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Countdown Awards Research Grant to Advance Mitochondrial Transplantation in Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy

ATLANTA, July 29, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Countdown, the global nonprofit accelerating mitochondrial science and medicine to transform the future of human health, today announced new funding awarded to Dr. James McCully, Associate Professor of Surgery at Harvard Medical School and the Department of Cardiac Surgery at Boston Children's Hospital. The funding will advance his research in mitochondrial transplantation, an emerging therapeutic approach designed to restore cellular energy and function at its source.

Muscle degeneration is a defining feature of aging, chronic disease, and many genetic conditions, contributing to loss of strength, mobility, and overall resilience. But at its core, this decline is driven by something more fundamental: the breakdown of cellular energy. When mitochondria fail, muscle tissue weakens, regeneration slows, and functional capacity deteriorates, triggering a ripple effect across the body. Despite this, there are currently no approved therapies that directly restore cellular energy within damaged muscle tissue.

Dr. McCully's research applies a strategy already proven to work: mitochondrial transplantation. This therapeutic approach has been shown to restore energy production and improve function in damaged tissue, including in Dr. McCully’s prior clinical work with pediatric cardiac patients.

This next phase evaluates that same strategy in a genetic model of Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD), one of the most severe and aggressive muscle diseases. In DMD, muscle breaks down faster than the body can repair it, a process marked by chronic inflammation, oxidative stress, and underlying mitochondrial dysfunction. The research will determine whether transplantation can restore energy production and improve muscle function in one of the hardest test cases in the field. To do so, the study will assess both single and repeated delivery of healthy mitochondria alongside a novel hydrogel-based system designed to improve retention and therapeutic durability, with the goal of accelerating clinical translation.

Mitochondrial transplantation involves isolating functional mitochondria and delivering them directly into compromised tissue. Once inside the cell, healthy mitochondria integrate with the cell's existing mitochondrial network, restoring energy production and improving cellular signaling, function, and survival. As the field evolves, multiple approaches to mitochondrial delivery are being developed, reflecting growing momentum behind this therapeutic strategy.

Preclinical and early clinical studies have demonstrated promising improvements in tissue recovery and function across multiple disease models, reinforcing the potential of mitochondrial transplantation as a transformative therapeutic platform.

Dr. McCully’s laboratory at Boston Children’s Hospital has been at the forefront of this field for over two decades, including early human applications in pediatric patients with severe cardiac dysfunction, where mitochondrial transplantation supported recovery of heart function. Building on this foundation, the newly funded research advances this work into chronic muscle disease — an area of significant unmet need — with the potential to establish mitochondrial transplantation as a broadly applicable therapeutic platform.

“This is exactly the kind of science we exist to accelerate, work that targets the root cause of disease at the cellular level,” said Mitzi Solomon, Founder and President of Countdown. “Muscle degeneration is one of the most visible expressions of a deeper issue: loss of cellular energy. Mitochondria are the shared engine beneath rare disease, chronic illness, and aging itself. By restoring energy at the source, we have the opportunity to fundamentally change how we treat disease and support human health.”

“PS Cares, the philanthropic arm of PS Reserve, a private membership community centered around connection, lifestyle, and meaningful experiences, is proud to support this work,” said Jennifer Dawood, Director of Member Engagement at PS Reserve. “We are drawn to innovations that help people maintain vitality and quality of life, and our support of Countdown reflects that by funding science focused on restoring energy, resilience, and function at the cellular level. This is where we believe the future of health is headed, and we're proud to be part of it.”

Because mitochondrial dysfunction is a common biological thread across many conditions, the implications of this research extend far beyond Duchenne muscular dystrophy. Mitochondrial transplantation represents a mutation-independent approach. When successful, this work will establish mitochondrial transplantation as a therapeutic platform with applications across a wide range of diseases driven by impaired cellular energy, from rare genetic disorders to chronic disease and aging.

“Our mitochondrial transplantation research would not be possible without Countdown's support,” said Dr. James McCully. “Because of this support, we can now apply the success achieved in our pediatric cardiac clinical trial to advancing new therapies for patients who urgently need them most.”

This investment reflects Countdown's broader strategy to accelerate mitochondrial science as the foundation of a new era of medicine. Rather than funding individual diseases, Countdown is building a connected research ecosystem designed to accelerate diagnostics, therapies, and prevention by addressing cellular energy at its source.

About Countdown

Countdown is a nonprofit building a movement around cellular energy — the science most overlooked and underfunded, and most fundamental to human health. By focusing on mitochondria, the shared biological engine underlying many of the most urgent diseases of our time, we're advancing a more integrated approach to understanding, preventing, and treating disease at its source.

