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All AI Work is Not Created Equal: Building an Ecosystem That Supports Not Just Jobs, But Employment in East Africa

James Militzer

With how quickly AI is developing, these jobs may look like a great opportunity: The global AI market is expected to grow to almost $830 billion by 2030. A growing number of countries are already capitalizing on these AI job opportunities as part of their ongoing digital transformations, many of them through long-term plans.

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Navigating the Path to Decent Work and Reducing Youth Unemployment

3BL Media

Various reports, including from UNESCO and UN news, highlight the concerning trend that unless drastic changes occur the world will not meet its commitments to ensure inclusive and equitable quality education by 2030. The challenges are great, but so are the opportunities.

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Call for Abstracts: 2024 International Conference on Sustainable Development

Sustainable Development Network

1B Children, youth, and the future of the SDGs Chairs: Karen Brown, University of Minnesota; Susan Murphy, Trinity College Dublin By providing a set of collective, global goals, the SDGs offer a necessarily future-oriented framework for global sustainable development. These necessitate science-driven, well-informed policy choices.

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Canada’s Best 50 corporate citizens of 2022 continue to conquer the markets

Corporate Knights

Based on current trends, we are on track for 40% of directors to be non-male by 2030. In order to meet the Government of Canada’s 50% challenge to reach board gender diversity by 2030, we will need to double the pace this decade at which we add non-male directors to boards. One metric that has absolutely ballooned are profits.

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Thought Leaders 2022: Damien McDade

Sustainability Matters

For our own operations, we have set clear ambitions for our scope 1 and scope 2 emissions, for a net-zero position by 2030. A recent study by Microsoft and PwC UK demonstrates that using existing AI applications across agriculture, energy, transport and water could conservatively boost global GDP by 4% by 2030 — contributing up to US$5.2

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Delivering Smarter Technology for All to Students and Educators in the Era of AI

3BL Media

The World Economic Forum estimates that 60% of the global workforce will require additional training by 2027 with a significant focus on AI and technology-related skills. Students need skilling, and faculty and staff need upskilling to ensure a future ready workforce that can support and grow the global economy.