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The sudden drop in human activity during lockdown, gave scientists a unique opportunity to study the planet leading to new insights on climate change.

“It’s about creating green spaces, lowering the temperatures, giving quality of life and creating new reference points inside the city,” Athens Mayor Kostas Bakoyannis said. The city had a population explosion in the decades after World War Two when migration from rural areas fuelled uncontrolled building. The concept of ‘antiparochi’ - owners exchanging land plots for apartments - became widespread. Detached houses were replaced by rows of blocks. With more people came more cars and ...

Top stories: WHO grants emergency use for Johnson & Johnson vaccine; Australia and Singapore discuss air travel bubble; Some countries suspend use of AstraZeneca vaccine.

Companies should be thinking about how they can capitalize on the bounce-back and get ready for new regulatory developments.

A new protocol that allows service providers to choose which route their data takes could help reduce the internet's rising emissions of greenhouse gas.

A steady stream of revelations about a desolate, forbidding region have helped build a stronger case for doing more to combat climate change.

To be successful in a post-pandemic world, business leaders should focus on being phygital, agile, anti-fragile, exponential and curious, write two experts.

coronavirus, health, COVID19, pandemic What is the World Economic Forum doing to manage emerging risks from COVID-19? The first global pandemic in more than 100 years, COVID-19 has spread throughout the world at an unprecedented speed. At the time of writing, 4.5 million cases have been confirmed and more than 300,000 people have died due to the virus. As countries seek to recover, some of the more long-term economic, business, environmental, societal and technological challenges and op...

Displaced people, particularly those employed in sectors that have been highly impacted by COVID-19, are having issues integrating into the labor market.

This group of remarkable people under 40 come from different communities and industries worldwide. We celebrate the individuals in this class of 2021 and the difference they are committed to making globally, particularly at this critical juncture. Over the past year, the world has dealt first hand with the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, systemic inequalities, discrepancies in our healthcare systems, economic downturns and education shifting to digital. While many leaders call on the need to ...