Guided by the belief that Energy Is Everything, we fund bold, high-risk, high-reward research and bring together the scientists, clinicians, innovators, philanthropists, investors, and brands advancing the future of health.

OUR VISION

A world where cellular energy is recognized as a foundation of human health, transforming how we understand, prevent, and treat disease while improving resilience, performance, and health across the lifespan.

OUR MISSION

To acceleratemitochondrial scienceand medicine and bring cellular energy to the center of human health.

We believe the greatest breakthroughs in health will come not from any one discipline, industry, or organization, but through collaboration. By connecting people, ideas, and discovery across traditionally separate fields, we are helping accelerate scientific progress, improve health across the lifespan, and shape a new era of health rooted in the science of energy.

For more information, visit www.joincountdown.org

Follow Countdown on Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, X and YouTube

Contact:
Mitzi Solomon, Founder and President
[email protected]

Stephanie Ballien, VP of Marketing
[email protected]

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Countdown Awards Research Grant to Advance Mitochondrial Transplantation in Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy

ATLANTA, July 29, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Countdown, the global nonprofit accelerating mitochondrial science and medicine to transform the future of human health, today announced new funding awarded to Dr. James McCully, Associate Professor of Surgery at Harvard Medical School and the Department of Cardiac Surgery at Boston Children's Hospital. The funding will advance his research in mitochondrial transplantation, an emerging therapeutic approach designed to restore cellular energy and function at its source.

Muscle degeneration is a defining feature of aging, chronic disease, and many genetic conditions, contributing to loss of strength, mobility, and overall resilience. But at its core, this decline is driven by something more fundamental: the breakdown of cellular energy. When mitochondria fail, muscle tissue weakens, regeneration slows, and functional capacity deteriorates, triggering a ripple effect across the body. Despite this, there are currently no approved therapies that directly restore cellular energy within damaged muscle tissue.

Dr. McCully's research applies a strategy already proven to work: mitochondrial transplantation. This therapeutic approach has been shown to restore energy production and improve function in damaged tissue, including in Dr. McCully’s prior clinical work with pediatric cardiac patients.

This next phase evaluates that same strategy in a genetic model of Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD), one of the most severe and aggressive muscle diseases. In DMD, muscle breaks down faster than the body can repair it, a process marked by chronic inflammation, oxidative stress, and underlying mitochondrial dysfunction. The research will determine whether transplantation can restore energy production and improve muscle function in one of the hardest test cases in the field. To do so, the study will assess both single and repeated delivery of healthy mitochondria alongside a novel hydrogel-based system designed to improve retention and therapeutic durability, with the goal of accelerating clinical translation.

Mitochondrial transplantation involves isolating functional mitochondria and delivering them directly into compromised tissue. Once inside the cell, healthy mitochondria integrate with the cell's existing mitochondrial network, restoring energy production and improving cellular signaling, function, and survival. As the field evolves, multiple approaches to mitochondrial delivery are being developed, reflecting growing momentum behind this therapeutic strategy.

Preclinical and early clinical studies have demonstrated promising improvements in tissue recovery and function across multiple disease models, reinforcing the potential of mitochondrial transplantation as a transformative therapeutic platform.

Dr. McCully’s laboratory at Boston Children’s Hospital has been at the forefront of this field for over two decades, including early human applications in pediatric patients with severe cardiac dysfunction, where mitochondrial transplantation supported recovery of heart function. Building on this foundation, the newly funded research advances this work into chronic muscle disease — an area of significant unmet need — with the potential to establish mitochondrial transplantation as a broadly applicable therapeutic platform.

“This is exactly the kind of science we exist to accelerate, work that targets the root cause of disease at the cellular level,” said Mitzi Solomon, Founder and President of Countdown. “Muscle degeneration is one of the most visible expressions of a deeper issue: loss of cellular energy. Mitochondria are the shared engine beneath rare disease, chronic illness, and aging itself. By restoring energy at the source, we have the opportunity to fundamentally change how we treat disease and support human health.”

“PS Cares, the philanthropic arm of PS Reserve, a private membership community centered around connection, lifestyle, and meaningful experiences, is proud to support this work,” said Jennifer Dawood, Director of Member Engagement at PS Reserve. “We are drawn to innovations that help people maintain vitality and quality of life, and our support of Countdown reflects that by funding science focused on restoring energy, resilience, and function at the cellular level. This is where we believe the future of health is headed, and we're proud to be part of it.”

