Fleming Feeling down? Something as simple as a visit to your nearest park could perk you up with long-lasting positive effects on your mood, according to new …
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FlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoConsumer Protection The Global Governance of Online Consumer Protection and E-commerce | World Economic Forumweforum.org - www.weforum.org International hurdles to e-commerce post challenges for consumers. One important limiting factor is the perception that cross-border online …
FlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoWorld Economy Marc Holtzman | World Economic Forumweforum.org - www.weforum.org BA in Economics, Lehigh University. Three decades of political and public service in the US. Former: Chairman, Meridian Capital HK; Vice-Chairman, …
Global Perspectives The 'lungs of the planet' are on fireweforum.org - Aylin Woodward As thousands of fiery infernos rage across the Amazon rainforest, tropical vegetation, trees, and the fauna they house are being razed. Since August …
World Economic Forum · 3dWorld News What the Polish village with no baby boys for a decade tells us about statisticsweforum.org - Craig Anderson The tiny Polish village of Miejsce Odrzanskie has become the unlikely source of international media attention over the past fortnight as a result of …
Schools This US city put an algorithm in charge of its school bus routes and saved $5 millionweforum.org - Sean Fleming Every day across the US, fleets of iconic yellow school buses carry more than 25 million children to and from school, covering around 6 billion …
World Economic Forum · 3dWorld News This chart shows just how abnormally hot it's been in 2019weforum.org - Katharina Buchholz July 2019 was the warmest month ever recorded on Earth. According to NASA data, the average temperature over the past month was 2.34°C above the …
World Economic Forumadded this to Global Challenges · 3dMicroplastics Microplastics in drinking water are a low risk to health, according to the WHOweforum.org - Stephanie Nebehay Microplastics contained in drinking water pose a “low” risk to human health at current levels, but more research is needed to reassure consumers, the …
Mmusi Maimane Maimane is a ‘broken record’ – Ramaphosacitizen.co.za - Daniel Friedman President Cyril Ramaphosa answered questions in parliament on Thursday, where he told Democratic Alliance (DA) leader Mmusi Maimane that he sounded …
Plastic According to the World Economic Forum the plastics in our oceans will outweigh fish by 2050masslive.com - Douglas Hook The U.S. is the one of the world’s largest generators of plastic with each person generating 340 grams of plastic each day. This measures the overall …
World Economic Forum · 3dWater This is how cities around the world can avoid a water crisisweforum.org - Brett Walton In Chennai and Harare today, millions of Indians and Zimbabweans find themselves short of water. History, unfortunately, is repeating. São Paulo, in …
World Economic Forum · 3dWorld News A new study shows just how beneficial remote working can beweforum.org - Kristen Senz Companies that let their workers decide where and when to do their jobs—whether in another city or in the middle of the night—increase employee …
World Economic Forum · 3dWorld News From the court of Henry VIII to the impact of the internet: Barack Obama's summer reading listweforum.org - Johnny Wood Former US President Barack Obama, an avid reader and writer, has shared a list of his summer reads. It’s an eclectic mix of novels, non-fiction and …
World News A 'total and epic failure': Why Normandy's solar road hasn't been successfulweforum.org - Ruqayyah Moynihan Solar roads were promised to be one of the biggest unprecedented revolutions of our time, not just in the field of renewable energy but in the energy …
World Economic Forum · 4dWorld News Arctic regions are burning – and it should set alarm bells ringingweforum.org - Nancy Fresco The planet’s far North is burning. This summer, over 600 wildfires have consumed more than 2.4 million acres of forest across Alaska. Fires are also …
Fourth Industrial Revolution We must treat cybersecurity as a public good. Here's whyweforum.org - Mariarosaria Taddeo Soon your fridge will be able to buy your food on Amazon, having noticed what you liked on Facebook and Instagram. Cybersecurity is crucial for this …
Reutersadded this to Business · 4dBrian Moynihan BofA CEO Moynihan plays down fears of U.S. recession: CNBCReuters - by Bharath Manjesh in Bengaluru(Reuters) - Bank of America Corp (BAC.N) Chief Executive Officer Brian Moynihan on Wednesday played down fears of a potential U.S. recession, saying strong consumer spending could keep the economy growing.
World Economic Forum · 4dWorld News New York's rooftop farms provide fresh local produce - and help stop a sewage problemweforum.org - Douglas Broom High above the streets of New York, more than 36 tonnes of organic vegetables are grown every year. And the farms that produce them aren’t just …
