Nature and Biodiversity
32 years ago the world pledged to fix the ozone layer. And it worked
32 years ago, every country in the world signed the Montreal Protocol – and the treaty is still working.
Alex Gray
Alex Gray is a Senior Writer at Formative Content. Recoded to Forum Agenda on 29/05/24.
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第六次大规模生物灭绝正在到来
恐龙的消失可能是世界上最着名的大规模生物灭绝案例，但这绝不是唯一的一个。 过去5亿年来，地球上至少发生了另外四次大规模生物灭绝。 大规模生物灭绝是指在相当短的时间内大量物种的消失。在过去，大规模生物灭绝是由地质运动或气候变动造成的，例如令恐龙灭绝的小行星撞击。 但据科学家的说法，我们正在经历另一次大规模生物灭绝。而这一次，人类本身才是灭绝的主因。生物灭绝 在《国家...
Nature and Biodiversity
Una sexta extinción en masa está en marcha - y es nuestra culpa
Según los científicos, estamos ante una nueva extinción masiva. Pero esta vez, los culpables somos nosotros.
Education and Skills
These are the 10 best countries for skills and education
The World Economic Forum's Human Capital Report rates countries on how they maximize the population’s education and skills.
Geographies in Depth
This Chinese tech giant is now worth more than Facebook
It knocked Facebook out of the global top five companies by market capitalization.
Nature and Biodiversity
Scotland wants to phase out petrol and diesel cars by 2032
Scotland has set a target of ending sales of new petrol and diesel cars by 2032 - eight years ahead of the rest of the UK.
Geographies in Depth
Cuatro mapas que cambiarán su forma de ver la migración en Europa
¿Sabía que el pueblo polaco representa el porcentaje más alto de la población de Noruega nacida en el extranjero? ¿O que la mayor proporción de inmigrantes a la República de Irlanda provi...
Nature and Biodiversity
A sixth mass extinction is underway - and it's our fault
The rapid die-off of species is a sign that the sixth mass extinction is already underway, says a new study.
全球软实力排名发布：法国位居第一
法国是当今世界最强大的国家，至少在某类特殊的实力上是这样的。总统埃马纽埃尔·马克龙推动了法国在软实力排行榜上占据前列，他带领他的中立派政府依次超过了英国、美国、德国和加拿大，使法国在年度国家软实力排名中位居第一。
Education and Skills
哪些国家父母为孩子教育投入最多？
在子女受教育上，香港父母花费最多。从小学到大学，父母给孩子的平均花费逾13万美元。
Health and Healthcare Systems
感觉压力山大？别怕，压力也有积极面
维也纳大学的科学家日前进行的一项实验发现，压力能让我们更友善，但也能削弱我们的判断力。
Education and Skills
Parents in these places spend the most on their children’s education
A new study by HSBC looks at how much parents around the world spend on their children’s education.
Wellbeing and Mental Health
There’s a bright side to stress
New research finds that stress can make us kinder to other people. But it also skews our judgement.
France becomes the world No 1 for soft power
The country topples the United States from the top spot in this year’s Soft Power 30 index, largely due to the election of Emmanuel Macron,
Health and Healthcare Systems
20 million bacteria-infected mosquitoes have just been released in California. On purpose
Unleashing a swarm of sterile male mosquitoes upon the population is a good thing. Really.