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Longevity startup Longevica plans to launch supplements based on long-term research

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Longevica’s CEO Aynar Abdrakhmanov, backing up his company’s aim to tap the desire for people to live longer, said: “According to the WHO, by 2050, 2 billion people will be 60+ years old. PayPal co-founder Peter Thiel invested in Unity Biotechnology , which is developing drugs to treat diseases that accompany aging.

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Autigen Announces Collaboration with Boehringer Ingelheim

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About 430 million people suffer from moderate to complete hearing loss worldwide, a number expected to rise to about 700 million by 2050. About 430 million people suffer from moderate to complete hearing loss worldwide, a number expected to rise to about 700 million by 2050. President, Autigen and CEO of Ascend BioVentures.

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Scaling green ventures: meet the innovators accelerating climate action

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Impact Hub Network Global team Facebook Twitter LinkedIn WhatsApp According to a recent McKinsey report , reaching net zero by 2050 could require a 60% increase in capital spending on physical assets compared to current levels. trillion per year until 2050, with $6.5 The total investment needed amounts to $9.2

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Innovation Hubs for More Diverse and Inclusive Cities

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More than half the world’s population currently lives in cities – a proportion that will reach 70% by 2050 – which account for approximately 80% of GDP generated worldwide. But increasing inequality and exclusion in urban areas are undermining development progress – and threatening many lives.

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Nia Richards

Forward Cities

The 2019 Institute for Policy Study on the national racial wealth gap reported if the trajectory of the past three decades continues, by 2050 the median White family will have $174,000 of wealth, while Latino median wealth will be $8,600 and Black median wealth will be $600. A: I am excited about the shift in leadership.

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Innovative businesses that support local communities

Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

Juliana has dedicated herself to supporting the environment and developing a vision to “generate an ecological and sustainable awareness through a new form of design.” World Bank experts say that without urgent action, global waste will increase by 70 percent of current levels by 2050.

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The space industry is starting a green revolution

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The developers of that spaceport aim to make it the first carbon-neutral spaceport globally — both in its construction and its operation. There is positive momentum, too, from the European Space Agency, through their leadership in tackling the issue of space debris or space junk. ” That is changing, and rightly so.