This week, the European Commission presented the EU Chips Act, described as a ‘comprehensive set of measures to ensure the EU's security of supply, resilience and technological leadership in semiconductor technologies and applications’. Involving over €43 billion, the package which still must be approved by...

  Putting a price on carbon emissions is a key element of the energy transition toolbox. Governments have implemented cap-and-trade systems, whereby companies have a designated amount of carbon they are allowed to emit. If insufficient to cover their operations, they must buy more permits...

Governments around the world are scrambling to fill a power supply gap, stoking fears that rising energy prices will affect purchasing power and demand at a time when the global economic recovery is already under pressure due to supply-side constraints. After a decade when depressed...

Olivier Goemans, Jade Bajai French Version The advent of 5G technology holds great promise. With enhanced speed, functionality, and data processing, it could transform productivity and performance in almost every sector and serve as the digital nervous system of “smart everything”. As such, 5G is...

As the vaccination campaign ensues, economies are rapidly recovering ground lost to the pandemic. US GDP now sits at $19.09 trillion, just 0.9% shy of its pre-Covid level, meaning the country has almost fully caught up in terms of headline growth. As was to be...