Center for Knowledge

For a quarter-century, nations around the world had made significant gains in reducing poverty, a silver lining for many despite widening income inequality. But the COVID-19 pandemic reversed many of those important gains and now inflation and other factors are causing elected officials and others to redouble efforts to combat poverty and pernicious unemployment.

While inflation is a significant global problem, it is particularly harmful on the populations of developing countries. 

An estimated one-third of all food produced in a single year is lost or wasted, which exacerbates long-running issues related to food insecurity across the globe. To put this into context, the amount lost would be sufficient to feed ​​two billion people, according to a World Food Programme (WFP) analysis.

Citibeats continues its American circuit by speaking at the Select USA Investor Summit this week, the highest-profile United States (U.S.) event dedicated to promoting foreign direct investment (FDI).

Not only is climate change detrimental to planetary health but it is a significant public health risk factor, especially among vulnerable populations.

Citibeats this month will join hundreds of innovators working on emerging technologies, business leaders, startup entrepreneurs, policymakers, and civil society representatives for the annual Global Technology Governance Retreat, a three-day summit held by the Centre for the Fourth Industrial Revolution (C4IR).

While Big Oil is notably the largest polluting industry, another is close behind, routinely contributing to global warming by skyrocketing water consumption, carbon emissions, and plastic pollution while employing millions of child laborers each year.