Industries in Depth

The best students, climate dominoes and other top stories of the week

Also in this week's round-up: carbon removal tech, the cost of corruption and escaping hopelessness. Image: Unsplash

Adrian Monck

The best students in the world, ranked by country.
⇒ Explore: Education and Skills

Climate dominoes. 9 global tipping points—and how they interconnect.
⇒ Explore: Climate Change

Sucking carbon out of the air. Negative emission technologies need 3 conditions to succeed.

The cost of corruption: 7 shocking statistics.

Davos is carbon neutral. How we calculate, reduce and offset emissions.

Escaping hopelessness: a refugee explains what refugees really need.

How to stop blockchain from being a gift for hackers.

How is your organization spending on blockchain? Image: Statista

After climate despair. Why energy abundance may be our best hope.

Government-backed digital money. China prepares for real-world pilots.

If these households like your product, it’s likely to fail.

The worst lesson you learned in school: getting good grades.

A way to reverse dementia? New drugs quell brain inflammation.

What kind of capitalism do we want? Coverage of the new Davos manifesto continues. (Mail & Guardian, Financial Times, Star, BBC News, Lexology, Corriere della Sera)

Is blockchain the new ethical gold rush? Discussion of Forum metals & mining blockchain initiative. (New York Times)

The businesses leading on climate action. Op-ed by a Forum lead. (Forbes)

The future of the Asian tiger economies. References Global Competitiveness Index. (Economist)

BMW joins climate coalition. Coverage of Forum-backed initiative. (Automotive Logistics)

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