Health and Healthcare Systems
You can live up to 10 years longer by doing these 5 things
A 20-year study has identified some key things people can do to improve their chances.
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Nature and Biodiversity
Here's how eating sea urchins could help save the oceans' dying kelp forests
As sea urchin populations boom they are killing kelp forests and damaging vital marine ecosystems.
Energy Transition
A new tidal energy project just hit a major milestone in Scotland
MeyGen, the world’s largest tidal array, is seen as a flagship project for the renewable energy industry and has the potential to power 175,000 homes – but solar and wind power still domi...
Forum Institutional
Voici les principaux risques auxquels le monde sera confronté en 2020
Pour la première fois, le Rapport sur les risques mondiaux est dominé par l'environnement.
Climate Action
Global risks report 2020: These are the top risks facing the world
Environmental issues, likely to increase over the next decade, dominate the Forum’s latest global risks report, worrying the world’s decision-makers.
Jobs and the Future of Work
Global migration, by the numbers: who migrates, where they go and why
The World Migration Report 2020 sheds light on who migrates, where, and why.
Health and Healthcare Systems
Want to have a healthy brain? Make sure you're washing it every day
Scientists are showing how deep sleep wards off illness, opening new research avenues for dementia treatments.
Climate Action
As Malaysia’s last Sumatran rhino dies, there are more species facing extinction due to habitat destruction
More than a quarter of all species worldwide face extinction, primarily due to habitat destruction, poaching and climate change.
Arts and Culture
A 1939 Marvel comic book just sold for $1.26 million – and it’s not even the most expensive comic out there
Here are five things to know about the economics of the steadily growing superhero industry.
Resilience, Peace and Security
Deaths from far-right terrorism have more than tripled in the West
Although globally terrorism-related deaths have fallen, incidents of far-right terrorism have increased in Western nations – with 77 people killed in the first nine months of 2019.
Climate Action
These indigenous women in Africa are paying the price of climate change
Lake Chad has shrunk to a tenth its size, with climate change one of the factors. This has a huge impact on the lives of people dependent on it for food and water. A local explains.
Climate Action
Toronto wants to power its trash trucks with food waste
Wasted food is a huge emitter of greenhouse gases: Toronto’s green energy scheme is trying to close the loop.
Cybersecurity
Hackers can use public USB chargers to steal personal data. Here’s what you need to know about ‘juice jacking’
Hackers are capitalizing on the convenience of public USB charging points to introduce malware to mobile phones.
Sustainable Development
South Korea plans to build the first hydrogen society by 2022
South Korea has planned to convert its traditional society into a hydrogen society. They are investing in hydrogen technologies to boost this initiative.
Nature and Biodiversity
5 facts about the world's biggest oil firm, Saudi Aramco
State-owned Saudi Aramco, the world's largest exporter of crude oil, is about to stage the world's biggest-ever IPO.