The United Arab Emirates is without doubt one of the world’s largest oil producers. It’s additionally the location of this yr’s UN COP28 local weather summit, which kicks off later this week in Dubai.
It’s a controversial host, however the reality is that there’s large potential for oil and gasoline corporations to assist tackle local weather change, each by cleansing up their operations and by investing their appreciable wealth and experience into new applied sciences.
The drawback is that these corporations even have a vested curiosity in preserving the established order. If they need to be a part of a net-zero future, one thing might want to change—and shortly. Read the total story.
—Casey Crownhart
How reproductive know-how can reverse inhabitants decline
Birth charges have been plummeting in rich international locations, properly under the “replacement” price. Even in China, a dramatic downturn within the variety of infants has officers scrambling, as its inhabitants development turns unfavorable.
So, what’s behind the newborn bust and may new reproductive know-how reverse the development? MIT Technology Review is internet hosting a subscriber-only Roundtables dialogue on how improvements from the lab may have an effect on the way forward for households at 11am ET this morning, that includes Antonio Regalado, our biotechnology editor, and entrepreneur Martín Varsavsky, founding father of fertility clinic Prelude Fertility. Don’t miss out—ensure you register now.
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