Wednesday 31 August 2022

Developing strategies to build a sustainable, equitable world

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August 31st 2022
Perspectives
Inform your discussions and decisions this week: a healthy, sustainable and equitable world is achievable through widespread education, bold ideas and global collaboration.

This week, explore how cities are ensuring access to safe, affordable and reliable water. Examine the implications of the air pollution challenge in Asia and understand how a breakthrough in solar power storage and decarbonising technologies may aid our transition to net zero. You can also uncover the drivers behind health disparities in the US.
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To safeguard urban water resources, global hubs are under pressure to conceptualise water optimisation as a circular process. Investigate how major cities are ensuring all end-users have access to safe, affordable and reliable water.
Explore the index ➔
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Sustainability | report
Clean air and the business and human rights agenda
Like ensuring equal access to clean water, a major issue for cities is air pollution. Discover how governments and businesses can mitigate its damaging effects.
Understand more ➔
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Sustainability | data insight
A breakthrough in storing solar power
Understand how a "radically new way" to capture and store solar energy will affect future renewable solutions.
Learn more ➔
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Explore technologies that can enable cities to achieve carbon-emission targets while creating jobs, lowering energy costs and improving overall quality of life.
Read the whitepaper ➔
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Health | blog
Equity remains distant: America's mishandling of monkeypox
Learn how the monkeypox pandemic has highlighted disparities in medical treatment and the need for new healthcare strategies.
Discover more ➔
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Sustainability | data insight
The next phase of sustainability will be regenerative
Global agriculture is estimated to be responsible for up to 8.5% of greenhouse-gas emissions. Assess the case for shifting to regenerative models.
Understand more ➔
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Sustainability | podcast
Inside the circle podcast series
Vast resources are thrown away. Explore the need to switch from a "take, make, waste" approach to circular systems.
Listen now ➔
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