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What will 2023 hold for the environment and development? The end of 2022 certainly left us in an interesting — and concerning — place. The world’s three-year-old pandemic proved it was far from over, sickening millions and affecting economies. Global inflation hit...

Nature is free, yet its value can never be overstated. It gifts us with many benefits from the essentials for biological survival to the basis for economic prosperity. According to the report Nature Risk Rising published by the World Economic Forum, $44 trillion of...

How can the world forge the cooperation needed to manage climate change? Most answers to that question hinge on the challenge of enforcement. It is easy to dream up bold agreements but hard to make them stick. Here we take a different approach, made possible by new...

A more disciplined approach to deals is expected in financial services M&A in 2023, with ESG, portfolio optimisation and digitalisation remaining strategic priorities. driver of transformation in the financial services (FS) sector as incumbents look for strategic...

The International Day of Women and Girls in Science, celebrated on 11 February, is implemented by UNESCO and UN-Women, in collaboration institutions and civil society partners that aim to promote women and girls in science. This Day is an opportunity to promote full...

The global north is currently extracting $2 trillion annually from the global south, a number which far outstrips the annual $100 billion in climate finance promised by the global north at Copenhagen’s COP in 2009. OECD countries have fallen short on that paltry...

Data has become an increasingly vital part of modern business, and it is no surprise that companies are constantly looking for ways to leverage it to their advantage. How businesses use data, from big data and analytics to artificial intelligence and machine learning,...

Artificial intelligence provides new evidence our planet will cross the global warming threshold of 1.5 degrees Celsius within 10 to 15 years. Even with low emissions, we could see 2 C of warming. But a future with less warming remains within reach. Read more…..

The climate crisis is threatening every aspect of development, including education, across many lower-income countries. Unfortunately, the intersection of climate change and education financing, which could have significant implications for the future, is not well...

India celebrated its 75th anniversary of independence in 2022. Milestones like these not only give an opportunity to celebrate the achievements of the past but are also an occasion to envisage a vision for the country. The Government of India has set for itself the...

Climate change is everybody’s business. While government delegates from around the world met at COP27 to deliberate on how the world can slow climate change, the private sector has a role to play, too. Companies have almost universally accepted this fact. Our survey...

Over the past year, the headlines have been dominated by alarming events: the Russian invasion of Ukraine, high inflation, supply chain shortages, and the threat of food insecurity for many nations. But 2022 was also a year of milestones toward a better future,...