Health and Healthcare Systems
IMF sees higher inflation as supply chains and Omicron slow economic growth
But it paints a downbeat assessment of economic growth, given the ongoing pandemic and higher rates of inflation.
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Sustainable Development
6 holiday gift ideas that help fight climate change
These six alternatives to traditional holiday gifts are all the work of UpLink entrepreneurs, whose ideas support and accelerate progress toward the United Nations’ Sustainable Developmen...
Equity, Diversity and Inclusion
裕福な国の子どもたちが開発途上国の子どもたちに比べ、将来を楽観視しない理由とは
親世代よりも豊かな生活を送れると思いますか。 これは社会の経済的発展を測る指標の一つとして、以前から存在してきた問いです。世界中の若者は、自国の子どもたちは親世代よりも全体的に良い暮らしができるようになると考えていますが、豊かな国と貧しい国を比較するとその考えには、顕著な違いが見られます。
Equity, Diversity and Inclusion
Children in wealthy countries are less optimistic about their future than those in developing nations - here’s why
Economic pessimism among the youth is more likely in high-income countries, compared with middle- and low-income ones, the Changing Childhood Project showed.
Health and Healthcare Systems
COVID-19 has hurt our brain health. Here's how you can help protect it
COVID-19 is impacting brain health. Isolation and changing behavioral patterns during lockdown put brain health at risk. But eating better, exercise and puzzles can stem the decline.
Jobs and the Future of Work
Are online meetings and hybrid working making office cultures more equal?
With women and minority groups saying they often feel shut out in meetings, the shift to hybrid working offers a chance to change that, but not without risks to inclusion and advancement.
Health and Healthcare Systems
Doctors, scientists or politicians: who are you most likely to trust after the pandemic?
Trust – how to foster and maintain it – is a key theme for policymakers in the wake of the pandemic. This survey shows how it has evolved over recent years.
Equity, Diversity and Inclusion
This is how much house prices are outpacing rents across Europe
Since 2010, rents went up by 16% in the European Union, while house prices rose by 34%. This has made ownership unaffordable for many people across the bloc.
Industries in Depth
Where can you find the world’s most sustainable coffee? In a lab in Finland, of course...
The coffee industry is facing a number of challenges including biodiversity loss, deforestation, and labour exploitation – is growing coffee from cells the answer?
Wellbeing and Mental Health
新型コロナウイルスワクチンの追加接種の有効性と、3回目接種の必要性
新型コロナウイルスワクチンの追加接種は必要なのでしょうか。そして、その安全性と有効性についての根拠は何なのでしょうか。新型コロナウイルスワクチンの3回目の接種の検討している国もあり、世界各地でこの重要な疑問が投げかけられています。
Wellbeing and Mental Health
How effective are COVID-19 booster shots - and who needs a third dose?
COVID-19 booster shots have been introduced in many countries. Vaccines are performing well in terms of preventing serious disease from COVID-19 but no evidence that a booster shot is nee...
Trade and Investment
This is how COVID-19 and Brexit are reshaping Europe’s trading landscape
China overtook the US as the EU's largest trade partner in terms of goods in the second quarter of 2021, with the share of imports from Switzerland increasing.
Climate Action
私たちの家が、充電式セメントバッテリーになる未来
近い未来、実現する可能性がある充電式セメントバッテリー。実用化されれば、自宅の壁を巨大なバッテリーとして活用することができるようになり、エネルギー貯蔵の方法が大きく変化します。スウェーデンのチャルマース工科大学の研究者たちは、セメントバッテリーを開発しました。現時点で、これはリチウムイオンバッテリーの数100分の1のエネルギー密度であるにもかかわらず、これまでに開発された...
Climate Action
What makes a good net zero target?
Measuring and evaluating government net zero targets is essential to achieving the real impact of climate actions by hundreds of countries across the globe
Climate Action
Your house could become a rechargeable cement battery. Here’s how
Technology in development could enable multi-storey buildings to be made from concrete batteries, helping the drive toward low-emission economies.