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UN SDG11 Sustainable Cities and Communities

SDG11: From city to slum: urban challenges that must be overcome

SDG11’s goal is to make cities “inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable”. As with all the SDGs, the aim is ambitious … and difficult to...
Emma Marcegaglia

The quiet influence over European business

From the factory floor of her father’s steel business, to some of the biggest boardrooms in Europe, the rise and rise of Emma Marcegaglia...
Earth, Climate Change

OECD’s forecast for growth comes with qualifications — and warnings

A BLEAK view of the future of the global economy has been painted by the OECD — and climate change has a central role. A...
Cargo ship at sunset

New export strategy to bring ‘superpower’ status to Britain

BRITAIN’S International Trade Secretary, Liam Fox, has announced an export strategy that “will make Britain a 21st Century exporting superpower”. “As we leave the EU,...
Trainers, sneakers in shop

Walking a mile in China’s shoes will cost US shoppers dear

US PRESIDENT Donald Trump may figuratively have shot himself in the foot. Another industry is about to become a casualty of America’s escalating trade war...