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When we talk about the costs of war, we count casualties, displaced populations, and destroyed infrastructure. We rarely count wetlands. We rarely count seabirds. We rarely count the slow poisoning of a coastline that will outlast any ceasefire by decades. The ongoing conflict centred on Iran has the potential to change that conversation, and the…
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The Setup Mapping urban vegetation from satellite imagery is harder than it looks. In dense Arabian cities, the green that matters most, the palm-lined medians irrigated roundabouts, the highway verges, is packed into strips often less than 10 metres wide. At the standard 10-metre resolution of Sentinel-2, those features are at best one pixel wide.…
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The article argues that ecology and evolutionary biology provide vital frameworks for understanding complex interdependencies in business, particularly amidst current global crises. Unlike traditional business education that focuses on optimisation within fixed systems, these sciences highlight the importance of context, multicausality, and trade-offs, essential for effective strategic decision-making.
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Across the Middle East, nations are scaling up environmental restoration and greening initiatives at a historic pace. From the Middle East Green Initiative (MGI) to the Saudi Green Initiative (SGI), billions of trees are being planted to combat climate change, enhance urban livability, and restore degraded landscapes. These programs represent bold steps toward environmental sustainability…
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The AI for Good Global Summit is the leading United Nations platform for inclusive dialogue and collaborative action on artificial intelligence. Bringing together innovators, policymakers, industry leaders, and civil society, the summit aims to ensure that AI technologies accelerate progress toward the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
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From predicting wildfires to powering smart cities, Artificial Intelligence (AI) is being cast as the climate superhero of the 21st century. It’s crunching climate models, tracking endangered species (including us humans), and helping us squeeze more power from the sun and wind. Sounds like the ultimate green tech dream, right? Well… not so fast. As…
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Being eligible to conduct Environmental Impact Assessments (EIAs) in Saudi Arabia is a key requirement for environmental consultants seeking to support development projects across the kingdom.
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The foundation of every artificial intelligence system lies in its training data, yet few realize how dramatically skewed this foundation truly is. As AI systems increasingly shape global communication, commerce, and culture, the distribution of languages in training datasets has become one of the most critical yet overlooked factors determining who benefits from the AI…
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In today’s fast-paced and complex business environment, companies need to be more agile, collaborative, and innovation-driven than ever before. One of the most effective ways to achieve this is through the use of cross-functional teams.
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Have you encountered people who are not (or little) affected by their decisions? How does an organisation, firm, or group of people allow Unequal Responsibility Mechanisms to evolve? The concept of power without accountability represents one of the most challenging paradoxes in governance, business, and international relations. When individuals or institutions wield significant influence while…