Jill, Author at Global Solution Networks

Smart Dubai Blockchain-Built Business City

Apr 30, 2017 | Blockchain Governance, Cities, Employment & Prosperity, Knowledge Networks, Operational and Delivery Networks

Shaping the Future with Blockchain for Business Once a tiny fishing outpost, Dubai has become a global hub for trade with its near-zero taxes, and relative stability in a chaotic region. Now, as the world sees the development of more and more so-called “smart...

Solar Geoengineering—Global Solution or Lock-in?

Apr 19, 2017 | Blog

What is solar geoengineering? Imagine a not-to-distant future scene in which a fleet of small jets is flying on a regular schedule loaded with a cargo of some chemical compound that can be sprayed into the atmosphere where it converts to an aerosol of particles that...

Eyes in the Sky—SkyTruth Delivers Spill Data

Apr 16, 2017 | Blog

The oil industry self-reports to various agencies with reports of oil spill data for offshore drilling rigs. But there are no objective observers at sea to verify the data or spot unreported events at remote platforms. Until now. The human impact on the planet becomes...

Smart Cities Readiness Grant Winners

Apr 4, 2017 | Blog

Smart Cities Council, a smart cities network, announced Austin, Indianapolis, Miami, Orlando and Philadelphia as this year’s winners of the Smart Cities Council Readiness Challenge Grant program. Over 130 cities participated in the application process. The...

Women’s March—where to now?

Mar 31, 2017 | Employment & Prosperity, Health & Human Security, Human Rights, Knowledge Networks

After the record-shattering Women’s March demonstration of global solidarity on the second day of the Trump presidency women could be forgiven for believing that they were making their voices heard around the world. Then the women of the US were shown a new...