All posts tagged "EU"

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  AI could deny vulnerable citizens public services, fears EU chief

  Artificial intelligence is likely to harm underprivileged citizens most, the European Union’s competition commissioner Margrethe Vestager has said, as speculation grows over AI’s threat to humanity. Speaking to the BBC,

  • Posted June 19, 2023
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  ‘Mature, sensible diplomacy’: UK and EU agree new trade agreement for Northern Ireland in Brexit breakthrough

  The UK and the European Union have agreed a new deal over post-Brexit trading agreements for Northern Ireland, after months of negotiations over a highly contentious protocol agreed in 2019.

  • Posted February 28, 2023
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  Ukraine: 12 months at war – Biden visit to Kyiv sets the seal on a year of growing western unity and Russian isolation

  Ukraine undoubtedly remains on top of the global political agenda. Not only did it dominate discussions at the Munich security conference, but the surprise visit of the US president Joe

  • Posted February 26, 2023
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  UK urged to follow European peers and quit controversial energy treaty

  The UK has been urged to end its membership of an energy treaty that enables fossil fuel companies to sue governments over policies that threaten their profits. The Energy Charter

  • Posted February 13, 2023
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  US and EU launch ‘first sweeping AI agreement’ to strengthen public services and emergency response

  The White House and the European Commission have signed an administrative agreement committing each to quickening progress in the field of artificial intelligence (AI) with the goal of improving agriculture,

  • Posted February 1, 2023
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  ‘The pandemic brought the opportunity to change and a willingness to experiment’: GGF’s latest Leading Questions podcast with the European Commission’s Gertrud Ingestad

  Global Government Forum’s latest episode has been published, featuring Gertrud Ingestad who has held a variety of roles in her 27-year career at the European Commission, most recently as director

  • Posted January 25, 2023
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  Why COP27 needs to shine a spotlight on climate change adaptation

  Governments have tended to focus on cutting carbon emissions when formulating their climate change plans and policies. But with more frequent, more severe weather events blighting the globe – causing

  • Posted November 10, 2022
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  Responding to rising threats: heading off cyberattacks in the era of the perma-crisis

  At a Global Government Forum webinar, Mia Hunt heard public sector experts explore the trend for more frequent and serious cyberattacks – exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic and the invasion

  • Posted April 27, 2022
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  EU and India agree trade and technology cooperation as part of Western bid to break Russia ties

  India and the European Union are to form a trade and technology council to boost cooperation in the face of rising geopolitical uncertainty following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The announcement

  • Posted April 27, 2022
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  AI intelligence: equipping public and civil service leaders with the skills to embrace emerging technologies

  Artificial intelligence, machine learning, and data technologies may still be in their infancy but there is no doubt they will loom large in the years and decades to come. Karen

  • Posted April 20, 2022
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