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Bookmark or Share- This is how we can save dying languages | World Economic ForumData came from a language tree of several hundred Austronesian languages published by University of Auckland researchers in 2009, and from Ethnologue, an online database of over 7,000 living languages. (All told, there are more than 1,200 Austronesian tongues today, making it one of the world’s largest language families.)
- Six charts that show the state of global biodiversity loss | World ...The head of the WWF has called for the world to adopt a goal of being “nature positive” by 2030. The WWF’s Living Planet Report 2022 finds wildlife populations have declined by an average 69% in the past 50 years.
- This is why half of the world’s languages are endangered | World ...The project draws attention to the “drastic and accelerated loss of the world’s languages” and could help preserve many endangered and “sleeping” languages for future generations. The UNESCO International Decade of Indigenous Languages (IDIL2022-2032) , which begins this year, also aims to engage the global community with the critical ...
- The Fourth Industrial Revolution: what it means, how to respondThe Fourth Industrial Revolution has the potential to raise global income levels and improve the quality of life for populations around the world.
- Impact of ageing population on Japan - The World Economic ForumMore than 1 in 10 people in Japan are now aged 80 or older. The ageing population is having a profound impact on Japan's economy, workforce and society.
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