Feb 15, 2016 | Blog, Cities, Knowledge Networks
The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) has released a new report, “The Trends Shaping Education,” that says that cities can learn from one another, share best practice and develop problem solutions in ways that are impossible at the national...
Feb 15, 2016 | Blog, Climate & Planet Stewardship, Employment & Prosperity, Health & Human Security
GSN Founder and Executive Director, and Trent University chancellor Don Tapscott received his Order of Canada from Governor General David Johnston at a ceremony last Friday morning at Rideau Hall in Ottawa Tapscott was one of 87 individuals named to the Order of...
Jan 29, 2016 | Cities, Knowledge Networks
Transportation choices in the urban population centers is underlining the changing times. Getting a drivers’ license used to be a right of passage for every teenager. The treasured document was a ticket to autonomy and freedom, speed and excitement that every...
Jan 25, 2016 | Blog, Climate, Climate & Planet Stewardship
A series on deep collaboration strategies for deep decarbonization in support of UN Sustainable Development Goal #13 TWO This is the second post in a blog series that aims to: examine existing and emerging collaboration initiatives. examine new models for...
Dec 31, 2015 | Blog, Cities, Climate & Planet Stewardship
Climate Solutions from C40 Cities and Arup Consulting The cities of the world are facing twin challenges of climate change and rapidly growing populations. Half the world’s population is already living in urban centers and that proportion is expected to rise to...