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Transforming energy systems fast enough will be ’very, very difficult but not impossible.

It’s economic and social barriers, not technology, slowing the green transition

By: EBR | Friday, January 28, 2022

The global transition to a more sustainable economy is behind schedule, with the estimated costs predicted to be around $9.2 trillion a year until 2050

Green bonds are often used to fund climate-friendly projects like this solar farm in Korat, Thailand.

For green finance, climate policy is the new monetary policy

By: EBR | Thursday, January 27, 2022

Green bonds are booming worldwide as investors seek out sustainable, profitable investments

All of this describes the immediate aspects of a crisis. The danger is that focusing on the immediate obstructs badly needed thinking of ways to prevent or reduce the risk of future crises aggravated by unscrupulous governments.

Tackling Migration by Fighting Corruption?

By: EBR | Wednesday, January 26, 2022

Why Middle Eastern and Northern African migrants see no future for themselves in their home countries

Economic paradigms are shifting. The new technologies are reshaping product and factor markets and profoundly altering business and work.

How digital transformation is driving economic change

By: EBR | Tuesday, January 25, 2022

We are living in a time of exciting technological innovations. Digital technologies are driving transformative change

As many as 40-75% of the workforce is reported to be considering quitting their current job. This movement has precipitated a talent crisis, fuelling debate on whether this is the Great Resignation or the Great Reshuffle.

Navigating ‘The Great Relearning’ revolution

By: EBR | Tuesday, January 25, 2022

When COVID-19 forced the brakes on the global economy, millions of people decided to step off the treadmill to refuel their aspirations

Experts share what systems, business models and communities will help build that circular economy, ensuring cities, regions and countries can eliminate waste, circulate materials, and regenerate nature.

Here’s what’s needed to build a circular economy

By: EBR | Monday, January 24, 2022

To mitigate the worst impacts of climate change we’ll need to build a circular economy and rethink how we make and use things

Smartphones are used to access digital healthcare.

Digital healthcare can be a catalyst for greater health equity

By: EBR | Friday, January 21, 2022

The pandemic has accelerated the uptake of digital healthcare solutions

"COVID-19 has been less lethal, despite emerging in a new era of globalization".

Facing the Possibility of a Long Pandemic

By: EBR | Thursday, January 20, 2022

While scientists cannot predict how Covid-19 will end, the virus has transformed life as we know it and will continue to do so for decades to come

The system of wealth production, despite the crisis of 2008 and the pandemic twelve years later, is unrestrained.

From the pandemic to ... post-capitalism

By: Athanase Papandropoulos | Thursday, January 20, 2022

The global health crisis is rapidly bringing to the fore new economic rules and new conditions of social development

The supply chain crisis has impacted global trade, but particularly developing countries distant from production hubs.

Here’s how we can resolve the global supply chain crisis

By: EBR | Tuesday, January 18, 2022

Our livelihoods – food, jobs, energy – depend on functioning and resilient global supply chains

Projects such as CERN, ITER, the international fusion project in France, the Square Kilometre Array radio telescope in Australia and South Africa, and the International Space Station advance scientific understanding with the potential for solving existential threats to humanity.

How investing in big science benefits industrial innovation

By: EBR | Tuesday, January 18, 2022

Big science projects increase knowledge about phenomena that are fundamentally important for humankind

A new toolkit for C-suite execs on how to responsibly adopt artificial intelligence.

AI: A World of New Opportunity and Risk

By: EBR | Monday, January 17, 2022

This isn’t a new story – a novel technology disrupts society, bringing with it many benefits but also major risks and costs

The industrial sector accounts for 30% of emissions and roughly 37% of global energy consumption.

To decarbonize heavy industry, we must focus on industrial clusters

By: EBR | Monday, January 17, 2022

There are reasons to hope for progress on the climate crisis. The transportation and electricity generation sectors are decarbonizing at an accelerating rate, and companies and governments are prioritizing net-zero-carbon goals

"International and non-governmental organizations have invested significant funds in information and communication technologies, to improve crisis management".

Why the humanitarian sector needs to make cybersecurity a priority

By: EBR | Monday, January 17, 2022

In the not-too-distant past, international organizations (IOs) and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) working on humanitarian initiatives largely depended on landlines and fax machines to communicate and convey data back to their regional hubs or headquarters

Not leaving the gate open for internal combustion engines (ICEs) after 2035 would put half a million jobs at risk, claims CLEPA, a lobby group representing businesses which supply parts for combustion engines.

‘Don’t Look Up’: The engine-makers’ answer to the climate crisis

By: EBR | Friday, January 14, 2022

Netflix’s new comedy film Don’t Look Up may be a heightened parody of the climate crisis, but scenes from the film recall the latest lobbying campaign to keep fossil fuel engines on our roads

The global COVID-19 crisis has acted as a world-wide accelerator for the rollout of artificial intelligence (AI) initiatives.

We’re failing at the ethics of AI. Here’s how we make real impact

By: EBR | Friday, January 14, 2022

The global COVID-19 crisis has acted as a world-wide accelerator for the rollout of AI initiatives. Technologies that would’ve taken place over five years have taken place over six months

A study by environmental group Transport and Environment (T&E) said that the proposals exclude ships below 5,000 GT (gross tonnage), which include small offshore supply ships that service the oil and gas industries. Fishing and military vessels would also be exempt.

EU shipping plan leaves millions of tonnes of CO2 unregulated: study

By: EBR | Thursday, January 13, 2022

European Commission proposals to bring shipping into the bloc’s carbon market contain exclusions for small commercial and military vessels that would leave millions of tonnes of CO2 emissions unregulated

Revitalizing manufacturing could add 1.5 million well-paid jobs to the economy and reinvigorate marginalized communities.

Want to drive inclusive economic growth? Start with manufacturing

By: EBR | Thursday, January 13, 2022

Long before COVID-19 came to dominate our lexicon and our lives, the United States’ growth model was showing signs of strain

Experience alone cannot help people develop their careers, writes business professor Todd Maurer.

Why some people grow from setbacks and others don’t

By: EBR | Tuesday, January 11, 2022

Experiences shape lives… difficult experiences shape people. We all face challenging circumstances in professional careers from time to time. But how is it that some people take away valuable lessons and new insights that strengthen and improve them while others don’t?