by AIP Online Bureau | Sep 14, 2020 | Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, Eco/Invest/Demography, International News
BRUSSELS: Investors managing trillions in assets and more than 120 business leaders called on the European Union to commit to cut emissions by at least 55% by 2030 on Tuesday, saying anything less would fail to unlock the private financing needed.This would be in line...
by AIP Online Bureau | Sep 14, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Non-Life, Pandemic
BEIJING: Coronavirus vaccines being developed in China may be ready for use by the general public as early as November, an official with the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said. China has four COVID-19 vaccines in the final stage of clinical...
by AIP Online Bureau | Sep 14, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Pandemic
LONDON: The knock-on effects of the coronavirus pandemic have halted and reversed global health progress, setting it back 25 years and exposing millions to the risk of deadly disease and poverty, a report by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation warned on...
by AIP Online Bureau | Sep 14, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Pandemic
MANILA: The coronavirus pandemic will cause economic output in “developing Asia” to shrink for the first time in nearly six decades in 2020 before it bounces back next year, the Asian Development Bank said on Tuesday. “Developing Asia”, which...
by AIP Online Bureau | Sep 14, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Health, Life, Non-Life, Pandemic
International consultant McKinsey has today released new insights on how insurers can adapt to the post-COVID-19 world, based on conversations with insurance leaders across the world. The report, entitled “Reimagine insurance:Five keys to innovation”,...