While the world has never been more interdependent, it seems harder than ever to solve the most pressing global problems. Robert Muggah and Ian Goldin explain how to navigate our era's in...
Increasing adoption of cryptocurrencies will bring markets, institutions and infrastructure together in a multi-polar, complex and interconnected world, writes Axel Lehmann of UBS.
Transport contributes nearly a quarter of all energy-related greenhouse gas emissions, and 18% of all manmade emissions in the global economy.
Quito in Ecuador is tackling the childhood obesity crisis, one school dinner at a time
China, Russia and the West need to manage change together to tackle common challenges.
The fine line between what science could do and what it should do is thinner than ever. Here's what Hollywood can teach us.
Lisa Witter, founder of new ideas-sharing platform Apolitical, explains why technology can only provide half the solution for government initiatives of the future.
Presidents Xi and Trump should focus less on skirmishes to seek reciprocal concessions, but rather offer political support for a durable resolution of their differences.
When it comes to synthetic media that uses AI to recreate a voice or a face with life-like and threatening subtlety, we need to adopt a pragmatic approach.
Global GDP has trebled since 1980, yet labour income share has declined. A new social contract based on full employment and decent work would rebuild trust and restore genuine democracies.
Food production is destroying ecosystems across the globe – all the more galling considering one-third of food never gets eaten. From changing our diets to upgrading farming techniques, w...
Patients around the world have been sharing data on thousands of chronic diseases, leading to health advances that improve research and treatment of their conditions.
Renewable energy costs are at an all-time low giving competition to fossil fuels in many parts of the world. Read to know what's driving this change.
As businesses and governments adjust to the new realities of the Fourth Industrial Revolution, the idea that the ultimate value of business success is the extent to which it enriches shar...
Following the trends of the 1800's, self-employment is reinventing the world of work and its effect on our happiness.
