Beyond being a good corporate citizen, businesses will also need to think of responsible AI as a firewall between innovation and costly legal and financial risk.
While renewables, electric vehicles and other clean technologies attract billions in investment and robust policy support, cement and concrete lag far behind in the capital and attention they receive.
Quality education is a high priority for 81 per cent of youth in the Middle East, where the 'action gap' between its importance and the engagement to address it is narrower than globally.
As climate change continues to increase the frequency and intensity of natural disasters, Japan’s proactive approach offers a powerful model for building communities that are more resilient when disaster hits.
Media and information literacy efforts remain fragmented. Most initiatives focus on formal education, leaving significant gaps in adult and lifelong learning.
Prices for sustainable aviation fuel are two to three times higher than jet fuel. However, it will be hard to boost production and reduce costs without reaching greater scale.
After exuberance, India must now not only take difficult and costly steps toward industrialisation, but also convert growth into geo-economic leverage and military modernisation.
WEF report flags growing erosion of multilateralism, long considered stabilising force. 'Declining trust, heightened protectionism are threatening trade, investment.'
Pakistan lacks capacity to deliver aircraft at pace suggested by its claimed contracts as it depends on China for avionics, electronic warfare, weapons, and on Russia for engines.
UK, EFTA already in the bag and EU on the way, many members of RCEP except China signed up, and even restrictions on China being lifted, India has changed its mind on trade.
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