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The West Is Wary of A Unified Global South. It Shouldn’t Be.

If you like this story, check out my story on climate change adaptation and traditional architecture in the West African Sahel here. The recent BRICS summit has garnered widespread attention on the international stage, not the least because this bloc of Brazil, Russia, India, China, and Sout...

Global Fintech Fest 2023 @ Mumbai

The Global Fintech Fest 2023 is a major event in the fintech industry, bringing together leaders from all over the world to discuss the latest trends and innovations. The theme for this year is “Global Collaboration for a Responsible Financial Ecosystem — Inclusive, Resilient & Su...

Global Famine Within 30 Years, Warns Svalbard Global Seed Vault Creator

Last Week in Collapse is a new weekly round-up, bringing together some of the most important, timely, useful, depressing, ironic, amazing, or otherwise must-see moments in Collapse. Get LWIC delivered directly to your email inbox for free. Climate change The architect of the Sva...

The West Is Wary of A Unified Global South. It Shouldn’t Be.

If you like this story, check out my story on climate change adaptation and traditional architecture in the West African Sahel here. The recent BRICS summit has garnered widespread attention on the international stage, not the least because this bloc of Brazil, Russia, India, China, and Sout...

Brace Yourself for the Next Big Global Crisis

Doyou remember 2008? Yes, when the (Western) world was shaken by the economic crisis that took hold of our lives, and we all went bananas with what seemed to be the first economic crisis ever!? (Please… you should watch this:) It’s always funny to see how things unfold fo...

Global Business Week: How long does it take to double your money?

Stocks experienced a significant decline on Friday due to escalating risks related to the UAW auto strike. This marked the first instance in the union’s 88-year history where all three major automakers were targeted simultaneously. Notably, chip equipment manufacturers such as Applied Material...

Brexit Reshapes UK-EU Trade Dynamics and Global Alliances

Brexit, the United Kingdom’s (UK) decision to leave the European Union (EU), has significantly impacted the UK economy and geopolitics. Some effects have become apparent since the UK officially left the EU on January 31, 2020, and the transition period ended on December 31, 2020. However, it&r...

A Futuristic View of How Global Warming Destroyed the Arctic & Antarctic

Itis the 23rd century, and in the frigid heart of the Arctic, where the relentless march of time had preserved ice for millennia, a chilling transformation had been underway for over two centuries. The glaciers, part of the earth’s ancient secrets, were melting. And, more than 10,000-thousa...

Matrix Exchange receives In-Principle Approval from Abu Dhabi Global Market

Abu Dhabi-based crypto asset exchange, Matrix Exchange announced on July 12 that it has received an In-Principle Approval (IPA) from by the Financial Services Regulatory Authority (FSRA) of the Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM) to operate as a crypto asset exchange and custodian in ADGM. ...

Global Amsterdam: “Global City” or a shell of its former self?

Note: This article was originally written on 03/05/2021 and will be published in the 3rd 2021 edition of De Derde Dinsdag magazine. By Sam Volkers Introduction Amsterdam has changed a lot over the past decade. Every year, millions of tourists visit Amsterdam to enjoy the canals, museums...

How Barcelona’s Controversial Decision to Reject the Iconic Eiffel Tower Sparked a Global Debate

Did you know Spain’s Barcelona rejected the iconic structure during its construction? We often think of Paris when it comes to the Eiffel Tower. It’s true! History has recorded that during its creation in the late 1880s, Barcelona held an open design competition for a 300-foot tower t...

US Capital Global Opens Boston Office Led by Seasoned Wall Street Veteran Michael J. Levas

US Capital Global is pleased to announce that Michael J. Levas has recently joined the group as Senior Vice President to head up the group’s new office in Boston, Massachusetts. Mr. Levas is a seasoned industry veteran whose career spans over 25 years at leading Wall Street firms (Lehman ...

Digital Twin Dubai, Debuting at GITEX GLOBAL!

Join 51WORLD’s Global Expansion at GITEX GLOBAL, the Middle East’s premier tech expo! Making our debut on Digital Dubai covering a 1200k㎡ area, showcasing the latest in tech innovation and exemplary use cases from around the world. Catch us on October 16th at the Future Urbanism sectio...

Current Global Plans Can Keep Temps Below 2C

Scientists announced last week that, for the first time, the world is in a position to limit global warming to no more than +2° C over pre-industrial levels, according to an analysis published in Nature. This is based on net zero pledges made by nations at the UN Cop26 climate summit i...

What Can We Do?

After the global environmental conference met in Glasgow I’m wondering what can I do, and I’m wondering if you’re asking yourself the same question? Our planet needs us more than ever! When I became aware of the imminent global crisis — the result of industry’s unham...

