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PPPs for SDGs and the PIERS (UNECE PPP and Infrastructure Evaluation and Rating System) Role

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If not properly mitigated and managed, climate risks are assumed to be the main driver of major physical hazards and socioeconomic impacts to infrastructures by 2050 (Figure 1). Expected impacts by 2050, Adapted from McKinsey Global Institute. Climate risk and response: Physical hazards and socioeconomic impacts.

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Artificial Intelligence Is Influencing Everyday Lives for the Better

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And with the percentage of older people (65 or older) expected to rise by a whopping 26% by 2050, according to government data, there’s never been a better time to adopt elder care robots than now. Unlike humans, AI-enabled in-home care robots never tire or get frustrated and are reliable and consistent 24/7.

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Data Professional Introspective: Your Organization Can’t Create an EDM Strategy

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The second 100-year plan, targeted for 2050, calls for achieving 30% of global GDP, to […]. For example, China’s first 100-year plan was aimed at the elimination of extreme poverty by 2020. In 1980, there were 540M people living in extreme poverty; by 2014, there were only 80 million.

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How To Use Data Analytics To Launch A Sustainable Technology Business

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We have until 2050 to make these needed changes, so investing more in big data should make the changes we need. It will help green companies thrive, which is necessary to help ensure we meet sustainability targets. This can help us stave off the threat that the UN warns about.

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New DoE Program Drives Demand For Machine Learning Programmers

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In this way, advances in artificial intelligence help catalyze investment in renewable energy and reduce CO2 emissions, effectively bringing us closer to the climate-neutral Europe expected in 2050,” he concludes. Machine learning and AI will fundamentally altered the US energy industry.

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What is net zero? – PODCAST

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Currently, the UK needs to reduce emissions by 68% in comparison to 1990 levels by 2030 in order to achieve net zero by 2050. And that without aggressive and drastic steps through policy change throughout 2030, 2040 and 2050, then temperatures are predicted to rise beyond 2025, rather than decrease to the 1.5

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AI Is Reaching New Milestones In Senior Care In 2019

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This figure is going to more than double by 2050. Artificial intelligence is expected to meet the growing needs of the elderly care industry. In 2017, the number of seniors over the age of 65 reached a record 1 billion people. This is going to have tremendous implications for companies offering these services.