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Environment on the up as world prospers
Oped, Bjorn Lomborg, Published on 22/04/2025
» As we celebrate Earth Day today, it's tempting to believe that the world is on the brink of environmental collapse. We are constantly inundated by dire predictions of climate catastrophe and warnings about the planet's imminent destruction. But this is misleading. Rather than panic, we should take a moment to appreciate the remarkable progress we've made in improving the environment -- and acknowledge that a key factor is prosperity.
China acting out of order
Postbag, Published on 27/10/2024
» Re: "Middle Kingdom and 'boomerang effect'", (Opinion, Oct 25).
Human success in the AI age
Oped, Jamie Metzl, Published on 21/09/2023
» Everywhere we look nowadays, we find warnings that artificial-intelligence algorithms are coming for our jobs. While Goldman Sachs estimates that two-thirds of all current jobs in the United States and Europe could be "exposed to some degree of AI automation" in the coming years, a report from Pew Research Center puts the figure at closer to one-fifth -- with a special emphasis on jobs requiring a college education.
World cities and the climate-data collection gap
Oped, Robert Muggah & Carlo Ratti, Published on 21/01/2022
» With cities facing disastrous climate stresses and shocks in the coming years, one would think they would be rushing to implement mitigation and adaptation strategies. Yet most urban residents are only dimly aware of the risks, because their cities' mayors, managers, and councils are not collecting or analysing the right kinds of information.
Save big cities in Asia from sinking
News, Editorial, Published on 23/05/2021
» Earlier this month results from a study by consultancy firm Verisk Maplecroft deemed densely populated Asia as the most environmentally at-risk area in the world. How badly did the region fare?
The future of transportation is the future of cities
News, David Fickling & Elaine He, Published on 08/11/2018
» The biggest problem facing the world's transport planners and visionaries isn't how to develop the most amazing new transport technologies -- it's how to fit our planet's fast-growing population into the tight confines of its ever-growing megacities.
Future lies with electric two-wheelers
News, Adam Minter, Published on 15/10/2018
» Given recent market turmoil, it would easy to overlook the upcoming IPO of Niu Technologies, a Chinese manufacturer of electric mopeds. The US$95 million the company plans to raise is a pittance compared to the billions burnt by Tesla Inc. But the technologies developed by Niu and other pioneers of electric two-wheel vehicles will transform transportation as much as anything dreamed up by the likes of Elon Musk.
Crunch time in climate change fight
News, Yeb Sano, Published on 06/09/2018
» It's been a year of climate extremes that have battered and bruised dozens of countries across the globe.