Setting the stage for nature-based solutions, this Solutions Paper presents the different issues and solutions that had been discussed during an event organised by the Geneva Macro Labs in September 2022. It provides an overview of various governance mechanisms to protect ecosystems, describing their mechanisms, effectiveness, and shortfalls in protecting the underlying natural asset, whether an individual (keystone) species or an entire ecosystem. It also discusses the potential of current governance mechanisms to support economic livelihoods for populations living with or in close vicinity to the ecosystem in question.

In June 2021, Geneva Macro Labs together with its partner organisations convened a high-level conference on “AI and the futureof work” to discuss opportunities and challenges of artificialintelligence for the Future of Work.The half-day event allowed for a lively exchange between practitioners, policy makers, business leaders, trade union representativesand activists on the way forward with...

Geneva Macro Labs initiated a new approach to foster sustainable innovation which was based on a combination of systems theory, collective intelligence, agile development and design thinking. The initiative, called Geneva impACTs, brought together a diverse group of experts, start-ups and investors to develop innovative projects, aiming to make inroads towards achieving the Sustainable Development Goals...

In this Solutions Paper, Geneva Macro Labs argues that the SDGs need next-generation blockchain technology.

In the past, automation and mechanisation mostly affected the manufacturing sector – for instance robots painting cars and machines canning foods.