Because mitochondrial dysfunction is a common biological thread across many conditions, the implications of this research extend far beyond Duchenne muscular dystrophy. Mitochondrial transplantation represents a mutation-independent approach. When successful, this work will establish mitochondrial transplantation as a therapeutic platform with applications across a wide range of diseases driven by impaired cellular energy, from rare genetic disorders to chronic disease and aging.

“Our mitochondrial transplantation research would not be possible without Countdown's support,” said Dr. James McCully. “Because of this support, we can now apply the success achieved in our pediatric cardiac clinical trial to advancing new therapies for patients who urgently need them most.”

This investment reflects Countdown's broader strategy to accelerate mitochondrial science as the foundation of a new era of medicine. Rather than funding individual diseases, Countdown is building a connected research ecosystem designed to accelerate diagnostics, therapies, and prevention by addressing cellular energy at its source.

About Countdown

Countdown is a nonprofit building a movement around cellular energy — the science most overlooked and underfunded, and most fundamental to human health. By focusing on mitochondria, the shared biological engine underlying many of the most urgent diseases of our time, we're advancing a more integrated approach to understanding, preventing, and treating disease at its source.

Guided by the belief that Energy Is Everything, we fund bold, high-risk, high-reward research and bring together the scientists, clinicians, innovators, philanthropists, investors, and brands advancing the future of health.

OUR VISION

A world where cellular energy is recognized as a foundation of human health, transforming how we understand, prevent, and treat disease while improving resilience, performance, and health across the lifespan.

OUR MISSION

To acceleratemitochondrial scienceand medicine and bring cellular energy to the center of human health.

We believe the greatest breakthroughs in health will come not from any one discipline, industry, or organization, but through collaboration. By connecting people, ideas, and discovery across traditionally separate fields, we are helping accelerate scientific progress, improve health across the lifespan, and shape a new era of health rooted in the science of energy.

For more information, visit www.joincountdown.org

Follow Countdown on Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, X and YouTube

Contact:
Mitzi Solomon, Founder and President
[email protected]

Stephanie Ballien, VP of Marketing
[email protected]

A photo accompanying this announcement is available at https://www.globenewswire.com/NewsRoom/AttachmentNg/3f3b1eb9-f589-4059-991a-6ff47c84daa0 


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Bitget Ranks Second in ETH Liquidity Depth in H1 2026, CoinGlass Report Finds

VICTORIA, Seychelles, July 29, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Bitget, the world’s largest Universal Exchange (UEX), ranked among the leading venues for BTC and ETH derivatives liquidity in H1 2026, according to the CoinGlass 2026 Semi-Annual Cryptocurrency Derivatives Market Report, highlighting the exchange’s growing role in supporting deep execution across major crypto assets as derivatives markets became more selective.

The report found that Bitget recorded US$81.37 million in ETH order-book depth within ±1% of the mid-price, representing a 21.4% share among the listed venues and ranking second behind Binance. For BTC, Bitget recorded US$71.70 million in order-book depth within ±1%, representing a 13.4% share and ranking fourth among the listed venues.

The data comes during a period when the broader derivatives market became more selective in major crypto assets. According to CoinGlass, total crypto derivatives volume was down 15.7% year over year in H1 2026, while average daily open interest declined by a smaller 10.0%. The gap suggested that trading activity cooled faster than outstanding risk exposure, making liquidity depth and execution quality more important for market participants.

“The derivatives markets remain sensitive to volatility even when overall trading activity moderates,” said Gracy Chen, CEO of Bitget. “In this environment, liquidity depth has become a core measure of exchange’s trust and performance.”

Bitget’s liquidity performance also reflects its continued progress in serving more sophisticated trading demand. According to Bitget’s internal data, the share of institutional spot trading volume increased to 82% by December in 2025, highlighting rising institutional participation on the platform. To support its growth, Bitget upgraded the framework for its PRO and Liquidity Incentive Programs in early July, improving trading cost structures, liquidity incentives, and market-making conditions across crypto and traditional financial market products. These initiatives are designed to make Bitget a more competitive venue for both institutional and retail traders.

Beyond crypto asset liquidity, the CoinGlass report also showed Bitget’s expanding footprint in TradFi trading products. In H1 2026, Bitget recorded US$66.41 billion in TradFi perpetual contract volume, representing a 5.5% share among the five sampled exchanges in the report. This highlights growing demand for TradFi exposure via crypto-native infrastructure, complementing Bitget’s strong liquidity in major digital assets.

These results build on Bitget’s continued investment in trading infrastructure. As Bitget advances its Universal Exchange model, bringing together crypto assets, tokenized assets, and traditional financial market access within a single trading environment, the exchange is developing the execution, liquidity, and pricing infrastructure required to support the next generation of multi-asset trading.

