The COVID-19 pandemic holds at least seven lessons for the relationship between data-driven decision making, the use of artificial intelligence, and development. These are that (1) in a global crisis, the shifting value of data creates policy pitfalls; (2) predictions of crises and how they play...

Climate change and mitigation, carbon reduction -- Combined heat and power and district heating systems -- Control and optimization of renewable energy systems -- Energy and environmental assessment in buildings and cities -- Food safety and quality engineering -- Information technology and...

Artificial Intelligence (AI) and FinTech-powered ESG screening and analysis solutions have become “strategic enablers” that can address some of the inherent ESG information biases and potentially even ESG rating divergences arising from corporate self-reporting, and annualised, backward...