This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. Despite a recent peace deal, humanitarian needs remain high in South Sudan with nearly two million people internally displaced and almost seven million in need of emergency food aid. To help the most vulnerable in the country, the European Commission today announces €48.5 million […]South Sudan: €48.5 million in additional EU humanitarian aid
June 21, 2019 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. Despite a recent peace deal, humanitarian needs remain high in South Sudan with nearly two million people internally displaced and almost seven million in need of emergency food aid. To help the most vulnerable in the country, the European Commission today announces €48.5 million […]Energy security: The synchronisation of the Baltic States’ electricity networks – European solidarity in action
June 21, 2019 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. On Thursday, President Jean-Claude Juncker signed, accompanied by Vice-President Maroš Šefčovič, the political Roadmap implementing the synchronisation of the Baltic States’ electricity networks with the Continental European Network via Poland together with Dalia Grybauskaitė, President of Lithuania, Jüri Ratas, Prime Minister of Estonia, Mateusz Morawiecki, Prime Minister […]Traditional finance is failing millennials. Here’s how investing needs to change
June 21, 2019 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Miles Pelham, Chairman and Founder, Diginex The traditional investment landscape, with its stocks, bonds and mutual funds offered by financial services stalwarts, does not align naturally with millennials. This generation grew up in the era of the financial crisis […]The EU wants to create 10 million smart lampposts
June 21, 2019 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Douglas Broom, Senior Writer, Formative Content Lampposts are rarely in the limelight. Gene Kelly climbed on one in the iconic Hollywood movie Singin’ in the Rain, but for most of the time the humble lamppost is just that. […]China’s lead in the global solar race – at a glance
June 20, 2019 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Charlotte Edmond, Formative Content In the space of 25 years, China will have gone from having virtually no solar panels to leading the world by a margin of more than 100%. Image: Wood Mackenzie Estimates from market intelligence […]Will technology connect or divide us? The challenge for leaders in Globalization 4.0
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This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Douglas Broom, Senior Writer, Formative Content Over the past 70 years, globalization has dramatically changed our systems, organizations and values. Individual exposure to international ideas, culture and attitudes through tourism alone has grown 56-fold, with 1.4 billion people travelling internationally […]EU Trust Fund Bêkou for the Central African Republic extended until 2020
June 20, 2019 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. A few months after the signature of the Peace Agreement between the Government and armed groups signed in Bangui in February 2019, the European Commission is today announcing the extension of the Bêkou Trust Fund for the Central African Republic (CAR) until the end […]Countries must make teaching profession more financially and intellectually attractive
June 20, 2019 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. Countries need to make the teaching profession more financially and intellectually attractive to meet a growing demand across the world for high-quality teachers, according to a new OECD report. Based on the OECD’s Teaching and Learning International Survey (TALIS), the report, Teachers and School Leaders […]Lorenzo Natali Media Prize 2019: winners of EU’s development journalism award unveiled
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This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. In recognition of the critical importance of independent, well-informed and reliable journalism on development around the world, the European Commission has today awarded three journalists the 2019 Lorenzo Natali Media Prize. Glenda Girón Castro, Sébastien Roux and Zoé Tabary were chosen from a field of […]Joint EU-U.S. statement following the EU-U.S. Justice and Home Affairs Ministerial Meeting
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This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. On 19 June 2019 the Romanian Presidency of the Council of the European Union hosted the EU-U.S. Ministerial Meeting on Justice and Home Affairs in Bucharest, Romania. The meeting provided an opportunity for both sides to take stock of their long-standing cooperation in this […]State aid: Commission approves €431 million public support for cleaner transport in German cities
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This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. The European Commission has found German plans to support the retrofitting of municipal and commercial diesel vehicles to be in line with EU State aid rules. The measure should contribute to reducing nitrogen oxides emissions by 1,450 tonnes per year, while limiting distortions of […]3 ways AI will change the nature of cyber attacks
June 20, 2019 by 1 Comment
This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: William Dixon, Head of Operations, Centre for Cybersecurity, World Economic Forum & Nicole Eagan, Chief Executive Officer, Darktrace Cyberattacks are becoming ubiquitous and have been recognized as one of the most strategically significant risks facing the world today. In […]Microplastics have spread right to the sea bed, study finds
June 20, 2019 by 1 Comment
This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Emma Charlton, Senior Writer, Formative Content Microplastics are pervasive from the surface to the seafloor and are probably entering the food chain. That’s the conclusion of a new study of plastic debris measuring less than 5 millimeters across carried […]The punishment gap: how workplace mistakes hurt women and minorities most
June 19, 2019 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Abhishek Parajuli We all make mistakes. But do we all pay the same price for them? Or are some of us hurt more than others? Research points to a disturbing answer: women and minorities are often punished more […]EU and World Health Organisation team up to boost access to health services in developing countries
June 19, 2019 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. The EU will sign a €102 million contribution agreement with the World Health Organisation (WHO) at the European Development Days in Brussels today. The EU will invest in building health care systems to provide quality services in more than 80 African, Caribbean, Pacific, and […]To improve women’s access to finance, stop asking them for collateral
June 19, 2019 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Caroline Kende-Robb, Secretary-General, CARE International Using a basic bank account is beyond the reach of almost one billion women worldwide. In Jordan recently I met Sawsan, who runs her own sewing workshop with four other women. Their business is […]‘Virtual Biopsy’ device detects skin tumours in 15 minutes