About Bitget

Bitget is the world's largest Universal Exchange (UEX), serving over 125 million users and offering access to over 2M crypto tokens, 500+ tokenized stocks, ETFs, commodities, FX, and precious metals such as gold. The ecosystem is committed to helping users trade smarter with its AI agent, which co-pilots trade execution. Bitget is driving crypto adoption through strategic partnerships such as MotoGP™. Aligned with its global impact strategy, Bitget has joined hands with UNICEF to support blockchain education for 1.1 million people by 2027. Bitget currently leads in the tokenized TradFi market, providing the industry's lowest fees and highest liquidity across 150 regions worldwide.

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A New Wave of “Communist” Hysteria is Threatening to Spread Across US Politics

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani

By Thalif Deen
UNITED NATIONS, Jul 29 2026 – Senator Joseph R. McCarthy (Republican of Kansas) rose to public attention in the 1950s with his allegations that hundreds of “Communists” had infiltrated the State Department and other federal agencies.

Fast forward to 1971.

Addressing a class of post-graduate students at the Columbia University’s School of Journalism in 1971, one of the Professors was explaining the red-baiting that took place during the late 1950’s when Senator McCarthy, in his crusade against Communism, led a series of investigations and Congressional hearings to reveal—imaginary or real—of Communist infiltration into the US government.

There was hysterical paranoia about “reds” and “Communists” in the deep state. The slogan was “Reds under the Beds”.

The extent of McCarthyism was evident, he said recounting an anecdote, when there were two groups of demonstrators – the pro Communists and anti- Communists—staging protests and counter protests in Times Square in the heart of New York city

The word “Communism” was dreaded—but perhaps only anti-Communists were tolerated during the witch hunt under McCarthyism.

When the demonstrations got unruly, the cops dragged some of the protestors from the streets and bodily threw them into Police vans (called paddy wagons) when one of them pleaded: “I am anti-Communist. I am anti-Communist”.

And the cop shouted back: “I don’t care what goddam brand of Communist you are”.

Meanwhile, when Zohran Mamdani was elected the 112th mayor of New York City last November, he was the city’s first Muslim and South Asian American mayor, and at 34, its youngest leader in over a century.

But Mamdani, who describes himself as a “democratic socialist” has been repeatedly accused of being a “communist” by political opponents, most notably President Donald Trump and conservative media commentators.

The mayor has been dismissed by Trump and various Republicans as a “100% Communist lunatic” during and after the mayoral race, to criticize his left-wing platform.

But with more democratic socialists being elected at two House primaries and a fistful of legislative races, the communist label has been viciously used against all “socialists”—and may be used by Republicans against Democrats ahead of the mid-term elections.

Which triggers the question: is this the beginning of a new McCarthyism era, which was rooted in the 1950s?

James E. Jennings, President of Conscience International, told Inter Press Service (IPS): Donald Trump has taken advantage of the ignorance of his MAGA followers to gain and hold power for a corrupt class of Billionaires.

He has succeeded by altering the meaning of words to suit his purposes and using them as weapons, a political skill as old as time. Now, he is throwing the word “Communist” at his Social Democrat and Democratic Socialist opponents who are not at all Communists. All these niceties are lost on his supporters.

“Communism insists on state ownership of property. Social Democrats advocate government regulation of the marketplace and property rights for the benefit of all, while Democratic Socialism takes this a step further, urging the abolition of capitalism.”

Trump and his cadre of Republican sycophants must stop confusing people with hateful epithets that are no way accurate. Everybody should read Orwell’s 1984 and reject Trumpism, because semantics do in fact rule political discourse. Confucius was right: The rectification of things is the naming of things, said Jennings

Trump’s obfuscation, he pointed out, is about concentrating power and wealth. But as early as 1776 Virginia established itself as a Commonwealth, the idea of shared prosperity for the benefit of all. Property was not to be concentrated in the hands of rulers.

“No man,” they said, is entitled to “exclusive or separate emoluments or privileges.” Pennsylvania’s Constitution also forbids the “Advantage of any single man, family, or set of men.” Massachusetts and Kentucky followed suit. Those ideas are not Communist. They simply advocate equality and opportunity for all, declared Jennings.

Speaking at Mount Rushmore July 4, while commemorating the country’s 250th birthday, Trump described his political opponents as “godless”, “evil” Communists.

The New York Times said he used the word “communism” so many times, “you might have thought the Cold War was still on”. It was a bigger threat than Pearl Harbor and 9/11, Trump was quoted as saying.

