Equity, Diversity and Inclusion
Only 5 women have ever been nominated for an Oscar for Best Director
In 90 years of the Academy Awards, just a handful of female filmmakers have been nominated for the top directing prize.
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Emerging Technologies
These 10 inventions unveiled at CES 2020 could change your life
Every year, the Consumer Technology Association’s Las Vegas event gives us a glimpse of our gadget future. Here are 10 that caught our eye this year.
Energy Transition
This is Germany's $45 billion, 18-year plan to move away from coal fired power stations
As climate change heats up the planet more countries are looking to phase out coal fired power stations and adopt renewables instead.
Economic Growth
Q and A: This is how stakeholder capitalism can help heal the planet
Business models and policies that respect the Earth and everyone on it will be the best response to the social and environmental challenges we face.
Health and Healthcare Systems
This 'hidden killer' is responsible for one in five deaths, and you might never have heard of it
Sepsis, a life-threatening reaction to an infection, can be treated if caught early, but a new study shows it poses more threat than previously thought.
Climate Action
This chart shows the history of temperatures in Australia
A series of weather maps shows how the country has warmed over the past century.
Geographies in Depth
5 global efforts to tackle Australian bushfires
As the bushfires rage in Australia, people from around the world are doing their part to try to reduce the damage caused.
Equity, Diversity and Inclusion
What is a gender parity accelerator, and how does it work?
With a growing number of national task forces, this Forum initiative is working with public and private partners to help close the gender gap faster. The programme’s Elselot Hasselaar tel...
Nature and Biodiversity
The ocean is teeming with microplastic – a million times more than we thought, suggests new research
A new study finds there could be a million times more tiny plastic pieces in the ocean than we thought, and they might be infiltrating the food chain.
Climate Action
The cost of the climate crisis? 20 million homeless every year
Internal displacements due to climate-related extreme weather events are soaring, with those in poorer countries more at risk.
Urban Transformation
世界上最具创新力的城市
创新城市指数衡量了500个城市，为初创企业寻找最佳目的地纽约是世界上最适合创新力蓬勃发展的城市东京排名第二，伦敦排名第三十大创新城市中有5个在美国 在世界各地，有创业精神的初创企业和商业巨头正忙着构想可能改变世界的新想法。但哪些城市为创新的蓬勃发展提供了最佳框架和条件呢?
Nature and Biodiversity
Plastic waste from Western countries is poisoning Indonesia
Waste from Australia, Europe and North America is causing health problems and contaminating local food chains in Southeast Asia.
Trade and Investment
Is Black Friday a dark day for the planet? This growing movement thinks so
Grabbing what seems like a good deal may contain hidden costs for you and the planet.
Nature and Biodiversity
There's been an apocalypse going on right under our noses - but we can still save their world
Over the past 50 years, an “unnoticed apocalypse” may have killed off half the planet’s insects. Here's what you can do to help save the rest.
Wellbeing and Mental Health
Why it’s good to turn your colleagues into friends
What do we think of the people we work with? A new survey sheds light on friendships in the workplace.