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Apr 24, 2020 · Regarded as Italy’s commercial powerhouse, central Milan is a compact city of 1.4 million people. Before the coronavirus lockdown an almost equal number (1.37 million) used the city’s metro every day, although that figure included commuters from outside the city.
Nov 16, 2020 · Italy’s first COVID-19 patient was detected on Feb. 21 in a little town near Milan, in the northern region of Lombardy. But the Italian researchers’ findings, published by the INT’s scientific magazine Tumori Journal, show that 11,6% of 959 healthy volunteers enrolled in a lung cancer screening trial between September 2019 and March 2020, had developed coronavirus antibodies well before ...
Dec 17, 2020 · On a per capita basis, Italy lies 37th in the world for number of coronavirus cases, but 4th when it comes to deaths. In 2019, Italy had the oldest population in Europe, with 22.8% of its people aged over 65. It has one of highest life expectancies worldwide at 83 years. But a 2017 report showed 71% of over-65s had at least two underlying ...
Sep 4, 2020 · In Milan, Italy, architects have done the same with tree cover – creating a "vertical forest" on two residential tower blocks. Boasting 800 trees, 4,500 shrubs and 15,000 plants, the "forest" would cover an area the size of three and a half football pitches if planted on the ground.
Honorary Member, International Advisory Council, Bocconi University, Milan, Italy; Honorary Member, The Academy of the Kingdom of Morocco, Rabat, Morocco; Creation of the Klaus Schwab Professorship for Global Medicine, National University of Singapore; Honorary Professor, Peking University, Beijing, People’s Republic of China
Jun 22, 2022 · Led by the World Economic Forum, the G20 Global Smart Cities Alliance on Technology Governance is the largest global initiative aiming at ensuring responsible and ethical use of smart city technologies. It is developing, testing, and implementing global standards and policies to ensure that data collected in public places is used safely and ...
Jun 15, 2020 · The built environment has a huge role to play in building a healthier, more sustainable world. This is becoming even more apparent thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic. Harmonizing health, energy efficiency and resilience will deliver stronger organizations and healthier communities as well as better buildings. Twenty-five years ago, the advent of ...
Nov 17, 2020 · “Technology and knowledge are two strategic assets to build inclusive, data-driven, and sustainable smart cities capable of tackling new and emerging challenges,” said Roberta Cocco, Deputy Mayor for Digital Transformation and Services to Citizens, Milan. “That is why Milan is joining the G20 Global Smart City Alliance, as this initiative will allow us to share best practices with ...
Jun 18, 2024 · The G7 Italy Summit focused on issues including Ukraine and Gaza, and international cooperation on artificial intelligence (AI). The group also discussed migration, climate change and the energy transition, and economic security. Pope Francis made a historic appearance at the summit, talking to world leaders about AI.
Feb 19, 2015 · 5 steps for Italy to boost growth. Feb 19, 2015. Two interesting institutional documents were released over the past 10 days: the Going for Growth 2015 of the OECD and the Winter Economic Forecast of the European Commission. A combined reading suggests that a) there is (ample) scope for Italy to step up its reform efforts, and b) the time might ...
