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SDIM24: On the occasion of the United Nations General Assembly, the World Economic Forum hosted the Sustainable Development Impact Meetings 2024..

SDIM24 highlights: Connectivity and bridging gaps - plus some surprising stats

From report launches to sessions, here are the highlights of the World Economic Forum's Sustainable Development Impact Meetings (SDIM24), held from 23-27 September in New York.

Linda Lacina and Pooja Chhabria

September 27, 2024

Linguistic diversity gap in AI was part of the discussions at the 'AI for Global Good' session at the Sustainable Development Impact Meetings.

Emerging Technologies

The ‘missed opportunity’ with AI's linguistic diversity gap

In a world increasingly driven by artificial intelligence, a critical gap is emerging: the inability of AI systems to serve the rich linguistic diversity of our population.

Pooja Chhabria and Chris Hamill-Stewart

September 27, 2024

Many global fintech hubs are following the regulatory airport model.

Financial and Monetary Systems

Fintech has outgrown sandboxes. Now it needs airports

The regulatory sandbox concept is falling out of favour in fintech. Regulatory airports can now help enable more real-world commercial opportunities.

Dante Disparte

September 27, 2024

Two trains travelling down parallel tracks in Hakone, Kanagawa, Japan: Local railways connect communities in Japan and help residents carry out their lives.

Sustainable Development

Preserving local railways can foster sustainability in Japan. These case studies show how

Preserving local railways in Japan boosts sustainability and community connectivity. Revitalization through tourism shows their potential impact.

Naoko Tochibayashi and Mizuho Ota

September 27, 2024

City interchange at night, overpass and viaducts in Shanghai: Developing a lifecycle approach to low-carbon infrastructure is imperative to meeting climate goals.

Forum Institutional

Building the future: Reducing carbon footprints across the entire infrastructure lifecycle

How low-carbon infrastructure can reduce emissions from key materials like cement, steel and aluminium, driving sustainable development worldwide.

Vincent Martinez

September 27, 2024

NASA astronaut Reid Wiseman and European Space Agency astronaut Alexander Gerst (not shown) works outside the space station's Quest airlock in the first of three spacewalks for the Expedition 41 crew aboard the International Space Station.

Emerging Technologies

Space technology has a profound effect on our daily lives, says this expert. Here's how

Space technology can aid weather forecasting, climate monitoring, navigation and telecommunications. No wonder the sector will grow to $1.8 trillion by 2035.

Emma Charlton

September 27, 2024

Social Network concept; sustainability skills, training, gap, green skills, value chain

Forum Institutional

How to bridge the sustainability skills gap across global value chains

The growing need for sustainability skills spans the entire value chain – from the sourcing of raw materials to the final product reaching the consumer.

Virpi Stucki and Kiva Allgood

September 27, 2024

Climate Action

$2.6tn spent annually on subsidies that harm the environment, and other nature and climate stories you need to read this week

Top nature and climate headlines: $2.6tn a year spent globally on nature-damaging subsidies; Global warming impacts weather forecasts; 'Butterfly emergency' declared.

Tom Crowfoot

September 26, 2024

Businessman hand with coins and sprout in network connection. Plant growing on pile of coins money. Money growth concept. Nature-positive investment

Forum Institutional

Connecting nature, climate and the economy to create global sustainability solutions

Prioritizing nature and climate can be compatible with economic growth and value creation if organizations use coordinated nature-positive strategies.

Nicole Schwab and Pedro Gomez

September 26, 2024

The cement and concrete sector is fundamental to global growth — but its emissions must be reduced.

Energy Transition

Cement and concrete: Building a cluster-based innovation ecosystem

Cement and concrete are essential to modern life and growth — and a cluster-based innovation ecosystem can help this critical sector decarbonize by 2050.

Ben Skinner and Andreea Visan

September 26, 2024

Boy with mother and doctor, vaccination, healthcare, wellbeing, community; health inequities

Health and Healthcare Systems

How to close global healthcare gaps using place-based change and collaborative action

To tackle health inequities, initiatives must be community owned and rigorously analytical, using purposeful collaboration and sustainable operating models.

Judith Moore and David Rabinowitz

September 26, 2024

Happy Indian little girls sitting on a sand dune and using digital tablet in desert village, Thar Desert, Rajasthan, India. Digital gender divide.

Fourth Industrial Revolution

How closing South Asia’s digital gender divide could unleash billions

Opinion

Policymakers, companies and educational institutions in South Asia must address the digital gender divide to meet the UN Sustainable Development Goals.

Kelly Ommundsen

September 26, 2024

Electric Vehicle is changing in street: Cities are implementing EV charging strategies to aid climate goals.

Urban Transformation

This is how cities can unleash the electric vehicle transition

Cities worldwide are rolling out EV charging strategies; the Forum’s Global New Mobility Coalition provides guidance to harness private sector support.

Adrienne Gibbs and Jamie Wylie

September 26, 2024

An image of a small plot of crops illustrating the need for seed innovation

Food and Water

Hunger-ending seed technology is on the horizon – but will it reach the farmers who need it most?

Breakthroughs in seed technology are almost here, but the challenge is to ensure that these seed innovations reach the world’s 500 million smallholder farmers.

Michael Keller

September 26, 2024

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