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Digital Transformation and Sustainability Transformation – An interlinked way forward in a post-Covid 19 world?

Published May 27, 2020 by Nannan Lundin in Beijing

"Only if digital change and the transformation towards sustainability are constructively interlinked can we make progress with environmental protection, climate-change mitigation and human development." - German Advisory Council on Global...

Preparing for China’s “Post-Covid-19 Era” – Digital transformation for growth and for good

Published May 13, 2020 by Nannan Lundin in Beijing

Data is the new “oil” and industrial IoT is the “intelligent vehicle”, driving us on the “highway” of New Infrastructure towards an all-inclusive digital society…...

Covid-19 and digital transformation – What do we see now and what will we see soon?

Published April 27, 2020 by Nannan Lundin in Beijing

Digital economy – A source of resilience in the COVID-19 outbreak? Already long before the Covid-19 breakout, the digital economy has been playing an increasingly significant role as a new driver for China’s economic growth and social...

Wild animals and COVID-19 – What can we learn for better health of nature and humanity?

Published April 10, 2020 by Nannan Lundin in Beijing

“The message we are getting is if we don’t take care of nature, it will take care of us.” - Elizabeth Mruma Mrema, Acting Executive Secretary, UN Convention on Biological Diversity As the number of people affected by the Covid-19 outbreak...

Illustration: Dom McKenzie (The Observer).

Where are lights and hope in ongoing fights against the corona virus? Science, sharing and joint efforts

Published March 23, 2020 by Nannan Lundin in Beijing

"We are waves of the same sea, leaves of the same tree, flowers of the same garden." - Roman philosopher Seneca While the life in China is, in a cautiously optimistic mood and in small steps, trying to move back to normal, the past weeks...

Waste and plastics – New game-changers for China’s high-quality transformation?

Published March 9, 2020 by Nannan Lundin in Beijing

On China’s high-quality growth agenda, not only sustainable production, but also sustainable consumption is considered a new driver and “game-changer” for a science-based and innovation-driven system transformation. In this context,...

SHE Power for China’s Brain Power in a New Era

Published March 7, 2020 by Nannan Lundin in Beijing

“I believe that men could make the company bigger and bigger, but women could make the company better and better.” Jack Ma, former Chairman of Alibaba Group ...