According to a report in the Times July 27, the local chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) has added over 7,000 new members.

The political philosophy of DSA includes rising taxes on the rich, guaranteed free medical care for the poor, a freeze on rising rents on public housing, raising the minimum wage and shortening the work week. The mayor also plans to open 5 New York city-owned grocery stores with 30 percent discount on produce, meat, bread and milk. And on foreign policy, the DSA has taken a strong stand for Palestinian statehood.

Norman Solomon, executive director, Institute for Public Accuracy and national director, RootsAction told IPS the core of the repression being spearheaded by (Secretary of State Marco) Rubio is that the people now running the U.S. government hate democracy and want to stamp out as much of it as they can.

Freedom of speech is at the center of democracy – they need each other – and the witch-hunt being mounted by the Trump regime is methodical.

“ There are many differences between the current wave of repression and the McCarthy era at America’s mid-century, but the very real continuity involves the wielding of government and media power to intimidate and stoke the fires of fear. The goal is to engender passivity and subservience,’ he said.

Much of liberal-leaning America, notably the administrations of many colleges, quickly buckled under pressure to crack down on nonviolent campus protests against Israel’s war on Gaza and U.S. support for it.

That dynamic, said Solomon, began in late 2023 and become powerful during 2024, in the last year of the Biden presidency. The common responses from college administrators were forms of authoritarian actions, aiming to cause self-censorship and preemptive obedience – in other words, suppression of First Amendment rights. This process became more extreme after Trump regained presidential power.

“Issuing lists of supposed subversives was a key tactic of the McCarthy Era. It sowed fear, and the result involved poisonous crops of stifled public discourse and fearful silences,” Solomon pointed out.

“Similar dynamics are now underway. But many people and organizations are refusing to accept the repression, and there are reasons to hope that nonviolent emphatic resistance can be effective in mitigating the damage to civic life”, declared Solomon, author of “War Made Invisible: How America Hides the Human Toll of Its Military Machine.”

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Preparing Agriculture for a New Era of Extreme Weather

Agriculture and extreme weather pose growing challenges to food security, highlighting the need for preparedness, research and agricultural resilience.

Time and again, evidence has shown that proactive investments in anticipatory action, preparedness and mitigation can reduce the negative impacts of extreme weather events while minimizing economic losses. Credit: Umar Manzoor Shah/IPS

By Esther Ngumbi
URBANA, Illinois, US, Jul 29 2026 – Recently, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations put out an alert, warning countries around the world about an impending new El Niño  phase that is expected to significantly increase the likelihood of drought, heat waves, storms, and flooding and pose major risks to agriculture across multiple regions.

But this is not surprising, as in recent years, including 2026, droughts, storms, tornadoes, heat waves, and flooding have become increasingly frequent and severe.

These erratic and extreme weather events have resulted in the loss of lives, caused billions of dollars in damage to infrastructure, while inflicting devastating consequenses to crop production, food security, and agriculture, a sector that supports millions of livelihoods, provides employment, and contributes significantly to national economies in both the United States and globally.

Countries need to invest in developing anticipatory action plans, strengthen early warning and forecasting systems, and equip citizens and at-risk communities with practical solutions and mitigation strategies they can implement before these catastrophic weather events happen

The question then becomes, how can countries including the United States best prepare for these devastating extreme weather events that have such negative impacts on agriculture and food security?

First and foremost, countries need to invest in developing anticipatory action plans, strengthen early warning and forecasting systems, and equip citizens and at-risk communities with practical solutions and mitigation strategies they can implement before these catastrophic weather events happen.

Doing so is a win–win for everyone. Time and again, evidence has shown that proactive investments in anticipatory action plans, preparedness and mitigation reduce extreme weather events negative impacts while minimizing economic losses.

Complementing these forecasting systems would be the need for countries to develop national preparedness plans with the goal to protect food and agricultural supply chains from production through to consumption, before, during, and after extreme weather events.

Countries should also promote a culture of preparedness by encouraging its citizens, farmers, and other stakeholders in the agriculture sector to take anticipatory action before weather events happen. For example, in 2025, the United States Department of Agriculture encouraged producers to prepare for the hurricane season.

Taking anticipatory actions by farmers and other stakeholders in the agriculture sector can vary depending on resources and expected weather events. For example, if heatwaves and droughts are forecast, farmers can take anticipatory measures including planting drought tolerant crop varieties and using other innovative drought solutions. When flooding is expected, farmers can plant flooding tolerant varieties.

