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Decarbonisation needs joint effort
Oped, Francesco La Camera & Bruce Douglas, Published on 21/05/2024
» As countries around the world experienced record temperatures last year, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres declared, "We must turn a year of burning heat into a year of burning ambition." But to move away from fossil fuels and unlock the green transition's economic benefits, such as job creation and universal access to clean energy, industry leaders and policymakers must work together to translate the commitments made at the UN Climate Change Conference in Dubai (COP28) into actual renewable gigawatts.
Improve care for the elderly in Asia
News, Douglas Rhein, Published on 04/12/2023
» In the delicate balance between the greying demographic landscape and the economic pulse of Asia, a pressing challenge looms large: the continent is ageing at an unprecedented pace.
The global ambitions of Chinese law
News, Jeremy Daum & Moritz Rudolf, Published on 05/12/2022
» A recent report by the NGO Safeguard Defenders about the existence of "secret Chinese police stations" in cities around the world, including New York, has sparked investigations in several European countries and attracted the attention of the FBI. But while these investigations aim to protect the rule of law from subversion, they also highlight how unprepared Western democracies are to grapple with China's growing international influence.
Mental health guidance amid Covid
Oped, Douglas Rhein, Published on 06/05/2022
» 'The greatness of a nation can be judged by how it treats its weakest member."
Covid and students' mental health
Oped, Douglas Rhein, Published on 22/03/2022
» As all readers know, in late 2019, the Wuhan Health Commission in China reported a cluster of pneumonia cases of unknown aetiology. These were later named the novel coronavirus.
Private sector has key roles in climate action
Oped, Gita Sabharwal and Suphachai Chearavanont, Published on 18/02/2022
» The UN's Race to Zero campaign sets an ambitious target -- net-zero carbon emissions by 2050 at the latest, averting the most harmful impacts of climate change and building towards a more sustainable world. The global campaign rallies businesses, cities, regions and investors from across the world for a resilient carbon-zero recovery, but that goal is still far from being met and requires unprecedented economic and social transformation.
Self-interest leads to climate push
Oped, Srikanya Yathip & Gita Sabharwal, Published on 04/01/2022
» In recent years, business risks linked to climate change have become increasingly clear, while the impact in other areas, such as biodiversity loss, are only now being recognised. Investment decisions can have a transformational effect on the economy and society, and following the COP26 climate conference in November, financial institutions will have a major role determining Thailand's development pathway going forward.
Lack of schooling road to disaster
News, Shigeru Aoyagi & Kyungsun Kim and Gita Sabharwal, Published on 11/10/2021
» After 20 months of disrupted learning due to the Covid-19 pandemic, children in Thailand need to return to their schools. In doing so, students must safely resume in-person learning as soon as possible, and they must be fully supported in catching up on lost learning. Their future depends on it.
Ripe time to give ICT education for girls a boost
Oped, Gita Sabharwal and Atsuko Okuda, Published on 25/08/2021
» Supakarn Jantawang has a plan. Inspired by design thinking, she wants to work with her school's student council committee in Chumphon, a province in the south of Thailand, to manage food waste in collaboration with nearby vendors. For her, education about information and communications technologies (ICTs) is more than facts and figures -- design thinking has given her a critical-thinking approach to solve problems systematically step by step, which she thinks will help in her future career as a doctor.
A Valentine reminder that people with HIV deserve love
News, Gita Sabharwal and Patchara Benjarattanaporn, Published on 13/02/2021
» Six years ago, Pete learned that he was HIV positive, a point in his life when he struggled to understand what this meant and had almost given up on life. However, this is where his story begins. Pete managed to overcome the stigma and discrimination and decided to publicly disclose his HIV-positive status on social media and educate people about HIV from his experiences, becoming today an influential voice in Thailand.