Innovation in the news November 24, 2023
Today’s top stories
3 key outcomes from previous COPs – and the progress the world has made (World Economic Forum)
EU countries call for ‘overarching and comprehensive evaluation’ of data protection law (Euractiv)
Multinational enterprises continue reporting low-taxed profit, even in jurisdictions with high corporate tax rates, underlining need for global tax reform (OECD)
Design thinking has failed to deliver on its promise to solve the world’s thorniest social challenges. Adopting a critical design stance can help designers serve communities, rather than their own methodology (Stanford Social Innovation Review)
EU budget negotiations could spell cuts for Horizon Europe (Science Business)
Swiss cross fingers for fast association to Horizon Europe after Commission opens talks (Science Business)
French deeptechs are losing out on Nato’s €1bn VC fund (Sifted)
US coal power plants killed at least 460,000 people in past 20 years (The Guardian)
A growing number of technologists think AI is giving Big Tech ‘inordinate’ power (NBC News)
This astronomy centre just achieved gender parity. Here’s how it happened (Nature)
AI is ready to disrupt. So why is corporate Canada slow to adopt it? (The Logic, $$$)
The three phases of the heat transition (Nesta’s Andrew Sissons on Medium)
UK Independent review of university spin-out companies: government response (Department for Science, Innovation and Technology and HM Treasury)
UK Independent review of the research, development and innovation (RDI) organisational landscape: government response (Department for Science, Innovation and Technology and Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy)
The challenges of competing in a digital world: The experiences of Canadian small businesses with Amazon (Canadian Federation of Independent Business)