16 must-read stories for the weekend

Young people are less worried by climate change than their elders. Education and jobs are what keeps them up at night.

Singapore ended water shortages. Joined-up government and smart recycling helped. There are lessons for the world’s thirsty nations.

17 Sustainable Development Goals will replace the eight Millennium Development Goals. Managing the planet is getting more complex.

CEOs need to be collaborative visionaries if they are to meet emerging business challenges, argues one Young Global Leader.

World population will rise from 7 to 11 billion by 2100. Half of the growth will come from just nine countries.

Robots, startups and bitcoins. Which Middle Eastern economy are they transforming fastest? The answer will surprise you.

Indonesia’s new trade minister is a Young Global Leader. Tom Lembong belongs to the 2008 class of the Forum community. (Jakarta Post)

Bangladesh’s clothing industry is expanding. But that’s not necessarily good news for Bangladeshi workers. Quotes Forum research. (Quartz)

Improving sanitation for young girls in India. One project that will take a young Indian to Geneva this week for the Forum’s Global Shapers Community annual meeting. (Times of India)

Women’s Equality by the Numbers: Still a Long Way to Go. Cites the Forum’s Global Gender Gap Report. (Newsweek)

Singapore at 50. “While it ranks number two globally in terms of competitiveness, according to the World Economic Forum, it ranks only 11th for innovation and business sophistication.” (FT)

Is China’s growth miracle over? In market turmoil, the case for cautious optimism. And, more optimistic yet, the long view.

Mandarin is hard to master. Machines, like humans, stumble over its tonality and characters. Deep learning technology to the rescue.

Art galleries may keep you as fit as exercise. Will athletics be displaced by aesthetics?

Sucking CO2 from the air won’t solve climate change. Even if we could do the geoengineering, simulations suggest the oceans would take centuries to heal.

The world’s oldest intelligent life? 230 million years ago something super-smart appeared in the oceans. You might have eaten it.

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Author: Adrian Monck is Managing Director and head of Public Engagement at the World Economic Forum.

Image: A man walks on the glass floor area constructed as a view point on 37th floor of the China Central Television (CCTV) Tower next to a construction site in Beijing’s central business district, June 11, 2015. REUTERS/Jason Lee