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2022 Credit Suisse Youth Barometer: The economic situation and war are leaving their mark – increasing need for security
While those surveyed two years ago were focused on the pandemic and sociopolitical issues, this year's results show a clear trend toward primary concerns and the associated increased need for security. A majority of the respondents in all countries polled want to support Ukraine with humanitarian aid.
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Youth Barometer 2022: War, peace, and geopolitics
For the first time in the history of the survey, a majority of young adults in Switzerland are no longer looking to their own future with confidence.
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Youth Barometer 2022: Is meritocracy a myth?
Regardless of where you come from, your skin color, your gender, or your social status: Those who put in enough effort and work hard get recognized and make it all the way to the top. This is the promise of our modern meritocratic society. Meritocracy, which originated during the Enlightenment, has been "trending" since the 1980s. The idea that financial and social status is no longer inherited but earned has had great social appeal for a long time.
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Youth Barometer 2022: Grunge is back!
"Act like you don't care, even if you do." The grunge attitude is back among young people.
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Is COVID-19 a game changer for women in the workforce?
The industries that typically employ more women, including healthcare, administrative services, education, hospitality, and restaurants, were among the most heavily impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.1 Women suffered disproportionate job and income losses as a result of their overrepresentation in the hardest-hit sectors.
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Deforestation outlook: Challenges and solutions
Reforestation plays a key role in addressing long-term climate change challenges, yet ten million hectares (or around 40% of the size of the UK) of forests are lost each year. Worse still, most of the loss occurs in areas where the carbon storage capacity of trees is high. With the rate of new forest expansion declining and demand for deforestation-related commodities rising, action is needed.
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A nuclear energy future? For now, it remains unclear
Energy security and climate change have become dual drivers renewing interest in electricity produced from nuclear energy. The Credit Suisse Nuclear Energy Report 2022 considers the efficiency and environmental merits and challenges of the technology. It also presents the controversy and political discord, and demonstrates that, in defining the future for nuclear, questions remain around whether it is possible to attract the financing required and overcome society's safety concerns for people and planet.
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Electric vehicles: the future of sustainable transport
The International Energy Agency (IEA) envisages that global carbon emissions will need to reach net zero by 2050 to limit global warming. Industries can take action by switching to renewable energy sources and using carbon capture technologies to achieve this goal.
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Carbon markets: Invest in greenhouse gas emissions
Carbon is an emerging asset class that could potentially rival the global oil market in size.
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Metamorphosis 25: Asia’s transformation accelerates
How will advances in technology, finance and sustainability shape this vibrant region’s next stage of growth?