In parallel and beyond preparedness, countries must encourage farmers to adopt regenerative agriculture practices including cover cropping, reduced till and no till farming, crop rotations, pest management conservation system, mixed cropping and other soil health building strategies.

Collectively, these practices enhance soil health, improve water retention and ultimately strengthen agricultural crops’ ability to withstand heatwaves, drought, flooding and other extreme weather events.

Notably, agricultural research continues to reveal other effective approaches including harnessing beneficial soil microbes to improve crop production while strengthening plant resillience to droughts and other biotic and abiotic stressors.

Importantly, there is a continued need to invest in research and development. To stay ahead of the increasing weather events and their devastating impacts on agriculture, countries must continue to invest in science by funding research. Sadly, many countries continue to cut the federal budgets allocated for research and development beginning with the United States. This needs to change.

When scientists are funded and investments are made, researchers can continue to research not only the impacts of these weather events but also potential innovative solutions to address these challenges.

Alongside investing in research there is the need to invest in extension. Extension is the arm that allows for the last mile of research to be effective, since extension people work with communities to transfer research and to share the research discoveries.

Agricultural extension work with farmers to provide advice throughout the growing season suggesting changes and strategies farmers should take to ensure that crops survive the weather brought about challenges.

Finally, continued collaboration across sectors and countries is necessary to confront weather associated challenges impacting agriculture.

This includes forging creative partnerships that engage governments, federal and state funding agencies, research institutions and researchers in both public and private institutions, universities, growers, extension experts and agents, NGO’s and philanthropists.

Coordinated collaborations will go a long way to ensure that extreme weather events have minimal impacts on agriculture and food security.

At a time when unpredictable extreme weather events are becoming more frequent and severe, investing in developing anticipatory plans, early warning and forecasting systems, as well as developing preparedness plans and creative and innovative ways to disseminate available information, solutions and strategies to growers will go a long way in improving agricultural productivity while strengthening our ability to sustainably grow crops and meet our food security needs both today and in the years to come.

Esther Ngumbi, PhD is Assistant Professor, Department of Entomology, African American Studies Department, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

The United Nations in a Time of Opportunity & Uncertainty: a Time to Choose

Credit: United Nations

By Amitabh Behar
DELHI, India, Jul 29 2026 – On 15 September 1953, Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit of India was elected the eighth president of the UN General Assembly — the first woman to hold the UN’s second-highest position. Since then, only four women have followed her, most recently the current president, Annalena Baerbock. Since its founding, the UN has had nine Secretaries-General. All men. Now, 81 years after the UN’s founding, we have a historic opportunity to correct that record. It is time to entrust the UN leadership to a woman of the Global South who shapes a more inclusive, effective and forward-looking UN.

The stakes extend far beyond symbolism. In the coming weeks, attention will turn to the Security Council, where the informal straw polls will effectively determine who emerges as the next Secretary-General, before it forwards its recommendations to the General Assembly for appointment.

Of the six candidates currently in the race, four are women, Michelle Bachelet, Rebeca Grynspan, María Fernanda Espinosa and Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett. Their credentials leave no doubt that the UN has highly qualified women ready to lead. The choice facing UN member states, and especially the Permanent Five is therefore not whether a woman can lead the organisation, but which candidate is best placed to pull multilateralism back from the brink, revers trends of conflict and inequality, uphold international law, and restoring confidence in cooperation as a force for justice and human dignity.

That is no small task. The next Secretary-General will need to provide principled leadership to advance the interests of people whose voices are excluded from global decision-making, while defending the UN’s independence from its most powerful members. Trygve Lie, the first Secretary-General, once called the job “the most impossible job in the world.” This quote has rarely been proven righter than today.

The organisation the next Secretary-General inherits is not in good shape. A recent poll found that just 4% of people in the Global South believe the UN has sufficient authority in global governance; 44% blamed the concentration of power among the Permanent Five in the Security Council. Yet the same poll affirmed the need of the UN in this context with its enduring value as the only universal forum where all member states can address shared challenges — and the need for a Secretary-General who listens to people.

That points to four non-negotiable commitments that should anchor the next Secretary-General’s agenda: representation, participation, accountability and the right to self-determination. Among these four commitments accountability matters most urgently to stop impunity. Committing to it means real reform of a Security Council where the Permanent Five too often act as judge and jury: prioritising prevention, curbing the veto, strengthen the equality of all Security Council members in decision-making so advancements to global peace cannot be blocked, limiting the “penholder” system that lets the P5 monopolise drafting, and putting civilian protection at the centre of every peacekeeping effort.

