Bloomberg Innovation Index

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South Korea is the most innovative nation followed by Singapore, Switzerland and Germany according to the recently published Bloomberg Innovation Index

Democracy Index 2020: In sickness and in health? (ECONOMIC INTELLIGENCE UNIT)

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Democracy was dealt a major blow in 2020. Almost 70% of countries covered by The Economist Intelligence Unit’s Democracy Index recorded a decline in their overall score, as country after country locked down to protect lives from a novel coronavirus. The global average score fell to its lowest level since the index began in 2006.

The Future of Asian Cities (UN-ESCAP)

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Radical proposals to truly transform cities in the Asia Pacific under the following pillars: 1) Future of Urban Planning, 2) The Future of Urban Resilience, 3)Smart and inclusive cities , 4) The future of urban finance Investing in healthy cities

FIFA launches major new global education programme to strengthen and build safeguarding capacity across football

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FIFA has announced the launch of the FIFA Guardians Safeguarding in Sport Diploma – a major new global education programme designed to strengthen and professionalise safeguarding standards across football.

UK TREASURY REVIEW: Nature is a blind spot in economics that we ignore at our peril, says Dasgupta Revie

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Professor Sir Partha Dasgupta’s review presents the first comprehensive economic framework of its kind for biodiversity. It calls for urgent and transformative change in how we think, act and measure economic success to protect and enhance our prosperity and the natural world.

Book Club with Jeffrey Sachs

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A global forum on the most relevant topics for humanity Join Columbia University Professor Jeffrey Sachs for monthly interviews with renowned authors about their groundbreaking work in history, social justice, sustainable development, and more.

Top 10 Insights from Climate Science in 2020

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Produced by Future Earth, The Earth League, and the World Climate Research Programme, the report highlights the latest insights and findings in matter of sustainability.

UN Security Council’s agenda for February under UK to focus on climate change and conflict and Covid

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The Council President Barbara Woodward (United Kingdom) said her delegation will focus on three “Cs” — climate, COVID-19 and conflict — and bring in the perspectives of youth as many global challenges are intergenerational. Her delegation also aims to make the organ’s work as transparent as possible.

RSF’s 2020 Round-up: 50 journalists killed, two-thirds in countries “at peace”

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A total of 50 journalists were killed worldwide in 2020, according to the second part of the annual round-up of abusive treatment and violence against journalists, published today by Reporters Without Borders (RSF). While the number of journalists killed in countries at war continues to fall, more are being murdered in countries not at war.

What is stakeholder capitalism? ( FROM WEF)

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This piece, written by Klaus Schwab and Peter Vanham, highlights how "stakeholder capitalism is a form of capitalism in which companies seek long-term value creation by taking into account the needs of all their stakeholders, and society at large"

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