it means paying for health care and welfare is one of the biggest challenges facing governments all around the world. but this older generation, it represents a huge commercial opportunity. so, how do businesses capitalise on the silver consumer? i m going to be discussing all of that with these two. there they are. professorjane falkingham is director of the centre for population change, and drjoe coughlin, who s the big boss at the mit age lab in boston. also on the show, i m joined by the big boss of moleskine. yeah, the luxury accessories company still providing beautifully bound notebooks to every generation. after three years at the helm, daniela riccardi is going to tell us how the business is adapting to the changing demand for stationery. wherever you rejoining me from around the world, once again, a big hello and a warm welcome to the show. three score years and ten. what s that? well, it s an ancient biblical number expressing a typical healthy human lifespan, 70 y
well, it s an ancient biblical number expressing a typical healthy human lifespan, 70 years. but it was only in 2010 when the global life expectancy finally passed that number. you know, an average baby born today should now expect to live to 73. it s near enough doubled in 100 years. but of course, that figure hides big variations. girls, they should expect to live a few years longer than boys. wealthier people tend to be healthier as well. 0n the whole, they live longer lives. naturally, you see disparities between rich countries and poor. here s how global life expectancy has changed since 1950. injapan, it s now approaching 85 years old. in the united states, it s about 80, and it s close to that, 79, in china. in india, the world s most populous nation, it s 72 years old. and in sub saharan africa, it s generally much lower. in fact, in the central african nation of chad, one of the world s poorest countries, the life expectancy there is just under 5a years old. and that
at what s on the show. across europe, more than half a trillion dollars was spent in the last year protecting people from the high cost of energy. as the colder months come down the pipeline, and the war in ukraine shows no signs of stopping, is there still an energy crisis for europe and america? how much has changed in the market? and will governments have to spend billions again to protect us from massive bills? i m going to be discussing all of that with these two there they are the man behind the official research which europe uses to figure out the direction of energy bills. and a global market specialist who sits on the council that advises the united states government on energy strategy. plus, it s a year since president biden announced hundreds of billions of dollars for the push to clean energy. just months later, europe followed suit. so i ll talk to the boss of one of europe s biggest clean energy companies, fortum, about the money flooding into the market, wh
clean energy companies, fortum, about the money flooding into the market, what happens when moscow seizes your assets, and what it all means for business, bills, and the future of the planet? wherever you rejoining me from around the world, once again, a big hello and a warm welcome to the show. you know, vladimir putin s full scale invasion on ukraine back in february of 2022 sparked a seismic shock in global energy markets. prices spiked immediately, and this was felt nowhere more than in europe. for years, russian oil and particularly gas had kept that continent running, and that came to a screeching halt as a flotilla of sanctions all descended on russia from europe, the uk, and north america targeting notjust the supply of oil and gas, but also how russia took payment, and even the insurance on its boats of fuel that were still being shipped to countries like, well, like india and china countries which have maintained their ties with moscow and have taken advanta
hello, everybody. a very warm welcome to talking business weekly with me, aaron heslehurst. let s go and take a look at what s on the show. across europe, more than half a trillion dollars was spent in the last year protecting people from the high cost of energy. as the colder months come down the pipeline, and the war in ukraine shows no signs of stopping, is there still an energy crisis for europe and america? how much has changed in the market? and will governments have to spend billions again to protect us from massive bills? i m going to be discussing all of that with these two there they are the man behind the official research which europe uses to figure out the direction of energy bills. and a global market specialist who sits on the council that advises the united states government on energy strategy. plus, it s a year since president biden announced hundreds of billions of dollars for the push to clean energy. just months later, europe followed suit. so, i ll ta