Natural capital: John Grade’s dazzling, decomposing artworks
The Seattle-based artist uses climate sensors, termites and thousands of people to create his nature-inspired sculptures.
The Seattle-based artist uses climate sensors, termites and thousands of people to create his nature-inspired sculptures.
For decades, we’ve been pumping billions of tons of harmful greenhouse gases into the air, and for decades plants have been obligingly sucking it back out again. In fact, a good 45% of th...
Women of the world, your work is done. For today is Equal Pay Day – the day when, according to official figures, female employees stop being paid and start working for free for the rest o...
Gobernanza global, buena gobernanza, gobernanza deficiente: al igual que con tantas palabras de moda en el campo del desarrollo internacional, la palabra tiene un significado diferente pa...
Women the world over are enjoying more and better social, political and economic rights than ever before.
¿Está mejorando la vida en este planeta? Cuando se trata del progreso de las naciones, ¿cómo se determina qué es lo que tiene mayor importancia? Hay riqueza, hay salud y hay libertades hu...
Welcome to the age of uncertainty. Never has it been harder to predict what our working futures hold and arm ourselves accordingly, as technological advances, an ageing workforce and the ...
人类在地球上的生活是否越来越好了呢?当谈及民族进步,你如何寻找并衡量最关键因素?财富、健康、以及最基本的人类自由,这类评判标准在国际排行榜中经常出现,如美好生活指数、经济可持续发展评估和全球幸福指数报告等。 但一项新研究却另辟蹊径。其2016年发布的快乐星球指数(HPI),将原本分立的健康指数和幸福指数综合计算,并增添了一项新的黄金指标,该指标在成功道路上至关重要:可持...
Is life on this planet getting better? When it comes to the progress of nations, how do you measure what matters most? There’s wealth, there’s health, there’s basic human freedoms. These ...
From fintech to fine particle air pollution, from the British referendum to the South China Sea, all the big topics in current affairs had an airing at this year's World Economic Forum in...
What’s happening to China’s economy? Will we still be driving cars in 10 years’ time? Will anyone stop talking about Brexit? These questions, and so many more, were explored and answered ...
From the shadow of Brexit to the promise of China's New Silk Road, here's a round-up of the top discussions, pictures and videos to come out of the opening day of the World Economic Forum...
Britain's decision to leave the European Union dominated the opening conversations at the World Economic Forum's "summer Davos" in Tianjin, China. What does it mean for trading partners, ...
China is reviving the historic Silk Road trade route that runs between its own borders and Europe. Announced in 2013 by President Xi Jinping, the idea is that two new trade corridors – on...
On a bright and blustery day last month, a surreal event took place in the world of German energy prices.