Robots and AI are coming to take our jobs has been a commonly heard refrain in recent years, but it now seems clear that is not going to happen for a good while yet. In fact, as the global economy emerges from the shock of the pandemic, there are severe labour shortages being reported across multiple...

On April 22, Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga announced a ramped up target of Japan cutting its carbon emissions by 46% by 2030, from the peak of 2013 levels. That raises the stakes significantly from the previous goal of a 26% cut as Suga followed the lead of the new Biden administration during a two-day online...