Global Health
What is a genome and why is it valuable to our lives? An expert explains
It’s 20 years since scientists first sequenced the human genome. Here, a geneticist explains what the project has taught us about ourselves – and what it hasn’t.
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Global Health
Malaria vaccines provide new hope in fight against the disease
Malaria killed 274,000 children under 5 in 2019. Ghana and Nigeria are the first countries to approve a new Malaria vaccine. Here, the WHO's Dr Pedro Alonso explains the breakthrough.
Climate and Nature
David Attenborough has inspired the UK to create a People's Plan for Nature. Here's what you need to know
Jon Alexander, Co-Founder of the New Citizenship Project, which put together the framework for the People’s Plan for Nature, explains how it came about.
Energy Transition
El sueño hacia la transición energética: 4 CEOs explican las innovaciones que transformarán nuestro mundo
Se necesitan más de 35 billones de dólares de inversión en tecnologías de transición de aquí a 2030 para reducir nuestra dependencia de los combustibles fósiles. Estos pioneros empresario...
Gender Inequality
España podría introducir una ley de paridad de género en su gabinete. ¿Qué significa esto?
El Gobierno español ha aprobado un proyecto de Ley de Representación Paritaria, que exigiría la paridad de género en cargos políticos y la dirección de algunas grandes empresas.
Energy Transition
The energy transition moonshot: 4 CEOs explain innovations that will transform our world
Four CEOs at the forefront of the energy transition spoke to the World Economic Forum about the innovative work their companies are doing.
Water
UN Water Conference: How 'aquapreneurs' are innovating to solve the water crisis
While the first UN Water Conference in almost 50 years has closed, here are 3 aquapreneurs explaining how they're helping people access clean drinking water.
Spain
Spain might introduce a cabinet gender equality law. What would that mean?
Spain has approved a draft Equal Representation Law that would require gender parity in cabinet roles, while New Zealand's cabinet reaches gender parity.
GROWTH2023
From proximity bias to productivity paranoia, here are 10 buzzwords from the world of hybrid work
Quiet quitting is one of Collins Dictionary’s words or phrases of 2022. Here are 9 more must-know buzzwords from the world of hybrid work.
Gender Inequality
International Women’s Day: Role models to watch in 2023
From the sphere of politics to science and entertainment, this International Women’s Day let's talk about these women who are making a difference in 2023.
SDG 05: Gender Equality
Día Internacional de la Mujer: ¿Qué es y por qué es necesario?
El lema de la campaña de este año es #EmbraceEquity, mientras que el de las Naciones Unidas es "Por un mundo digital inclusivo: Innovación y tecnología para la igualdad de género".
SDG 05: Gender Equality
These are the UN's 7 priorities for 2023, according to Secretary-General António Guterres
From the New Agenda for Peace to women's rights and a Code of Conduct for information integrity, these are the UN’s priorities for 2023.
Gender Inequality
IWD23: 8 charts that show progress towards the SDGs from a gender perspective
The UN’s Gender Snapshot Report looks at progress towards the 17 Sustainable Development Goals through a gender lens. Parity is still a long way off.
Global Health
This is why 'polycrisis' is a useful way of looking at the world right now
Coined in the 1970s, ‘polycrisis’ has been popularized by the historian Adam Tooze to describe the interaction of multiple crises at once. Here’s what you need to know.
SDG 05: Gender Equality
为什么我们仍然需要国际妇女节？
每年的3月8日是国际妇女节，这一节日致力于庆祝妇女的成就，寻求性别平等。今年联合国妇女署为国际妇女节设定的主题为“人人享有数字化：创新和技术促进性别平等”。活动参与者敦促人们克服性别刻板印象、识别性别歧视现象，让更多人注意到性别偏见，同时追求包容性。