Great Buildings Begin With Locals & Health Insurance for Refugees | WEF | Top Stories of the Week
Channel: World Economic Forum
Date: 2024-03-16

This week's top stories of the week include:

0:15 How great buildings begin with locals – Francis Kéré is a winner of the Pritzker Prize, often called the highest distinction in architecture. His buildings are found across the globe. From a wooden art pavilion in Montana to a college in Kenya inspired by local termite mounds. For Kéré, a new project always begins in the same way, through dialogue.

4:03 Solving the internet's climate impact – Data centres account for 1% of energy-related global greenhouse gas emissions. In some countries, this figure is much higher. Almost 20% of Ireland’s electricity supply is consumed by data centres. Across the world, technologies such as AI are pushing energy demand still higher. Loading more pressure on to creaking electricity grids.

5:41 Health insurance access for refugees – Kakuma in Kenya is one of the world’s biggest refugee camps. Last year, Neema Kaseje helped set up Kakuma’s first paediatric operating room. Since then, her biggest goal has been to make care more accessible to the Kakuma population.

9:57 World Trade Organization meeting insights – The World Trade Organization (WTO) convenes every two years to assess the state of global trade and guide its future direction, particularly with developing countries in mind. Here are some of the highlights from their recent meeting in Abu Dhabi.

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