Source: World Economic Forum (video statements)
This week’s top stories of the week include:
0:14 – What does the latest science say about the climate crisis? Johan Rockström explains: Planet Earth truly is in uncharted territory, says Johan Rockström, director of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research. Here, he gives the latest take on what the #climate science is saying: how a drop in the planet’s resilience is drawing us ever closer to irreversible tipping points, from the mass collapse of coral reefs to permafrost melt, and how breaching a 1.5°C rise in global temperature is now ‘unavoidable’ – at least temporarily.
4:05 – Helsinki has gone a whole year without a traffic death. Here’s why: The last fatal accident on the streets of Finland’s capital was in July 2024
In 2022, Helsinki launched a 4-year programme to improve traffic safety, Here’s how it worked.
5:43 – How human roles are shifting in the age of robotics: People who operate machines are evolving into AI systems trainers, while logistics workers are transitioning to fleet co-ordinators for mobile robots. The incoming robotics and AI revolution is set to transform many industries from bottom to top. But while it’s set to be a major driver of #ob evolution, that doesn’t only mean losses – it could also create new roles with more valuable and complex skillsets, and greater satisfaction.
7:12 – These young Ugandans are becoming urban farmers in impoverished areas: Kamwokya is one of Kampala’s poorest districts, where many residents live on less than $1 a day. In 2024, an NGO set up an urban farm in the middle of the district.
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