Ultimately, addressing these structural challenges will require a broader conversation about the future of the UN Charter itself, including serious consideration of Article 109 as a pathway for reviewing whether the Organization’s founding framework remains fit for purpose in today’s world.

Translating these commitments into people’s lives means concrete action in a few key areas: Inequality must finally move to the centre of the UN agenda: billionaire wealth has hit a historic $18.3 trillion and only 16% of the Sustainable Development Goals remain on track. Establishing an International Panel on Inequality, modelled on the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, will be a vital next step in tackling the inequality emergency.

Civilian protection and defending international humanitarian law must be non-negotiable to dismantle systems of impunity, at a moment when dozens of people fall into humanitarian emergency every minute. And with the world badly off track on the Paris Agreement, the next Secretary-General must build on Antonio Guterres’ legacy and continue pushing to make a just transition away from fossil fuels — backed by real climate finance — a defining political priority.

The next Secretary-General must put a feminist vision at the heart of the UN. This means confronting a rigged, sexist, and racist economic order that prizes endless growth over the care of people and the planet, and backing the Roadmap for Eradicating Poverty Beyond Growth. And none of this will happen if civil society is sidelined and fundamental rights -including digital ones – are not protected while Artificial Intelligence keeps expanding without control. The UN’s legitimacy depends on hearing from the people it was built to serve — the Charter’s founding principle of “We the Peoples” — especially as civic space shrinks worldwide including in the UN.

In her inaugural address as UNGA president, Pandit said the world “must learn to cooperate effectively in safeguarding peace and in raising standards of living.” Seventy-three years on, as multilateralism strains under the weight of its own contradictions, that sentence has lost none of its urgency.

Leading the UN of tomorrow might be the hardest job in the world. But as Lie also said, the harder the task, the greater the reward. It is time for structural change — and for a woman of the Global South to lead it. We cannot afford to miss this opportunity. The coming weeks, and the opening of the 81st session of the General Assembly, will show whether world leaders are ready to seize it

Amitabh Behar is Oxfam International’s Executive Director

IPS UN Bureau

 


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Tellus Power bringt „Tellus Energy AI“ auf den Markt – ein vertikales Großmodell für umweltfreundliches KI-Computing

  • Das neue vertikale KI-Modell kombiniert Strompreisinformationen, Lastprognosen, Rechenplanung und V2G-Ressourcen, um die Stromkosten zu senken und flexible Netzkapazitäten zu erschließen

IRVINE, Kalifornien, July 29, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Tellus Power Global Holding Limited („Tellus Power“ oder das „Unternehmen“), ein Deep-Technology-Unternehmen, das bidirektionale Energieübertragungssysteme zur Versorgung der physischen KI-Wirtschaft entwickelt, hat heute die Einführung von „Tellus Energy AI“, einem speziell für den Energie- und Rechensektor entwickelten („vertikalen“) KI-Modell, bekanntgegeben. Das Modell ist darauf ausgelegt, Energie und Rechenleistung in mehrere Richtungen aufeinander abzustimmen, wobei KI-Rechenlasten an die Echtzeit-Verfügbarkeit und den Preis von Strom angepasst werden, während dezentrale Lade- und Speicheranlagen in netzreaktive Ressourcen umgewandelt werden. Tellus Power ist der Ansicht, zu den ersten Anbietern zu gehören, die eine mehrdimensionale Energie- und Rechenauslastung in einem einzigen professionellen Modell auf den Markt bringen.

Tellus Energy AI bietet fünf Kernfunktionen:

  • Echtzeit-Preisüberwachung – erfasst und analysiert Großhandelsstrompreise nahezu in Echtzeit, um Entscheidungen im Stromhandel zu unterstützen.
  • Lastprognose – mehrdimensionale Lastvorhersage als Grundlage für Entscheidungen in den Bereichen Energieeinsatz, Verbrauch und Energiehandel.
  • Entscheidungshilfe im Energiebereich – empfiehlt Maßnahmen auf der Grundlage von Echtzeitpreisen und Lastdaten, um Kunden dabei zu unterstützen, ihre Stromkosten zu senken.
  • Netzkoordination, Energiearbitrage und Mehrwertdienste – reagiert auf Netzsignale hinsichtlich Resilienz, Spitzenlast und anderer Signale für Hilfsdienste und wandelt ungenutzte Ladekapazität in zusätzliche Einnahmen um.
  • Offene Agentenplattform – Kunden können über die veröffentlichten APIs auf TPResearch, dem Agenten-Framework von Tellus Power, maßgeschneiderte KI-Agenten entwickeln.


