From four-day weeks to driving limits, Asian countries and businesses are employing creative ways to mitigate the energy fallout of the Middle East crisis.
The world is facing a water crisis – it’s estimated that by 2030 global demand for water will exceed sustainable supply by 40%. Water is a highly complex and fragmented area. That is why collaboration is key to helping solve this challenge, experts say. The Aquapreneur Innovation Initiative, from the Forum's UpLink platform, is connecting water start-ups with stakeholders across the sector ...
From the financial crisis of 2008 to the current conflict in Iran, the cost of a barrel of crude oil is influenced by world events and economic shifts, as this chart shows.
The current crisis, which simultaneously exposes Asia’s dependence on oil and LNG imports and the fragility of fertilizer supply chains (and of food security generally), may prove to be a powerful accelerant for diversification, redundancy and stockpiling. But structural adjustment takes years. In the interim, the damage is accruing.
The Commonwealth of Nations is a political association of member states, mostly former territories of the British Empire, fostering cooperation and shared values.
Secretary-General, Hon Shirley Botchwey, marks one year in office. Highlights of the year include launching the new Commonwealth Strategic Plan, hosting the first-ever Commonwealth Business Summit and driving reforms for Commonwealth renewal.
The Commonwealth is a a free association of sovereign states comprising the United Kingdom and a number of its former dependencies who have chosen to maintain ties of friendship and practical cooperation and who acknowledge the British monarch as a symbolic head of their association.