SleekFlow: A Global SaaS Pioneer Empowering Hong Kong Businesses with Cutting-Edge Technologies

SleekFlow is an omnichannel messaging platform SaaS that enables Hong Kong businesses to tap into the global messaging industry by streamlining their communication processes across multiple channels. By providing a unified platform for businesses to manage customer interactions through popular messa...

Mitigating Global Warming from Prague Today

If you have been looking for a job in Prague recently you must have noticed the difference in the employment market before and after the pandemic. The pandemic has hit hard the hospitality and tourism industry in this tourist destination. Many people lost their jobs due to lockdowns and travel restr...

Review: Why Taiwan Matters, Small Island, Global Powerhouse

At the heart of Roman politics, from the beginning of the republic until virtually the end of the imperial era, stands the conviction of the sacredness of foundation, in the sense that once something has been founded it remains binding for all future generations,” the great political theo...

Four elements that Starbucks has applied when entering into the global market

The products that market highly compete with the rivals in Japan, where most of the Japanese customers prefer taste sweater. In order to cater to the local Japanese customer tastes, Starbucks had worked collaboration with Suntory Ltd, the local distributor, and beverage makers to come out with a new...

Behavioural Change on a global scale

Much of my career has been devoted to helping clients bring about organizational change. Sometimes that change is imposed (for example, a merger of two firms, or changes in market conditions). At other times, the change comes from within, driven by identified opportunities to collaborate more effect...

What Are The Most Pressing Global Challenges Facing The World Today?

The world faces a multitude of significant challenges across various domains. Some of the major global problems include: Climate Change: Climate change is long-term alteration of temperature and typical weather patterns in a particular region or globally. It is largely attributed to human ac...

Drying Canals Threaten To Choke Global Trade

A Master Class on the impact of climate warming is being taught daily along the Panama Canal. Consumers everywhere are going to feel the impact. Much has been written on the impact this climate change is having on flooding, droughts and subsequent food supplies — not to mention extinction. ...

COP28 Saves Planet From Global Warming With a Few Well-Chosen Words!

“WE UNITED. WE ACTED. WE DELIVERED” reads the triumphant headline on the COP28 website after the climate change summit concluded in the UAE earlier this week and everyone had flown home. Phew! It was touch and go there for a while but we made it in the end. Who would have th...

We’ve already shown we can tackle global environmental problems by working together: and we can do it again

A highly recommendable article in Scientific American, “The world solved acid rain. We can solve climate change”, reminds all the fatalists who say we can’t abandon fossil fuels in a five-year period that we have already shown ourselves capable of solving environmental problem...

Global Warning: 2023 Will Be The Hottest Year On Record

After a cooler start to 2023, four months have seen unprecedented global temperatures, with September being the hottest month ever recorded. But sweltering temperatures baking the globe on land and sea have been piling up month after month, year after year. September wa...

Is Achieving Carbon Neutrality Enough to Prevent Global Warming?

Achieving carbon neutrality is a crucial step in mitigating global warming and addressing climate change, but on its own, it may not be sufficient to entirely prevent global warming. However, to effectively prevent the most severe impacts of global warming, a holistic approach is necessary, which in...

Achieving Sustainability: A Call to Redefine Our Global Economic Model.

After 10 years working in the corporate sector as a senior management and expert consultant, I have lost complete faith in the current economic paradigm’s ability to resolve the sustainability crisis it has caused. Here are some of the reasons: 1- Improving social and environmental co...

Exploring a Global Wildlife GIS database

The IUCN’s Red List of Threatened Species database contains more than 150,000 species, with geospatial information about habitats attributed to 80%+ of them. This database’s mere size proposes several challenges, which I may address in a later article. For now, I focus on a smaller subse...

Global Business Week: Best & Worst Performing Sectors in the U.S stock market in 2022

The rally that investors had been expecting in the latter part of December finally came to wrap up the first trading week of 2023. U.S. stocks skyrocketed as the NFP report showed wage growth slowed in December, suggesting inflation may be easing enough to allow the Fed to back off its aggressive ef...

Make Your Sleep Count-Join SRG’s Global Sleep Out 2023

Join hands with us to make a tangible impact on the lives of those in need. Your generosity will enable us to provide essential aid, support, and sustainable initiatives for the homeless population, fostering hope and creating a pathway to a brighter future. Be a part of this global movement towa...

Inequities within Global Education and the Importance of Technology

Political icon Nelson Mandela once said, “Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.” Education is not just a privilege, it is a human right. Unfortunately, several countries lack the ability to provide a lucrative education for its younger citizens. Man...

Global Protestors’ Wish Granted, Palestine Free, From River to Sea

The geographic illiteracy of the global protest wave against Israel had shocking real world impact when Israel agreed to grant the protestors’ “Palestine free, from the river to the sea” demands. Before executing the agreement Israel signed a contract with global delegations from d...

