AI for scientific discovery is one of the top 10 emerging technologies of 2024. Here, 3 technologists talk about what they think it could achieve.
David Elliott
July 5, 2024
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Navigating climate risks: 3 strategies for building resilient financial institutions
Financial institutions can mitigate climate risks and seize opportunities with effective management strategies in a changing regulatory landscape.
Namita Vikas
July 5, 2024
Industrial policies are having a moment. Here are 4 examples to explain how they work
In a period defined by economic shocks and geopolitical tensions, countries are taking targeted measures to protect their economies.
Spencer Feingold and Simon Torkington
July 5, 2024
Why green steel should play a vital role in Ukraine's post-war recovery
Reconstructing Ukraine will require vast amounts of steel. Investing in its green steel transition could create nearly double the economic growth than coal-based production
Vlad Mykhnenko and Alli Devlin
July 5, 2024
What is quantum navigation – and could it replace GPS?
Quantum navigation may be ‘unjammable’ but we're not giving up our reliance on satellite data any time soon. Here’s what you need to know.
Madeleine North
July 5, 2024
How nations can build sovereign AI and homegrown talent for economic competitiveness
Sovereign AI is the ability for a country to build AI with homegrown talent at different levels, based on its domestic policy or national AI strategy.
Joseph Wehbe
July 4, 2024
Redefining corporate valuation: How integrating AI and data can drive growth and sustainability
Traditional metrics fall short in today's business. Integrating data and AI into valuations drives growth, ESG and sustainability, informing corporate value.
Jeff Schumacher
July 4, 2024
How misperceptions of risk could undermine global risk resilience
The Global Risk Report analyses the perception of global risks. But these must align with the data if we are to ensure a robust approach to risk management.
John Scott and Debora Iannuzzi Zubler
July 4, 2024
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Michael Purton
July 4, 2024
Doctors on dengue alert, and other top health stories to read
Experts monitoring dengue rise; UNICEF warns on malnutrition and healthcare access in Central African Republic; Scientists concerned about bird flu surveillance gaps.
Shyam Bishen
July 4, 2024
These are the world’s 10 most efficient ports – but which ones are the greenest?
Asian countries dominate the top 20 list of best-performing green ports for 2023. But the shipping industry faces challenges as it works to decarbonize.
Madeleine North
July 4, 2024
Wave goodbye to command culture. Here’s how today’s leaders can influence and make change
The traditional top-down corporate leadership model is becoming a relic. With millennials and Gen Z taking over the workforce, a new servant leadership approach is needed to empower and develop people.
James Fell
July 3, 2024
How to harness technology and talent in manufacturing: Lessons from the Global Lighthouse Network
How workforce enablement has emerged as a core element to achieving an improved value proposition for the enterprises and the people they employ.
Fernando Perez and Federico Torti
July 3, 2024
What stablecoins can learn from history's currency pegs
Volatility in the stablecoin market has raised concerns about stability, but policy-makers can look to history to learn how to build a stable ecosystem.
Marion Laboure
July 3, 2024