Why water security is our most urgent challenge today
With just seven years left to meet the Sustainable Development Goals, the world remains far behind, particularly on its water goals. We need to take swift and significant strides towards ...
Ms. Neo Gim Huay is Managing Director and Member of the Managing Board at the World Economic Forum. She is also Head of the Centre for Nature and Climate. Before joining the WEF, she held various Managing Director roles at Temasek International including Climate Change Strategy, Sustainability and Enterprise Development. Prior to joining Temasek, Gim Huay was a Management Consultant at McKinsey & Co and has also served in the Singapore Public Service as an Administrative Officer, with stints in the Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Trade and Industry, the Prime Minister’s Office as well as the Singapore Embassy in the United States. Gim Huay holds an MBA from Stanford University and a Master of Engineering and Bachelor of Arts from Cambridge University. She was selected as an Eisenhower Fellow in 2015 and Time 100 Climate Leader in 2023.
With just seven years left to meet the Sustainable Development Goals, the world remains far behind, particularly on its water goals. We need to take swift and significant strides towards ...
It’s a race against time. In just a few months, Egypt will hand over the baton of its presidency at the 2023 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP 28) in Dubai, United Arab Emirat...
谈到气候行动,人们的注意力往往集中在可再生能源和低碳交通上,却忽略了奶制品等农产品对全球变暖的影响。
This article was originally published by Eco-Business.
When it comes to climate action, attention tends to be focused on renewables and low carbon transport, often neglecting the impact that agricultural commodities, such as dairy, have on gl...
Globally, technology is shaping the future of food and agriculture but their total digital transformation will still take some time, especially in the Global South.
Correction: A previous version of this article incorrectly identified the scope of work covered by Philanthropy Asia Alliance.
The night before a COP27 session on the net-zero transition, Mads Nipper’s team at Ørsted advised him to hold off on joining a new effort to decarbonize the concrete and cement industry.
Water is an impact multiplier for sustainability and inextricably linked to climate change and the degradation of ecosystems. Ninety per cent of natural disasters are water-related – whet...
The ocean is vast, and its beauty and bounty move the soul. The potential of the ocean to be a powerhouse of sustainable business and equitable, resilient and inclusive prosperity for com...
将来起こりうる最悪の事態を避けるために、今すぐ行動を起こすべきだ――。長年、気候変動に対してこのような警告が繰り返されてきました。しかし、エジプトのシャルム・エル・シェイクで国連気候変動枠組条約第27回締約国会議(COP27)が開催されている今、こういった警告は力を失いつつあります。私たちは、自分自身と地球を守るための取り組みが必要であることをはっきりと認識しなければなら...
For years climate change warnings have followed a similar pattern: act now to prevent catastrophic consequences in the future. Yet as we go into the 27th United Nations Conference of the ...
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