Due to low incomes and environmental threats, every year about half a million people are moving from the countryside to Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh. ...
What Trump means for the Silicon Valley industry
Under President Obama, Silicon Valley became very friendly with Washington and the relationship went both ways. Donald Trump barely made any appeal to ...
The role of human rights for sustainability
What is often neglected in the discussion about sustainability and the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is the societal aspect. ...
Why Shanghai is about to become a truly Smart City
Shanghai is about to become a truly smart city. The implementation of an Internet plus strategy is leading to opportunities that expand connectivity across ...
Report: “How to Achieve Long-Term Transitions towards Full Decarbonisation”
The report “How to Achieve Long-Term Transitions towards Full Decarbonisation” of the 8th Annual Meeting of the LCS-RNet (International ...
Elon Musk holds out prospect of universal income
The digitalization and the associated transformation of work might lead to a large number of people being out of job by mid-century, says Tesla CEO Elon ...
The power of civil society for urban development
Activists in San José (Cost Rica) show how to take initiative and reduce traffic problems without waiting for politics to tackle the issue through ...
Big data vs. civil liberties: a trade-off in crime investigation?
In recent years, technology has helped police to become more efficient in their work which left more time for higher-value tasks. On the other side there ...
Indigenous communities run own telephone network
As big cell phone companies declined to set up cellular telephone network to indigenous communities in remote areas of Oaxaca, Mexico, the population ...
Warum Deutschland eine Verkehrswende benötigt
In einem Interview mit Bizz Energy spricht Klaus Töpfer, ehemaliger Bundesumweltminister und Exekutivdirektor des UN-Umweltprogramms, unter anderem über ...
