Race for the skies: three factors that could decide drone delivery domination
By: EBR | Thursday, September 10, 2020
With the announcement a few days ago that Amazon’s drone delivery programme has been approved in the US, the continued innovation race for consumer package delivery is on
Wildlife populations fell 68% since 1970s, new WWF report warns
By: EBR | Thursday, September 10, 2020
The way humanity produces food, energy and goods is destroying the habitats of thousands of wildlife species, causing plunging population sizes and contributing to the emergence of diseases such as COVID-19, according to WWF’s Living Planet Report 2020, released on Thursday (10 September)
COVID-19 threatens the progress of global literacy- how we keep up momentum
By: EBR | Wednesday, September 9, 2020
As we mark International Literacy Day this year, we can appreciate the great progress made in the last 50 years
Pollution costs lives and is bad for business- 5 ways companies can clean up the air
By: EBR | Tuesday, September 8, 2020
Outdoor air pollution has a substantial impact on health, mainly from breathing pollutants and small particulate matter (often referred to as PM2.5) that travel deep into the lungs
Carbon pricing is effective in reducing emissions, largest-ever study finds
By: EBR | Monday, September 7, 2020
Putting a price on carbon should reduce emissions, because it makes dirty production processes more expensive than clean ones, right?
COVID-19 has worsened gender inequality- what we can do about it
By: EBR | Monday, September 7, 2020
More women have lost their jobs due to the impact of the coronavirus crisis than men, new research has found
Oil industry placing risky bet on plastics, report says
By: EBR | Friday, September 4, 2020
Big oil producers are pinning their future growth on the world’s insatiable appetite for plastic, researchers said Friday (4 September), in a “bet” on society’s failure to tackle disposable consumption that risks stranding billions of dollars in petrochemical investments
Deep-sea minerals could meet the demands of battery supply chains – but should they?
By: EBR | Thursday, September 3, 2020
The world is hungry for resources to power the green transition. As we increasingly look to solar, wind, geothermal and move towards decarbonization, consumption of minerals such as cobalt, lithium and copper, which underpin them, is set to grow markedly
How technology will transform learning in the COVID-19 era
By: EBR | Tuesday, September 1, 2020
It is easy to see how one might have to spend several years learning and unlearning in order to build a viable portfolio of careers. But if higher education institutions aren’t doing their job in teaching us, what are our alternatives?
Reducing deforestation means getting serious about environmental crime
By: EBR | Tuesday, September 1, 2020
The Amazon Basin is approaching a dangerous tipping point. Within a few years the world’s largest tropical forest could experience a ’die-back’ that would not just affect South American countries, but deal a fatal blow to global efforts to reduce carbon emissions
How can impact investors balance the green energy equation?
By: EBR | Monday, August 31, 2020
Impact investing has always been a matter of balance. Most endeavours of social entrepreneurs, while having a great positive impact, still involve some negative externalities – whether they are investing in education, health, housing or agriculture
A top economist shares 3 ways leaders can help economies recover
By: EBR | Friday, August 28, 2020
The global economy won’t return to pre-pandemic levels for another two years, according to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
Bill Gates’ nuclear venture plans small reactors to complement solar, wind power
By: EBR | Friday, August 28, 2020
A nuclear energy venture founded by Bill Gates said Thursday (27 August) it hopes to build small advanced nuclear power stations that can store electricity to supplement grids increasingly supplied by intermittent sources like solar and wind power
COVID-19 has laid bare the cracks in long-term care. Here’s how to fix them
By: EBR | Wednesday, August 26, 2020
As early as February, it was clear that individuals at highest risk for severe disease and death from COVID-19 included people over 60 and those with underlying conditions, such as hypertension, diabetes, and cardiovascular disease
Introducing Excess Value: A Metric for Private Market Outperformance
By: EBR | Wednesday, August 26, 2020
One of the main reasons that investors allocate capital to private markets is to achieve a return in excess of similar public market investments
One-third of young people still optimistic despite COVID’s dramatic hit on education and jobs
By: EBR | Wednesday, August 26, 2020
The pandemic’s impact on young people has been “systematic, deep and disproportionate”, according to new research by the International Labour Organization (ILO), with young women, younger adults and youth in lower-income countries worst affected
Could electric vehicles pose a threat to our power systems?
By: EBR | Tuesday, August 25, 2020
Road transportation, which is responsible for around 18% of global CO2 emissions, is a critical sector in which emissions reductions must be made
Global warming: This is how much ice melted on Earth in 23 years
By: EBR | Tuesday, August 25, 2020
A "staggering" 28 trillion tonnes of ice has disappeared from the surface of the Earth since 1994, a group of UK scientists has found
Belarus’s Turn for Change
By: EBR | Wednesday, August 19, 2020
The revolution taking place in Belarus on the European Union’s doorstep shows the enduring appeal of freedom, democracy, and courage. The reactions of the EU and Russia will test these aspirations.
2020 set to be first or second warmest year on record
By: EBR | Friday, August 7, 2020
With the data now in for the first half of the year, Carbon Brief estimates that 2020 is most likely to be either the warmest or second warmest year on record, depending on the approach used to calculate global temperatures
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