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Social norms, prejudices and expectations limit women's interests and determine their life choices from the earliest stages. According to UNESCO, only 35% of women choose science-related degrees. Is there a solution? For many experts, the answer lies in promoting STEM education.
ICT (Information and Communication Technologies) offer many advantages: greater access to information, cost reduction in the labour sector, greater connectivity between people, etc. However, digitalisation is not happening equally all over the world, because imbalance exists and this is known as the digital divide.
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Plogging is a new sustainable initiative invented in Sweden which combines sports like jogging with caring for the environment. The more than 20,000 people who do it each day — in over 100 different countries — pick up rubbish that they find on the ground when they go out running. Fancy a go?
The UN estimates that by 2050, 80% of the world will live in cities. Until then we have many challenges to overcome to make them more sustainable, inclusive and liveable places, as called for in the United Nations' New Urban Agenda.
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The unstoppable growth of technology has transformed our habits and behaviour and created unprecedented dilemmas which could put our future as a digital society at risk. The solution? A new set of ethics based on the source of this change: the Internet.
The fight against climate change is one of the main challenges facing the planet today. To minimise its negative impact, the aim is to achieve a climate neutral economy by 2050. The transition to this will imply structural changes with a strong impact on certain regions, areas and groups. Such a transition must be fair, to avoid leaving anyone behind.
