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Summary: Our weekly audio programme, presenting interviews, features and reports on Forum events, initiatives and projects.

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 Q&A with Jacob van der Blij: How chief risk officers do more than just risk avoidance | File Type: image/jpeg | Duration: Unknown
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UNICEF’s Chief Risk Officer explains how risk management is about systems, process but also culture.

 Europe's fast-warming climate is a challenge, but renewables offer hope: WMO | File Type: image/jpeg | Duration: Unknown
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A new report by the WMO and the EU's Copernicus Climate Change Service found that Europe was approximately 2.3°C above the pre-industrial average in 2022.

 How vertical farming can save water and support food security | File Type: image/jpeg | Duration: Unknown
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Agriculture contributes to, and is affected by, increasing global water scarcity. Vertical farming, which uses 98% less water than traditional agriculture, could the answer.

 This historic mining belt in Europe is planning to become a green energy hub. Here's how | File Type: image/jpeg | Duration: Unknown
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Eastern Germany's historic mining belt is facing a major transformation as the region seeks to transition away from coal and towards a more sustainable future.

 Women's land rights: A key to combating desertification and drought | File Type: image/jpeg | Duration: Unknown
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Women's land rights are in the spotlight as UN Chief calls for eliminating legal barriers to women owning land and to involve them in policy-making.

 Biobanking for biodiversity: How South Africa is storing its natural treasures | File Type: image/jpeg | Duration: Unknown
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To protect its biodiversity, South Africa has created a network of biobanks to store and manage samples of biological material for future research.

 Refugees deserve compassion: a walk towards positive change | File Type: image/jpeg | Duration: Unknown
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More than 110 million people are expected to be forcibly displaced by the end of 2023 and 45 million children will be at risk of starvation.

 What will be the impact of 3D printing on mass fashion? | File Type: image/jpeg | Duration: Unknown
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The innovativeness of 3D printing should incite big fashion companies to move away from low-cost, fast-fashion strategies to having positive impacts on the environment and communities.

 This is how to find out which emerging technologies will next revolutionize our world | File Type: image/jpeg | Duration: Unknown
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The Top 10 Emerging Technologies Report helps decision-makers and others anticipate the next key technologies to seize opportunities and safeguard risks.

 Why Africa and China are together driving and redefining 21st-century growth | File Type: image/jpeg | Duration: Unknown
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OPINION: Africa and China's partnership could be one of the 21st century’s most powerfully transformative economic relationships, the head of Standard Bank Group writes.

 More than 100 million people around the world have been forcibly displaced | File Type: image/jpeg | Duration: Unknown
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The number of people forced to flee their homes due to conflict is at an all-time high. World Refugee Day 2023 focuses on hope away from home.

 Finding work after fleeing war: companies aim to help refugees find jobs | File Type: image/jpeg | Duration: Unknown
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The World Economic Forum is working to expand employment opportunities for refugees and accelerate hiring through the Refugee Employment Alliance.

 Global reservoir levels decline despite construction boom, and other nature and climate stories you need to read this week | File Type: image/jpeg | Duration: Unknown
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Global reservoir levels decline; 180,000+ people in India and Pakistan flee cyclone Biparjoy; EU records highest average world temperature for early June.

 Digital twins can boost mining output to drive the energy transition. Here's how | File Type: image/jpeg | Duration: Unknown
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Mining capacity can't deliver the raw materials needed for the energy transition, but this innovative technology can make a key difference.

 Women entrepreneurs in these markets are a trillion-dollar opportunity. Here's why | File Type: image/jpeg | Duration: Unknown
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The business owners in these markets are underfinanced and overlooked. But investing in them can bring massive social and economic returns.

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