June 19, 2019 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Neal Buccino-Rutgers, Writer, Futurity The ability to analyze a skin tumor non-invasively could make biopsies much less risky and distressing to patients, researchers say. Currently, physicians who perform surgical biopsies often don’t know the extent of a lesion–or […]David Attenborough’s worried about this ocean threat – and it’s not plastic
June 19, 2019 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Emma Charlton, Senior Writer, Formative Content If the ocean was an economy, it would be the seventh largest in the world. But instead of fostering it as a resource, humans are jeopardising its future – using it as […]Botswana has decriminalized gay sex. But, it’s still illegal in 70 countries
June 19, 2019 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Douglas Broom, Senior Writer, Formative Content Human rights activists around the world have welcomed a landmark decision by Botswana’s High Court to decriminalize homosexuality. But progress towards equal rights for LGBTI people globally is uneven to say the […]Banks launch green charter to help shipping reduce its carbon footprint
June 19, 2019 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Michael Parker, Global Industry Head of Shipping & Logistics, Citi and Johannah Christensen, Managing Director, Global Maritime Forum Around 90% of global trade by volume is carried by ships – making the maritime industry a vital player in economic […]Energy Union: Commission calls on Member States to step up ambition in plans to implement Paris agreement
June 19, 2019 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. The Commission has today published its assessment of Member States’ draft plans to implement the EU’s Energy Union objectives, and in particular the agreed EU 2030 energy and climate targets. The Commission’s assessment finds that the national plans already represent significant efforts but points […]Sustainable finance: Commission publishes guidelines to improve how firms report climate-related information and welcomes three new important reports on climate finance by leading experts
June 19, 2019 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. The European Commission has today published new guidelines on corporate climate-related information reporting, as part of its Sustainable Finance Action Plan. These guidelines will provide companies with practical recommendations on how to better report the impact that their activities are having on the climate […]Bioethics: how to recover trust in the doctor-patient relationship
June 19, 2019 by 1 Comment
This article was exclusively written for The European Sting by Ms. Mayumi Cavalcante Hashiguchi, a third year medical student of University Center São Lucas – UniSL from a small city of Brazil named Porto Velho which is the capital of Rondônia, a state in the north of the country, located in Western Amazonia. She is affiliated to the […]Women in Switzerland have gone on strike – this is why
June 18, 2019 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Charlotte Edmond, Formative Content It’s one of the wealthiest and democratic countries in the world, but as recently as 1991, some women in Switzerland were still denied the right to vote. As women marched for their rights, the Federal […]To recruit younger people, you have to understand them. Here’s a guide
June 18, 2019 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Bernadette Wightman, Managing Director, Global Services, BT Group Global organizations today are faced with talent shortages, skills gaps and ageing workforces. To overcome these challenges, businesses need to look to younger generations – but what can companies do to […]Larger species are more at risk of extinction than smaller ones – here’s why
June 18, 2019 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Douglas Broom, Senior Writer, Formative Content A cruel evolutionary logic is at work among the world’s wildlife. Charles Darwin said the ability to adapt to change determined which species survived. Today, change is so fast, many of our larger […]Three steps we must take to secure the future of our forests
June 18, 2019 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Justin Adams, Director, Tropical Forest Alliance 2020, World Economic Forum In May, the Tropical Forest Alliance (TFA) hosted its annual meeting in Bogotá, Colombia’s high-altitude capital, surrounded by the country’s extensive forests. The meeting was invigorating. It was upbeat. […]The world’s largest bus system is starting to go electric
June 18, 2019 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Rosamond Hutt, Senior Writer, Formative Content Jakarta is trialling electric buses on some routes as part of a strategy to make the city more eco-friendly. With almost 200 million passengers a year, the Indonesian capital has the world’s largest […]Why flexible workspaces are the key to winning the talent war
June 18, 2019 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Dan Schawbel, Partner and Research Director, Future Workplace While the concept of open office spaces might seem new, they have been around since the 1940s. Back then, architects convinced companies that open-plan spaces would promote community, connection and inclusion […]
Fossil fuel support is rising again in a threat to climate change efforts
June 18, 2019 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with OECD. Fossil-fuel subsidies are environmentally harmful, costly, and distortive. After a 3 years downward trend between 2013 and 2016, government support for fossil fuel production and use has risen again, in a threat to efforts to curb greenhouse gas emissions and air pollution, and the transition to cleaner […]European Commission increases support for the EU’s beekeeping sector
June 18, 2019 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. The European Commission will provide €120 million to the EU’s beekeeping sector over the next three years to support its essential role in agriculture and the environment. This represents an increase of €12 million compared to the support provided for the period from 2017 to 2019. […]Barriers to trade: as protectionism rises, EU continues opening up export markets for European firms
June 18, 2019 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. The European Commission’s report released today confirms the continuous rise in barriers encountered by European companies in foreign markets. Thanks to the EU’s firm response, 123 such barriers have been eliminated since the beginning of the current Commission mandate, allowing for more than €6 […]Why cybersecurity should be standard due diligence for investors
June 18, 2019 by 1 Comment
This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Algirde Pipikaite, Project Lead, Governance and Policy, World Economic Forum Cyberattacks have almost doubled in the past five years with no sign of slowing down. Due to the increasing number of cyber breaches, there is a market shift towards […]
