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Shaded rest, clean water, and cooling systems safeguard workers from extreme heat while boosting productivity.
Warning systems and other measures will help save lives, protect biodiversity, and reduce rail service disruptions.
A Singapore study shows career breaks to care for family hold back not only a woman’s rise in the corporate ladder but also affect her retirement savings.
A new framework enables near real-time monitoring of sea routes, helping improve decisions on vessel movement and transport of global goods.
Resilient health systems, early warning tools, and community safeguards can reduce chronic heat risks and protect vulnerable populations.
A Korean firm develops a low-maintenance flowmeter that can measure a wide variation of sewage flow rates to improve efficiency and prevent flooding.
Among the investments supported by the Afghanistan Business Innovation Fund were businesses that targeted women as workers, producers, and consumers.
Strategic foresight tools can help policy makers adopt a more proactive approach to solving problems.
Implement supportive policies, encourage merchant adoption, and integrate digital payments into public services.
Investing in energy transition may enable the textile sector to access markets that require lower-carbon supply chains.