by Willie Khoo | Feb 26, 2020 | Climate, Sustainability
From 21-24 January, the planet’s most influential leaders and thinkers descended on the alpine town of Davos, Switzerland, for the World Economic Forum’s (WEF) 50th Annual Meeting. Featuring nearly 3,000 participants from 117 countries, including 53 heads of state,...
by Amy Weinfurter | Feb 25, 2020 | Urban Index
On February 9, 2020, Data-Driven Lab, in collaboration with the Samuel Centre for Social Connectedness, launched an expanded version of the Urban Environment and Social Inclusion Index (UESI) at the 10th World Urban Forum (WUF) in Abu Dhabi. The UESI maps cities’...
by Angel Hsu | Feb 23, 2020 | Climate
This article was originally published on the South China Morning Post. This year marks the start of a new decade, likely the last decade that humanity has to address climate change before its worst impacts become irreversible. We desperately need all countries to...
by William Cullen | Feb 17, 2020 | Climate
In a recent op-ed in The Straits Times, Tilak Doshi and Euston Quah criticize what appears to them as unreasonable measures to mitigate the effects of climate change in Singapore. Doshi and Quah argue that transitioning away from fossil fuels in Singapore would be...
by Amy Weinfurter | Feb 14, 2020 | Presentations, Urban Index
More than 13,000 attendees, hailing from 169 countries, gathered this week in Abu Dhabi, for the United Nation’s 10th World Urban Forum. Conversations focused on cities’ pursuit of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), a set of 17 global goals that form a roadmap...
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