The UN is marking its 75th anniversary at a time of great
disruption for the world, compounded by an unprecedented global health crisis
with severe economic and social impacts.
The question has never been whether women can lead as capably
as men. Women have always led, and women will always lead, especially when the
times are hard, and their communities are in need.
A report from the global conservation organization, WWF, has
suggested that since 1970 the pressure we exert on the planet has almost
doubled and the natural resources upon which we depend have declined by more
than 33%
As
with food, there is actually enough fresh water for each person currently
living on the planet. However, access to that water is not always possible for
everyone.
Without human insights, data and the hard sciences will not meet the challenges of the next decade, says Hetan Shah.
At the beginning of the year, Dominic Cummings, a senior adviser to the UK government, posted an unusual advert on his blog, calling for data scientists, mathematicians and physicists to join him at the heart of government. As outgoing director of the Royal Statistical Society in London and soon-to-be chief executive of the British Academy, I support the sentiment behind the call: data do have huge power to inform government policy.
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