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A New Innovation Politics for Global Sustainability
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The ability of innovation – both technical and social – to stretch and redefine ‘limits to growth’ was recognised at Stockholm in 1972, and has been a key feature in debates through to Rio+20 in 2012.
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MENA Faces Shortage of Over 110,000 Construction Professionals
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According to a new report by the Dubai-based Project Management Institute (PMI), “The Construction Project Management Talent Gap,” the demand for construction project professionals in the region could reach around 330,800 by 2035 under a high-growth scenario, up 32 percent from 2025 levels.
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With Renewable Energy Set to Power 45% of global electricity . . .
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Renewable energy is moving from supportive to strategic role as it is set to account for 45 per cent of the global electricity generation. This marks a structural shift in how industries will be powered.
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Middle East War: After Oil and Gas, Global Impact
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The shipping crisis in the Strait of Hormuz caused by war in the Middle East has exposed a new threat: a looming shortage of strategic minerals that drive economies all over the world – and a race by countries to obtain them.
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Middle East Conflict Looks Increasingly Like a War
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Let’s begin with a simple question that rarely gets a straight answer: what would victory over Iran actually look like? In Washington and Jerusalem, the answers tend to sound definitive: eliminate Iran’s nuclear capability amongst other things . . .
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New Momentum to Build Social Protection Capacities
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The International Labour Organization (ILO) and partner UN agencies are scaling up support to strengthen social protection systems in Arab countries across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region in response to growing pressures from conflict, displacement, economic instability and climate shocks.
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The Iran War Has Forced the US-Gulf Alliance Forward
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They won’t say it in public. But in private conversations since the February 28 outbreak of war in the region, Gulf officials tell me that they have absorbed Iranian retaliation for hosting a US-Gulf security architecture they were never permitted to name. The current terms are no longer acceptable.
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World’s Top Fossil Fuel Importers Spent USD 314 Billion
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By prioritizing fossil fuels over clean energy by a margin of 2.5 to 1, the world’s largest economies are subsidizing their own vulnerability to geopolitical crises by choosing to lock in high-risk, volatile energy systems instead of investing in lasting stability.
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Strength in numbers: Developing countries unite
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Developing countries are banking on having a stronger voice in debt negotiations, following the launch of a new country-led borrowing initiative on Wednesday on the margins of the annual IMF-World Bank Spring Meetings.
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