I’m Embracing the Term ‘People of the Global Majority’

These two aspects of my identity and upbringing play a critical role in feeding my anxiety around identifying as a person of color. For the first 18 years of my life, I didn’t even know the term ‘people of color’ existed. I primarily identified as Chinese, Burmese, and sometimes...

How to roll out global bias & inclusion training in your company

In 2020 when I joined Brandwatch, with their offices in Sydney, Singapore, US and UK plus remote employees spread even further afield, one of my first assignments was to take our entire global team — starting with senior leadership — through rigorous bias and inclusion training. 350 p...

#GlobalJustice: Learning and activism through social media

Dr Madeleine Le Bourdon (POLIS) gathered insights from secondary school students to further understand social media’s impact on student lives and if it can be applied as a tool for informal learning. Herself and Louise Pears (POLIS) will be adding to this with their ongoing research with Unive...

Is the Legacy of Medellin v. Texas an Inhibition to the Development of Uniform Extradition Jurisprudential Standards on the Global Stage?

It’s a known fact that the United States has considerable influence on the global stage. Generally, the United States’ interests impact events globally, including the progress of international criminal law and jurisprudence. One component of international criminal law is the law of extra...

The Advantages and Disadvantages of Local and Global Sourcing

Finding the right supplier or manufacturer is always a bit of a challenge especially when you are sourcing out of Africa. The reason is that the African market is not organized and you find those who are trying to solve this problem are solving it individually or in silos. However, it is not all glo...

Global Trade Tensions and Their Impact on Supply Chains

Global trade, a delicate balance of cooperation and competition, has recently been disrupted by increasing geopolitical tensions. This evolving scenario presents a compelling backdrop for a deep dive into the world of international commerce and its profound influence on supply chains. Our journey th...

Our Shifting Global Village

Are you a city dweller? You’re not alone! Our global urban population has reached 56% and is expected to soar to 70% of all people by 2050.¹ With our world’s human population to reach 9.7 billion by then,² this shift in where we live will have a profound effect on&nbs...

Combating Extremism in Germany: A Balanced Approach to Security, Integration, and Global Cooperation

Germany, like many other countries, faces the challenge of addressing and preventing extremist activities that threaten national security and societal harmony. The German government has identified various extremist groups, including those with radical Islamist ideologies, as significant security thr...

Global Biodiversity Protection Must Center Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities’ Human Rights

The long-awaited biennial Conference of the Parties-or COP-to the U.N. Convention on Biological Diversity got underway last week in Montreal after a two-year delay caused by the covid pandemic. The convention is working toward a Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF) to serve as the underlying goals...

Global Warming || How Global Warming Works || Cause Analysis

The long-wave radiation is highly absorptive and strongly absorbs infrared rays from the ground radiation, causing the earth’s temperature to rise, that is, the greenhouse effect. Global warming will redistribute global precipitation, melting glaciers and frozen soils,&n...

From Chaos to Clarity: Refining Global Volcanic Data with SQL.

The database encompasses details like latitude, longitude, elevation, volcano type, latest eruption record, VEI index, and socio-economic statistics including overall casualties, injuries, houses destroyed, damaged houses, and estimated economic impact, if accessible. If a volcano eruption is connec...

Psychoactive Politics: The Global Confluence of Opioids, Authority, and Revolution

Opioids are now rivaling the societal damage inflicted by smoking tobacco. In the U.S. as cigarette sales have dropped and lung cancer deaths have been declining — over one hundred thousand people per year still die from lung cancer as of 2020. Opioid deaths in the U.S. are on an aggressive...

India: A Gate of Opportunities and Mark of Global Influence

In today’s global landscape, India holds significant sway, evidenced by the presence of tech titans Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg adorned in traditional Indian ethnic wear at the pre-wedding festivities of Radhika Merchant and Anant Ambani, son of Asia’s richest man, Mukesh Ambani, at c...

Global Grunge

In the tapestry of contemporary menswear, a new thread is being woven, merging the raw, unpolished essence of grunge with the rich, diverse textures of global cultures. This emerging style, which I dub Global Grunge, reinterprets the classic elements of grunge — jeans, flannel, warm headwear, ...

What does the Global Plastics Treaty mean for the fashion industry?

Regardless of how convenient it is to keep using plastics, we need to give them up or face a planet that remains polluted and becomes even worse for generations to come. This is precisely why the United Nations has put in motion a Global Plastics Treaty, which will legally bind its member states ...

How did English become the ‘global language’?

More people speak Spanish than English as their first language. Nearly three three times as many speak Mandarin Chinese in their family homes. Yet few would dispute that English is the leading world language. This is because English is the world’s lingua franca or common second la...

Lords of the global village — Whose stories do we tell

The narrator is an outsider, both as a man and as a caste hindu from another town, in a Adivasi land slowly devoured by the mining mafias. The Mining company powers from faraway, Systematic violence of the state, religious powers, casteists of the villages destroy the lives of an extended family the...