Center for Knowledge

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.

Recently selected as Technology Pioneer 2022 by the World Economic Forum and one of the 5 best digital businesses worldwide at the Mobile World Congress, Citibeats will pitch its platform to leading entrepreneurs, corporations, and investors this week at South Summit Madrid.

Range anxiety threatens to jeopardize the nascent electric vehicle (EV) revolution and imperil critical climate goals as the world confronts dangerously rising temperatures. 

The shutdown of schools and transition to remote learning during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has proven detrimental to global learning initiatives. Not only has 20 years of efforts to achieve worldwide quality education plummeted, but in some parts of the world, the loss of physical schooling created unsafe conditions for vulnerable students who were forced to remain at home with unstable caregivers or enter into forced labor or marriage.

In the race to safeguard clean water, achieve net-zero emissions, transition to renewable energy sources, and respond to the many consequences of climate change, corporations need to make better progress on developing solutions to help address these critical issues.