Driving Sustainable Growth: Opportunities for New Zealand’s Economy
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Driving Sustainable Growth: Opportunities for New Zealand’s Economy

The report, Driving Sustainable Growth: Opportunities for New Zealand’s Economy, commissioned by the Sustainable Business Council (SBC) and Climate Leaders Coalition (CLC) finds that a focused shift toward an innovation-driven, productivity-led economy, underpinned by affordable and plentiful renewable energy and stable policy settings, could deliver an estimated $22 billion increase in GDP per year by 2035, rising to more than $33 billion per year by 2050, compared to an economy that only relies on the current carbon price path.

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Fantastic Futures 2024 - Day 2 - Session 18
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Fantastic Futures 2024 - Day 2 - Session 18

Emerging AI tools have seen use in recent years as a way to shortcut learning, potentially enabling students and teachers to customise lessons and overcome socio-economic and language barriers by providing on-demand access. Kara Kennedy offers a vision of what AI literacy looks like for librarians and their colleagues working in a low-resource educational environment servicing a high number of low-socioeconomic, multicultural customers.

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Addressing the digital divide: The economic case for increasing digital inclusion
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Addressing the digital divide: The economic case for increasing digital inclusion

Technological progress has accelerated over the past decades, changing the lives of those who can access and use digital and data technologies. These technologies give us immediate real-time information, help us stay connected and provide opportunities to learn new skills. These benefits span our work, finances, home, community and social lives.

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