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The dry Amazon, protecting privacy in China and other top stories of the week

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The Amazon is drying out. Alarming data from NASA and a source of hope.
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MBAs and the 4IR. The best places to study.
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The weaknesses cybercriminals target and how to fight back.

#BECareful – and be aware of the different types of Business Email Compromise (BEC). Image: INTERPOL

The 4IR in the Balkans: how to accelerate the economic momentum.

New rules to protect the public: privacy rights in China.

Temperature is just the start. Time for better climate change indicators.

Profit and purpose. Business can achieve both with fourth wave technology.

How Europe’s megacities stole a continent’s wealth.

Why scientists underestimated climate change for so long.

Against economics. Is the field designed to solve problems that no longer exist?

From almond M&Ms to stakeholder-driven capitalism.

More silver or more people? What caused the Renaissance Great Inflation.

Defining the global conversation. A new TV series, in partnership with the Forum. (CNN Money Switzerland)

Time for a 4-day workweek? Cites discussions at Davos. (New York Times)

Climate change is the next ISIS. Interview with the first Iraqi women on the Forum board. (Egyptian Streets)

Prince Charles talks climate change in India. References Forum’s Sustainable Business Council. (Washington Post)

The end of globalization? Notes Forum’s role fostering global collaboration. (The National)

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