innovation
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Harnessing the blue economy for growth and prosperity: The Cabo Verde experience
En: Think TanksVision and Opportunity Cabo Verde’s ocean is both a defining feature and vast economic opportunity. The surrounding Atlantic spans more than 200 times its land area, offering enormous potential. This…
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Why Africa should sequence, not rush into AI?
Framing the AI Challenge in Africa Africa’s digital landscape remains uneven, with many systems still manual or paper-based, highlighting deep technological gaps. Meanwhile, global discourse about generative AI’s transformative power…
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Breaking Free from Carbon with a Clean Energy Shift in the Asia-Pacific
Clean Energy Momentum and Carbon Challenges Energy demand across the Asia-Pacific continues climbing, intensifying the climate crisis market by rising temperatures and extreme weather. APEC members are transitioning toward carbon-free…
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From Gyeongju to Busan: APEC Takes Key Steps Toward Sustainable and Resilient Marine Sector
Advancing Ocean Sustainability and Regional Cooperation APEC members gathered in Gyeongju to discuss joint action on rising sea levels, pollution, and illegal fishing across borders. This meeting prepared the groundwork…
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Food Security Takes a Practical Turn
Practical Shifts in Food Security Action Food security efforts across the Asia-Pacific are making a visible shift toward implementation and measurable outcomes as economies work to reduce food loss and…
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Administrator Liu: Innovation-Led Cooperation Crucial to Reinforce Food Security
Strengthening Food System Resilience through Cooperation Building a resilient Asia-Pacific food system requires coordinated efforts across the entire grain value chain, from production through processing to marketing. A systematic approach…
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Economies Press for Open Innovation as Science, Technology and AI Reshape Growth
En: APEC/PECCOpen Innovation for Shared Growth Economies across the Asia-Pacific gathered in Guangzhou to emphasize how science, technology and artificial intelligence are reshaping economic growth. They stressed that rapid advances in…
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Workshop on Reducing Food Loss and Waste through Packaging Innovations and Progress Review of FLW in the APEC Region
En: APEC/PECCFood Loss and Waste as a Structural Challenge in the APEC Region Food loss and waste remain a persistent structural challenge across food systems, particularly during storage, packaging, distribution, and…
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The Pulse of the Planet
En: APEC/PECCRethinking Economic Data in the Big – Data Era Economic measurement developed under conditions of scarcity, when information was slow, expensive, and incomplete. Governments relied on surveys and sampling to…