How would you feel about working as a human alarm clock? It’s a job people used to do before the Industrial Revolution of the 18th century. They would go around the dark, cold streets and...
In 2022, more than a quarter of all venture capital funding went into climate technology, according to PwC, with a strong focus on those technologies that can do most to cut emissions.
Albert Phelps believes that one day we might all be doing some of his job.
“Believe it or not, if you take a forensic accountant and teach them some cyber, they can become a cybersecurity expert,” says Erik Brynjolfsson, Professor at the Stanford Institute for H...
In May 2021, Jane Gilbert took up a new role as Chief Heat Officer, based in Miami-Dade County, Florida. She was the first person in the world to have that job title.
This article was first published in October 2021, was updated in September 2022, and again on 14 April 2023 and 21 April 2023.
In Davos back in 2019, while in conversation with Prince William, Sir David Attenborough called for global leaders, businesses and citizens to work together to protect the planet through ...
Según el último informe del Grupo Intergubernamental de Expertos sobre el Cambio Climático (IPCC), para tener alguna posibilidad de mantener el aumento de la temperatura media mundial por...
"En todos los lugares donde se toman decisiones, la paridad de género está lejos de alcanzarse". Este es el veredicto de la Organización de las Naciones Unidas (ONU) en su informe Progres...
To have any chance of keeping below a global average temperature rise of 1.5°C, we need a "substantial reduction in overall fossil fuel use, minimal use of unabated fossil fuels and use o...
“Water is a human right and the common development denominator to shape a better future. But water is in deep trouble.”
This article was originally published on 27 March, 2023 and updated on 11 April, 2023.
March 8 marks International Women’s Day. The campaign theme this year is #EmbraceEquity.
“The Doomsday Clock is a global alarm clock. We need to wake up - and get to work.”
The world is more than halfway through the timeframe the United Nations (UN) set back in 2015 to meet the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030.
