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State of the corporate transition 2025
No full textThe TPI Centre State of the Corporate Transition 2025 report assesses 2,000 of the world’s highest-emitting public companies on their climate action. Having doubled the coverage of our company universe since last year’s report, we now assess approximately three-quarters of total publicly listed equities worldwide by market capitalisation (US$87 trillion). The report presents updated data on the TPI Centre’s two core frameworks for companies — Management Quality and Carbon Performance — while introducing new layers of analysis to assess the credibility of corporate transition plans
Climate litigation is surging amid faltering politics and diplomacy
Get PDFLess than a month to go until the COP30 conference in Belém, Brazil, political divisions are deepening and climate action stalling. Climate litigation is holding the fort in the fight against climate change. Tiffanie Chan and Joana Setzer write that with over 3,000 cases filed across nearly 60 countries, courts are shaping climate policy, enforcing human rights and challenging corporations
Trump, Gaza and the US political maelstrom
Get PDFThe Israel-Hamas peace plan brokered by Donald Trump has brought a ceasefire to Gaza. Yet as Robert H. Wade argues, this success has done little to dampen Trump’s appetite for waging war against his domestic political opponents
Open educational resources should be central to the public mission of universities
Get PDFDiscussing the current state of open educational resources and e-textbooks, Niamh Tumelty and Caroline Ball argue they should form a central part of university strategies for public engagement
How much longer than the rest of us do royals live for? And do kings and queens enjoy a "healthy stress"?
Get PDFFor centuries, Europe’s royals enjoyed standards of living that most of their subjects could only dream of, reports Joan Costa-Font. This “royal advantage” is now quite small, but monarchs continue to outlive their (non-ruling) siblings and consorts – suggesting a health boost from the “positive stress” associated with a strong sense of purpose and agency. If that is right, what does it mean for wider health policy debates
Circular-AI symbiosis: exploring the integration of AI in entrepreneurship to advance the circular economy ecosystem
No full textThis study explores the integration of AI in sustainable entrepreneurship, focusing on its role in advancing circular economy initiatives. It introduces the “Circular-AI Symbiosis” conceptual framework, which examines the symbiotic relationship between AI technology and circular economy principles. This paradigm highlights how AI can drive circular innovation by enhancing resource efficiency, optimizing product lifecycle management, and fostering sustainable business practices through data analytics, predictive modeling, and network optimization. The framework centers on three core components: technological integration, business model development, and collaborative networks. By integrating these elements, circular-AI symbiosis offers a comprehensive approach to understanding how AI can support sustainable entrepreneurship within a circular economy context. The study also addresses key challenges in integrating AI into circular economy practices and emphasizes the role of collaborative networks in overcoming these obstacles. This research contributes to the conceptual understanding of the intersection of AI, entrepreneurship, and sustainability
Theorising human development in adult life: a complex, multidimensional, dynamic, situated model
Get PDFAlthough it is well established that human development is a lifecourse process, little is still known about development in the adult years. Few attempts have been made to develop integrative understandings of what people learn across various domains, such as work, hobbies and family. Also, adult life is addressed theoretically and empirically usually only on short life periods or through retrospective interviews. In this paper we propose a theoretical model that draws on a sociocultural tradition and that provides us with a series of concepts that enable us to describe and understand developmental dynamics in the course of lives of people, as these unfold in changing sociocultural environments. We put them at work on an only set of data, diaries written over more than twenty years. The article first introduces a theoretical framework for development across domains, and then puts it at work on two contrasting diaries. Altogether, the paper proposes a complex, longitudinal, multidimensional, dynamic, and situated model of human development in the lifecourse, contributing both to developmental literature and to methodological advancement
A cross-sectional study on schistosomiasis prevalence, intensity and risk factors in Kassala State, Sudan
Get PDFDespite decade-long global efforts, schistosomiasis remains a significant concern in Sudan. In 2017, a nationwide survey on schistosomiasis raised concerns about the existence of persistent “hot spot” areas that require more focused interventions and resources. The Sudanese Federal Ministry of Health (FMOH) and the Kassala State Ministry of Health have continued to implement school-based MDA. This study aimed to assess the prevalence and intensity of Schistosoma mansoni and S. haematobium infections and to identify associated demographic and environmental risk factors in high-endemic communities in Kassala State, Sudan. We conducted a community-based cross-sectional survey between 24th January and 13th February 2023 across 40 purposively selected villages in New Halfa and Nahr Atbara localities. Stool and urine samples were collected from 3,889 residents of all ages. S. mansoni infection was diagnosed via the Kato-Katz technique, and S. haematobium via urine centrifugation. Prevalence and infection intensity were modeled using a double hurdle model. Additional sociodemographic and behavioral data were collected through structured household interviews. The prevalence of Schistosoma mansoni in New Halfa and Nahr Atbara was 28.0% and 24.3%, respectively. In contrast, the prevalence of Schistosoma haematobium was relatively low, with a rate of 2.1% in New Halfa and no infections detected in Nahr Atbara. For S. mansoni, one village exhibited the highest prevalence of 68.2%. Out of 40 villages identified as potential hotspots, 25 had a prevalence exceeding 20%. In contrast, S. haematobium was found in only a few villages in New Halfa, with prevalence surpassing 10% in two of the 40 villages. The prevalence of infection among individuals aged 20 and older remained high in the identified villages. These findings suggest that the current mass drug administration (MDA)-only approach, which focuses primarily on school-aged children, is insufficient to prevent persistent reinfection at the local level. Therefore, updated guidelines tailored to the national context, expanded MDA with microplanning, awareness campaigns across all age groups, and improvements in water and sanitation are crucial components for effective schistosomiasis control. Moreover, the interruption of annual MDA programs due to civil conflict and reduced access to medication has exacerbated the situation, underscoring the urgent need for international attention and support
The Pissarides Review into the Future of Work and Wellbeing: final report - executive summary
No full textThe Pissarides Review is a three-year, multi-disciplinary research programme which has interrogated the impacts of technological change on people and places across the country. It has been funded by the Nuffield Foundation, hosted by the Institute for the Future of Work, and delivered in partnership with UK universities, including Imperial College London, the London School of Economics, Warwick Business School, and University College London. The Review has produced groundbreaking insight into topics related to the impact of technology on work, people and society, including the impact of AI on worker wellbeing, firm-level AI adoption case studies, the UK’s first Disruption Index, and several reports on skills, such as how skills are changing in the UK labour market and a report focused on analysing patterns of skills in the UK which is based on an AI-enabled clustering analysis of 60M UK job adverts. This Executive Summary complements the full report that we have produced, which has full details of the research we undertook, plus comprehensive chapters introducing both the basis for the research, and the detailed policy work that has come from it