The World Economic Forum has been publishing an annual Gender Gap Report for the past 15 years.

It examines the divide between men and women across the globe in four major areas – economics, education, healthcare and politics.

And while the gaps are closing in some of those areas, in others –...

The COVID-19 pandemic has of course had an extraordinary effect on all our lives.

But for women, according to a new report, it’s had a particularly devastating impact. The World Economic Forum’s annual Global Gender Gap report shows that COVID has pushed back gender parity by an entire generatio...

Equal pay has been one of the key battlegrounds in the fight to close the gender gap. The latest statistics suggest that this year on average women will still earn only 82 cents for every dollar earned by a man.

And the pandemic has only exacerbated the gender pay gap, as women are more likely ...

The past week has seen the worst outbreak of Israeli-Palestinian violence in many years.

Tensions over a court case to evict several Palestinian families in east Jerusalem and clashes between Palestinian protesters and Israeli police near the city's Al-Aqsa Mosque have escalated to a situation w...

The world’s largest biodiversity summit was due to take place this week in Kunming China, but has been postponed once again due to the global pandemic. In a year which has been dominated by Covid, Stephen Cole looks at the future of the world’s wildlife and its fundamental link to the fate of the...

The 15th Conference of Parties will take place in Kunming, the capital of Yunnan Province.

China is home to 10% of the world’s plant species and 14% of its animals but can it act as a global champion of biodiversity? And how crucial is China in the fight against habitat loss?

Dimitri De Boer, ...

The world’s largest biodiversity summit, COP15 was due to take place in Kunming, China in May but pandemic concerns meant it was pushed back yet again to October 2021.

The summit will see scientists, NGOs and policy makers come together to thrash out the scientific and financial elements of the...

Africa is home to some of the world's most endangered species, including mountain gorillas, Grevy’s zebra, and Ethiopian wolf. It is also home to the Congo basin, a huge carbon sink which benefits global oxygen flow.

But these animal numbers and natural resources are in sharp decline. That’s why...

According to a recent report by International Energy Forum, demand for gasoline is unlikely to ever return to pre-pandemic levels. So has Covid-19 provided an opportunity for the world to finally turn its back on dirty fossil fuels?

Joseph McMonigle is the fifth Secretary General of the Internat...

Around ten percent of the world's energy is currently provided by nuclear power.

#TheAgenda with Stephen Cole speaks to Jonathan Cobb from the World Nuclear Association to see just where atomic energy fits into a future power solution.

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Oil fueled the 20th century—its cars, its wars, its economy and its geopolitics. As the US returns to the Paris Climate accord and President Biden pledged to cut carbon emissions by half by the end of 2030, the world is speeding up the shift to a new greener order. But what does that really mean?...

The world’s leaders appear to be competing to set their countries increasingly tough goals to cut emissions – President Biden promising to halve them in the US by the end of this decade. But just how tough a target is that? Here, Stephen Cole looks at just how the energy market currently breaks d...

The travel and tourism industry has lost an estimated $1.3 trillion dollars in export revenue from 2020 - more than 11 times the recorded loss during the 2009 global economic crisis.

Half of the world’s worst affected countries are in Europe. Spain has seen its lowest number of annual visitors ...

Travel restrictions have been devastating for the airline industry. It’s estimated aviation lost one $126 billion last year and will lose another $50 billion this year.
They say beyond crisis comes opportunity, so despite the turbulence a new airline is preparing to take to the skies. Here, the ...

Travel restrictions wiped out more than $138B in accommodation turnover in 2020, ending a decade of growth. Restrictions on leisure and business travel caused a slump in accommodation activity of more than 50 percent in the EU and the U.K. Hotel rooms have been gathering dust for more than a year...

As a country economically reliant on tourism, the pandemic travel restrictions have left Greece on its financial knees. Officials say they are willing to open to travellers from countries with strong vaccination programs, but just how prepared are they and what will be different about a Greek ret...

The trillion-dollar travel and tourism industry has been left in tatters by the pandemic. Just how much does that matter to global economies? Which countries are most reliant on spending from overseas visitors? And what challenges will the sector need to face whilst trying to get the world back o...

Before the pandemic tourism was growing faster than the world’s economy and travelling had never been easier. Then COVID-19 brought globetrotters to a halt and left the trillion-dollar industry in tatters. But with rapid vaccination bringing optimism, can the sector now get back on the move? How ...

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It looked like it could change the world of football forever.

Twelve of the world's biggest clubs, including Real Madrid, Barcelona, Manchester United, Chelsea and Juventus, announce they're starting their own European Super League – a league from which there would be no releg...

Björn Annwall is head of Volvo’s Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region and tells Stephen Cole how the Swedish car manufacturer plans to make electric-only vehicles by its 2030 deadline, as well as the challenge of convincing EV-hesitant consumers.

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From ditching diesel, making batteries and converting infrastructure; turning off the internal combustion engine ignition and switching to electric will transform the car industry. The Agenda’s Stephen Cole explains the challenges facing the accelerating global effort towards an electric-car futu...

There’s a hidden cost in the electric car boom and it’s the potential harm to our environment from methods used to mine the necessary metals to power them.

Gerard Barron is CEO and Chairman of DeepGreen (soon to be known as The Metals Company) which recovers these metals from the ocean floor in...

Can Europe switch towards clean energy? The electric car revolution is growing – but to work, it needs a widespread infrastructure update.

Charging cars is more time-consuming, taking up to 12 hours or longer on bigger vehicles.

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Who are the winners and losers of Britain's departure? How will the current tensions affect the chances of cooperation in future? And could we see more EU members following in Britain's footsteps by leaving the bloc?

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