Jun 6, 2016 | Blog, Cities
The Hyperloop One Global Challenge is inviting entries in a competition to win the opportunity to work with Hyperloop on transforming passenger and cargo transportation. While commercial drone operators are working out the regulatory problems of operating package...
May 31, 2016 | Blog, Employment & Prosperity
This is the first in a series of updates on GSNs that we have featured on the Employment and Prosperity Hub. CODE is a non-government organization [NGO] whose mission is to improve access to information and empower local communities in Africa. The following interview...
Dec 4, 2015 | Blog, Cities, Climate & Planet Stewardship, Knowledge Networks, Operational and Delivery Networks
C40 Cities, a GSN working on the sustainable development issues of climate change in urban centers, awarded 10 cities with the annual C40 Cities Award. The award program, launched in 2013, recognizes successes in programs that reduce emissions and improve...
Oct 4, 2015 | Blog, Employment & Prosperity
Digital India achieved a rare thing last week: a show of collective support from Silicon Valley leaders including the executives of Cisco, Microsoft, Qualcomm, Google, Apple, and Facebook, all of whom gathered for a dinner meeting in San Jose to honor the visit of...
Sep 20, 2015 | Cities, Climate, Climate & Planet Stewardship, Economic Stability & Prosperity, Employment & Prosperity, Environment & Sustainability, Health & Human Security, Health & Wellbeing, Human Rights, Peace & Conflict, Poverty Alleviation
Richard Curtis, the film-maker known for hits like Love Actually and Bridget Jones’s Diary, as well as for his work with Comic Relief, is the founder of Project Everyone, a collaboration with the UN to give prominence to the Sustainable Development Goals. The...