With temperatures in cities set to rise in the coming decades, many public and private players in emerging markets are looking to tackle the challenge of extreme heat through technology, sustainable...
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Economic Update | Urban areas experiment with cooling technologies to combat climate change
1 Dec 2022
Economic Update | Emerging markets are targeting a share of the global electric vehicle market
28 Nov 2022
With electric vehicles (EVs) set to proliferate and become more accessible to drivers around the world, several emerging markets are looking to expand their EV manufacturing.
Economic Update | OBG Talks: Sustainability at the heart of African agriculture (in French)
24 Nov 2022
Bernardo Bruzzone, Regional Editor for Africa at Oxford Business Group, speaks with Professor Bruno Gérard, Head of the Agrobiosciences department at Mohammed VI Polytechnic University (UM6P), about...
Economic Update | Will more sustainable plastics revolutionise waste management in emerging markets?
17 Nov 2022
As an increasing number of countries ban single-use plastics, waste remains a significant environmental issue – although a variety of initiatives promise to make emerging markets the focus of the...
Economic Update | Rainforests as key sources of carbon credits in emerging markets
10 Nov 2022
In the fight against climate change, forests are vital carbon sinks, absorbing twice as much carbon as they produce each year globally.
Economic Update | How technology can combat flooding in emerging markets
8 Nov 2022
As climate change causes sea levels to rise to unprecedented levels, governments and citizens in vulnerable countries are looking at innovative ways to forecast, prevent, adapt to and insure against...
