Embracing Green Values

An Overview of Current Debates on Green Business By: Pari Esfandiari First published at the Iran International Magazine in March 2000. The much-celebrated notion of green business emerged in the 1990s as a result of…

India’s Choices & Challenges

India’s Energy Security in Shifting World Order By Pooran Chandra Pandey Indian Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, is currently on a three-day tour to Europe and has the Ukraine war and impending energy security issues on…

The role of AI in achieving the SDGs

The emergence of artificial intelligence (AI) and its progressively wider impact on many sectors requires an assessment of its effect on the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals. Using a consensus-based expert elicitation process, we…

AI & Sustainable Development

Artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly opening up a new frontier in the fields of business, corporate practices, and governmental policy. The intelligence of machines and robotics with deep learning capabilities have created profound disrupting and…

Blockchain for Cities

Blockchain is considered one of the most disruptive technologies of our time. Numerous cities around the world are launching blockchain initiatives as part of the overall efforts toward shaping the urban future. However, the infancy…

Blockchain to Make Our Cities Smarter

The FICCI- PwC report on ‘Blockchain: the next innovation to make our cities smarter’ to be released at the Smart Cities Summit organized by Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry The Smart Cities…

Global Green in the Age of Trump

The U.S. President’s decision to walk away from the Paris agreement is the subject of this in-depth inquiry by Pari Esfandiari and Lassi Noponen. First Published at Dante Magazine It had been long expected. Donald Trump had promised…