WEF: Accelerating Grassroots Innovation ( Speakers: John Dutton, Alexei Levene, Alban Bressand, Kenneth Kwok, Wajiha Khalid)

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From a Myanmar-based initiative promoting recycling to an online marketplace to use empty shipping containers in Oman, entrepreneurs will play a crucial role in speeding up global delivery of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

Action Coalition Leaders on Technology and Innovation unite and call for bold, collective solutions to spark a gender-diverse digital reset

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n the context of the World Economic Forum Davos Agenda, leaders from the Generation Equality Forum Action Coalition on Technology and Innovation for Gender Equality have released a compelling call for collective action to spark a more equal and diverse digital transformation. Their statement sets the stage for bold new commitments towards a gender-diverse digital reset at 2021’s Generation Equalit

WEF: Rethinking Cities for a Post-COVID Future

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COVID-19 has transformed homes into classrooms and offices while changing the face and pace of cities and urban centres. What policies, plans and partnerships are needed to ensure cities thrive in this new urban future? This session is associated with the World Economic Forum’s Future of Cities Initiative.

Mega-rich recoup COVID-losses in record-time yet billions will live in poverty for at least a decade (OXFAM)

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The 1,000 richest people on the planet recouped their COVID-19 losses within just nine months, but it could take more than a decade for the world’s poorest to recover from the economic impacts of the pandemic, reveals a new Oxfam report today. ‘The Inequality Virus’ is being published on the opening day of the World Economic Forum’s ‘Davos Agenda

The Peoples' Climate Vote (UNDP)

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Jan 26, 2021 With 1.2 million respondents, the Peoples' Climate Vote is the largest survey of public opinion on climate change ever conducted. Using a new and unconventional approach to polling, results span 50 countries covering 56% of the world's population.

WEF 2021: Harnessing Circular Innovation for the Economic Reset

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Creating a more circular economy could create 700,000 net additional jobs by 2040 and generate savings of up to $200 billion a year. This session looked at how leaders can accelerate existing momentum as we emerge from the pandemic.

International Holocaust Remembrance Day

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Every year around 27 January, UNESCO pays tribute to the memory of the victims of the Holocaust and reaffirms its unwavering commitment to counter antisemitism, racism, and other forms of intolerance that may lead to group-targeted violence. The date marks the anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi Concentration and Extermination Camp of Auschwitz-Birkenau by Soviet troops on 27 January 1945.

Secretary-General's message at DAVOS (25th Jan)

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"for the Decade of Action to be a reality we need to be calling for a New Social Contract and a New Global Deal to create equal opportunities for all and respect the rights and freedoms of all. A New Social Contract within societies is needed to enable people to live in dignity. A New Social Contract, between Governments, people, civil society, businesses and more, integrating employment"

26TH OF JANUARY: AUSTRALIA DAY OR INVASION DAY?

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Yesterday was a special day, a day that has been more and more controversial because a day that for some represents a new beginning, for others, the same new beginning meant destruction of their civilization. So perhaps one day Australia Day will be turned into a Reembrace Day, a truly reconciliation day. You will find here a list of articles from The Guardian and from ABC.

Have smart people become too powerful? Nesta talks to David Goodhart (26 Jan 2021 12:00 – 13:00 London Time)

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The COVID-19 pandemic has reminded us of a truth that seems to have been forgotten until now: the work of carers, cleaners and supermarket staff is crucial to the functioning of our society. But why has it taken so long to acknowledge the importance of these kinds of jobs?

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