"... one feels a lack, a nakedness, as if one of the walls of the room he is sitting in has disappeared, he did not want to believe that something that was naturally present until the day before, like our arms and legs, suddenly disappeared."
Sabahattin Ali
"... insan oturduğu odanın duvarlarından biri yok oluvermiş gibi bir noksanlık, bir çıplaklık duyuyor, bir gün evveline kadar kolumuz, bacağımız gibi pek tabii surette mevcut olan bir şeyin birdenbire hiç olmasına inanmak istemiyordu."
Sabahattin Ali
Food systems: all elements & activities related to producing & consuming food & their effects, including economic, health & environmental outcomes.
Challenges:
Ensuring food security & nutrition
Supporting livelihoods in food chain
Doing so in an environmentally sustainable way
How does protein #consumption differ across countries?
High-income economies consume more animal protein than mid- or low-income economies. But the breakdown of what people are eating is more complex.
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Brain in Gut
Enteric nervous system -in evolutionary terms has probably been around much longer than the brain- can operate on its own without being directed by central nervous system.
It is there to keep gut working, help absorb nutrients & keep out harmful agents.
#healthcare
The landmark deal will also reallocate more than USD 125 billion of profits from around 100 of the world’s largest and most profitable MNEs to countries worldwide, ensuring that these firms pay a fair share of tax wherever they operate and generate profits.
Tax Challenges Arising from the Digitalisation of the Economy
Major reform of the international tax system finalised today at the OECD will ensure that Multinational Enterprises (MNEs) will be subject to a minimum 15% tax rate from 2023.
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The Future Of Financial Services
Tech is eating every industry.
It was happening gradually. Now, it’s happening suddenly. Especially across financial services.
https://t.co/tpBdADvhqR
Pandora papers: biggest ever leak of offshore data exposes financial secrets of rich and powerful
Millions of documents reveal offshore deals and assets of more than 100 billionaires, 30 world leaders and 300 public officials
https://t.co/DYQ71B8YV3
PandoraPapers focused on the use of offshore trusts & shell companies by the superrich & political classes. These legal structures are often created to maintain confidentiality, although they can also be misused for money laundering or corruption purposes.
https://t.co/IjMQUSHlIz
The Myth of Green Capitalism
The entire capitalist system is premised on the privatization of gains & the socialization of losses –not in any nefarious fashion, but with the blessing of the law.
The Code of Capital: How the Law Creates Wealth & Inequality
https://t.co/aBqtY1ZFL1
As more than half of all services trade in Asia is digitally delivered, requiring nonresident suppliers of digital services & ecommerce marketplaces to register with local tax authorities & remit VAT on their sales can raise revenue between 0.04 - 0.11 % of GDP in some countries.
How to Tax in Asia’s Digital Age
Digitalization—the technology that powers fintech, e-commerce, and online services—enables us to make mobile money transfers, purchase goods and services online, and interact with people across the globe.
https://t.co/MlPDlBR0bf
Digital services taxes-withholding on payments for crossborder services or userbased turnover taxes on digital activities-don’t raise much revenue & have other drawbacks such as distorting business decisions, complicating trade relations & still being vulnerable to tax avoidance.
Free to read: It looks like your petrol-engine car, but under the bonnet it’s a very different beast. We’re looking into how electric vehicles compare to traditional cars and asking, are they really better for the environment? https://t.co/5wo9Gl71IT
Making it Cheaper to be Green
DRIVING HYDROGEN COSTS DOWN WHILE INCREASING SUPPLY
*Building more plants to increase hydrogen supply
*Increasing hydrogen plant utilization
*Decreasing electrolyzer plant capital expenditures
*Reducing renewable (solar & wind) energy costs
For energy & utility companies, hydrogen can be used for energy storage, as it is an energy carrier that can capture & store renewable energy from solar, wind & other renewables. It can be used to store energy for months instead of days, compared to conventional energy storage.
As transportation OEMs consider their green vehicle options, hydrogen-powered vehicles have some advantages over electric vehicles. Specifically, fuel cell electric vehicles, which are powered by hydrogen fuel cells, can travel longer distances with shorter refueling times.
While solar & wind could help decarbonize the grid, current methods to harness them can't generate energy densely & consistently enough for manufacturing operations. Hydrogen, however, can fuel high-temperature manufacturing operations related to steel, glass, chemical & cement.