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Global issues

A collection of TED Talks (and more) on the topic of Global issues.

Video playlists about Global issues

How innovation changes the world

The big and small ways invention and transformation can bring about new eras of inspired action, thought and change. (Curated in partnership with Project Management Institute.)

Talks that will make you think twice

Everyday sights and experiences that are not as innocuous and innocent as they may seem.

How data can save lives

An exploration of what we can do to save the world with the massive amounts of data collected every day.

Why climate change is a human rights issue

Learn about the ways climate change is deeply altering how we live, where we live and the foods we eat -- ultimately threatening some of our most basic human rights.

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Talks about Global issues

Ndidi Okonkwo Nwuneli

The future of the food ecosystem -- and the power of your plate

How one photo captured a humanitarian crisis

How ancient Arctic carbon threatens everyone on the planet

Temie Giwa-Tubosun

The funding gap in start-up investing

We can make COVID-19 the last pandemic

Nuclear threat and the war in Ukraine

Stand with Ukraine in the fight against evil

The African swamp protecting Earth's environment

The future will be shaped by optimists

Selina Neirok Leem

Climate change isn't a distant threat -- it's our reality

War in Ukraine -- and what it means for the world order

How to share public money fairly

Yuval Noah Harari

The war in Ukraine could change everything

Solitaire Townsend

Are ad agencies, PR firms and lobbyists destroying the climate?

Ozawa Bineshi Albert

Climate action needs new frontline leadership

How we're reducing the climate impact of electronics

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Exclusive articles about Global issues

The world’s refugees need all the help they can get. Here are 7 ways that businesses can support them

Want to do something to help the world’s more than 22 million refugees? Any business -- no matter its size -- can give them a boost, says Melissa Fleming, chief spokesperson for UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency.

Posted Jun 2018

Cultures, nations and religions are not rocks — they’re always changing

“Africa is doomed to be poor” -- that wrongheaded statement is an example of the destiny instinct, the belief that innate characteristics determine the destinies of countries or cultures, says the late global health expert Hans Rosling. Here’s why it happens and how to overcome it.

Posted May 2018

Why ideas matter … now more than ever

It might seem as if our interconnected world is unraveling, if last week's Brexit vote is anything to go by. But it's now, says TED curator Chris Anderson, that great ideas can help knit humanity together.

Posted Jun 2016

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