Notes. 1 To acknowledge that industries have different market fundamentals and face different headwinds and tailwinds, we selected the top 10 industries as measured by their average economic profit between 2015–19. We then selected the top 3 companies from each industry by the same metric. 2 Bold moves defined as: 1) Company among the …
The first brief, published on 9 March under the title, ' To Think and Act for Future Generations,' provides a number of suggestions and practical steps in ensuring …
So while engaging with a story, students are developing the following critical thinking competencies: Understanding and analysing links between ideas. Evaluating ideas, arguments and options. Synthesising ideas and information. In 2018, the OECD recognised that schools play a crucial role in helping learners to develop global competencies.
A child-rights approach. Since Save the Children was founded 100 years ago, we have been committed to ensuring all children's rights are recognised. We promote change from the ground up by engaging children, their families and their communities. Together with children, we work with governments and international organisations to ensure children ...
Guiding our future generations is a big task. Here are some suggestions for instilling the emotional tools and grit the next generation needs to tackle life's problems. The following is based on ...
To address volatility in capital markets, major economies should: 1) Strengthen macroeconomic coordination, e.g., by elevating to the meeting of G-20 finance ministers and central bank governors ...
Requiring loyalty: When a group disapproves of dissenting voices from within the group, pressure is usually applied to conform and ensure loyalty. Any question to a group's ideals or potential false assumptions is seen as disloyal. "Since you question our ideas and way of doing things, you are not for us. You are against us."
These are the 4 steps we need to make economic growth sustainable, resilient and inclusive. Jul 13, 2022. Investments, innovation, policy, and finance all play a central role in defining the economic growth model of the 21st century. Image: Coleen Rivas/Unsplash. Lord Nicholas Stern.
In the wake of the COVID-19 crisis, governments around the world have mobilized billions of dollars to save their economies. But there is another impending and devastating loss if we do not act: a lost generation of children. Progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals is slipping backwards, and children continue to pay the …
M Mahatma Gandhi. The future depends on what you do today. – Mahatma Gandhi. Every human being forms a passion as they grow up and has certain dreams about how they would like their future to look …
Encourage teams to eat lunch or take a coffee break together, or hold a team vs. team board game or video game competition. This can help to build teamwork skills in a lighthearted and relaxed environment, promoting team collaboration. 21. Mix it up.
Here are five steps you can follow to achieve team success: 1. Maintain open communication. Communication is vital when participating in a team because it enables everyone to share their ideas and stay aware of updates. There are many ways that you can maintain communication during teamwork, such as promoting an open …
The world now needs to work together to get back on track to secure sustainability for the planet and communities across the world. Six Young Global Leaders give their thoughts on what leaders should prioritize to work towards a more inclusive and sustainable future. The 2020s started with the promise of "a decade of action" for people …
Futures literacy is defined as the ability to better understand the role of the future in what we see and do. To sum up UN's description, futures literacy encourages us to use our imagination and agency to prepare, recover, and invent as changes occur. It can be a tool to help students take ownership over their future and …
This article discusses four essential ways to build radically adaptable teams in our new world of work: collaboration, agility, resilience, and foresight. The radically …
Stay Adaptable. Be willing to pivot and adapt your strategies as circumstances change. Tomorrow's excellence begins with today's efforts. It requires discipline, vision and a commitment to ...
Our Mission. The mission of EPA is to protect human health and the environment. EPA works to ensure that: Americans have clean air, land and water; National efforts to reduce environmental risks are based on the best available scientific information; Federal laws protecting human health and the environment are administered and …
Ekō is a global movement of consumers, investors, and workers all around the world, standing together to hold corporations accountable for their actions and forge a new, sustainable and just path for our global economy. It's not going to be fast or easy. But if enough of us come together, we can make a real difference.
The 2024 Summit of the Future and the preparatory processes ahead of it represent a unique opportunity to ensure that we uphold the core principle of sustainable development by ensuring that the decisions we take today are future-proofed and aligned with a long-term sustainability vision.
Our research shows they are asking for three things: Include Me: Your people need to feel that what makes them different can be leveraged to understand your customers better, improve how work gets done, and creates a better climate for everyone. Inspire Me: A combination of purpose and autonomy are the core ingredients to inspire …
Wiebina Heesterman. Birmingham. Extinction Rebellion are justified in their protests demanding radical change to save the planet. However, what the movement must not do is become anti-politics. We ...
To mature as a species, we need to embrace a perspective called longtermism – a way of thinking that differs greatly from the prevalent mindset today. Longtermism is the view that positively ...
The Food and Agriculture Organization projects that if women farmers had equal access to productive resources, their farm yields would increase by 20 to 30 per cent. This could provide enough food to keep 100 to 150 million people from going hungry, reducing global hunger by 12 to 17 per cent. Increasing the productive capacity of women …
I am pleased to join you today to present our Policy Brief: The New Agenda for Peace. This is the latest in our series of Policy Briefs expanding on the recommendations in Our Common Agenda. We are on the verge of a new era. The post-Cold War period is over, and we are moving towards a new global order and a multipolar …
Saving nature is at the very heart of what we do as WWF. For 60 years, we have made it our mission to find solutions that save the marvelous array of life on our planet by applying the best science available and working …
The technologically-armed purposive role of humans in the Anthropocentric Age thus takes on a new significance: "What we do today depends on our image of the future rather than the future depending on what we do today" as Prigogine puts it. "The equations of the future are written in our actions as well as in nature. Time becomes ...
Future of Nature and Business Report, July 2020. The global COVID-19 pandemic has caused unprecedented job losses and economic uncertainty. As governments and businesses look to stimulate growth, a new study from the World Economic Forum found that 'nature-positive' solutions can create 395 million jobs by 2030.
Children are our legacy for the future. It is high time we develop a clearer idea of the direction our society is headed—away from God and His plan for humankind—and learn what we can do individually to stem the tide. The …