COVID-19 has shown that access to sustainable infrastructure is far from equitable. Investing in sustainable and resilient infrastructure is critical to rebuilding.
The COVID-19 pandemic has fallen hardest not just on cities but on poorer, overcrowded neighborhoods. But, inclusivity can foster healthier populations.
A new digital tool is helping health workers manage their mental health. Could it pave the way for a wider transformation in the way services are delivered?
Deforestation is rising across the Amazon – and 90% of it is illegal. A huge collective effort is needed to prevent the region reaching a tipping point.
Corruption has surged in Latin America alongside the pandemic. Here's how data analytics has emerged as a key weapon in the fight against this problem.
Coastlines around the world are vulnerable to rising sea levels. Could huge dams, blocking off areas as large as the North and Baltic Seas, be the answer?
A starting point would be to improve public-private sharing of financial information to fight financial crime across-borders.
Care homes around the world have become ground zero for COVID-19. Here's how to address this crisis – and how to deliver much-needed sectoral reform, too.
The electrification of road transport could place new stresses and strains on our power networks. We have modelled various scenarios; here are the results.
Urban transport infrastructure built with non-motorised mobility in mind could transform Africa's cities for the better. Here's how that could work.
A Swiss perspective on the digital transformation helping financial services to create new value under extraordinary circumstances.
How maps have shaped our understanding and response to the COVID-19 pandemic and the mapping technology we need to prepare for future pandemics and crises
The World Bank outlines five practical steps for city leaders to reshape economic densities and make cities inclusive and environmentally sustainable.
The COVID-19 pandemic is challenging long-standing models of how and where consumer industries employees work. Business leaders must prepare for change.
Demand for air-conditioning is rising, but meeting the concomitant rise in electricity requirements sustainably will be a challenge. Here's how to do it.
