The Fourth Industrial Revolution represents a fundamental change in the way we live, work and relate to one another. It is a new chapter in human development, enabled by extraordinary technology advances commensurate with those of the first, second and third industrial revolutions. These advances are merging the physical, digital and biological worlds in ways that create both huge promise and potential peril. The speed, breadth and depth of this revolution is forcing us to rethink how countries develop, how organisations create value and even what it means to be human. The Fourth Industrial Revolution is about more than just technology-driven change; it is an opportunity to help everyone, including leaders, policy-makers and people from all income groups and nations, to harness converging technologies in order to create an inclusive, human-centred future. The real opportunity is to look beyond technology, and find ways to give the greatest number of people the ability to positively impact their families, organisations and communities.
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Klaus Schwab's vision of a post-COVID world, and how the economy can work with nature - The Great Reset podcast
World Economic Forum Founder Klaus Schwab's book on the Great Reset; and a report that shows how working with nature can deliver millions of jobs.
Education and Skills
World Youth Skills Day: What you need to know for 2020
World Youth Skills Day highlights the opportunities and challenges facing young people’s employment. The pandemic has left 1 in 6 young people out of work, while technology including AI a...
Health and Healthcare Systems
African innovators tackle coronavirus with drones and phones
From an agricultural drone company turning to public sanitation services, to foot-pump handwashing stations, this is how Africa is tackling coronavirus.
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Here's how drones are transforming congested cities
With traffic pollution stretching city transport infrastructure to the limit, drone technology could alleviate traffic, supply chain and disaster response complications.
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Supporting our essential workers in an age of automation
Automation is putting low-wage workers in the US, including essential workers, at risk. Here are ways to support them, writes MIT economist Daron Acemoglu.
Education and Skills
These 3 key factors can help reshape higher-ed after COVID-19
Educators can consider the new mindsets needed to build a resilient but engaging system that outlasts the pandemic - and helps update the concept of a classic college education.
Health and Healthcare Systems
The world’s supercomputers joined forces against COVID-19 – why such collaborations are critical for tackling future emergencies
During the pandemic, the world’s most powerful computers were available for free to researchers trying to fight COVID-19. Here's how such collaborations could help tackle future crises.
Climate Action
Is this the moment we put heavy industry on a path to net zero? This week's Great Reset podcast
Heavy industry and transport emit one-third of CO2 emissions. As the world struggles out of the COVID crisis, can we get them on a path to net-zero?
Emerging Technologies
The ultimate tech age - a book extract
Read an extract from Jim Hagemann Snabe and Lars Thinggaard's new book, Tech For Life: Putting Trust Back in Technology.
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We're about to see the Golden Age of drone delivery – here's why
Drones have helped fight COVID-19, creating more resilient supply chains and socially distanced delivery. Now, policy is catching up to the technology.
Economic Growth
COVID-19: What are the biggest risks to society in the next 18 months?
It's important to look at the biggest risks to society following COVID-19. These include the economic, societal and geopolitical problems that could emerge.
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