Die „Tellus Power Mission Control“-Plattform – Zustand der Flotte, Verfügbarkeit und Live-Diagnose auf einen Blick (beispielhafte Ansicht).

Neben dem Modell baut Tellus Power eine integrierte Energie-KI-Rechenkapazität auf, die auf vier Säulen basiert: einem auf Vehicle-to-Grid (V2G) basierenden virtuellen Kraftwerk, einem flächendeckenden Ladenetz, flüssigkeitsgekühlten Rechenclustern mit hoher Rechendichte sowie einem fortschrittlichen EMS (Energiemanagement-System).

Zusammen unterstützen diese vier anwendungsorientierte Modelle – die auf Rechenleistung abgestimmte Lastverteilung, den V2G-Standortbetrieb, die Entscheidungsfindung im Stromhandel sowie die Rückverfolgbarkeit umweltfreundlicher Rechenleistung –, die darauf abzielen, hohe Energiekosten und Netzengpässe zu bewältigen, Kapazitäten für Mikro-Rechenzentren zu erschließen, die Zertifizierung als Ökostrom-Anbieter zu ermöglichen und eine geringe Anlagenauslastung zu beheben.

Bei den ersten Implementierungen strebt Tellus Power eine Senkung der Stromkosten um 20 % bis 40 % im Vergleich zum nicht optimierten Betrieb, einen PUE-Wert des Rechenzentrums von unter 1,1 sowie zusätzliche Einnahmen aus Nebenleistungen von bis zu 40 % an, wobei eine lückenlose Rückverfolgbarkeit des Ökostroms zur Unterstützung der ESG-Berichterstattung gewährleistet wird.

Verfolgung der Strompreise nahezu in Echtzeit und Vergleich von Preisprognoseszenarien.

Tellus Power stellt drei kommerzielle Angebote – den „Energy Intelligence Agent“, die private Bereitstellung sowie ein EMS-Smart-Toolkit – KI-Betreibern, Rechenzentren und Betreibern von Anlagen für neue Energien zur Verfügung, um Partnerschaften und die Integration in die hochmoderne Infrastruktur des Unternehmens zu ermöglichen.

Tellus Energy AI ist über jeden Kanal erreichbar – die Bediener können die Flotte per Tablet oder Smartphone in einfacher Sprache abfragen.

In den nächsten drei bis fünf Jahren strebt Tellus Power den Aufbau eines dezentralen Netzwerks für umweltfreundliche Rechenleistung mit einer Leistung von über 1 GW an, um ein integriertes Angebot aus den Bereichen „Energie + Rechenleistung + KI“ als zweite Wachstumskurve zu entwickeln und einen Beitrag zu einem Ökosystem für eine kohlenstoffarme Recheninfrastruktur zu leisten.

„Der Wettlauf um alle Arten von KI – einschließlich generativer KI, Inferenz-KI und physikalischer KI – ist im Grunde ein Wettlauf um sofort verfügbare Energie. Die Rechenleistung ist zwar vorhanden, doch die Fähigkeit, diese kostengünstig und umweltfreundlich zu nutzen, stellt das eigentliche Hindernis für das Wachstum der KI dar. „Wir haben Tellus Energy AI entwickelt, um diese Einschränkung zu beseitigen und Energie – bislang der größte Kosten- und Zeitaufwand bei KI – in eine Quelle für Effizienz, Ausfallsicherheit und sofortige Verfügbarkeit zu verwandeln“, sagt Mike Calise, Vorstandsvorsitzender von Tellus Power.

Über Tellus Power
Tellus Power ist ein Deep-Technology-Unternehmen, das bidirektionale Energieübertragungssysteme entwickelt, um die physische KI-Wirtschaft mit Energie zu versorgen. Unsere Produkte vereinen Ladelösungen für Fuhrparks und Personenkraftwagen, Batteriespeicher sowie Vehicle-to-Grid-Funktionen. Diese Infrastruktur ermöglicht die bidirektionale Steuerung von Elektronen mit hohem Durchsatz über ein Energiesystem am Netzrand. Tellus Power ist weltweit tätig und ermöglicht die Verschmelzung von Elektrifizierung, Robotik, Autonomie und dezentralen Energiequellen.

Weitere Informationen finden Sie unter https://telluspowergroup.com

Medienkontakt
Jessica Starman, MBA
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Unternehmenskontakt
Caitlin McCann
[email protected]

Zukunftsgerichtete Aussagen
Diese Pressemitteilung enthält zukunftsgerichtete Aussagen zu den Produkten, Zielen und Plänen von Tellus Power, einschließlich Leistungskennzahlen und zukünftiger Netzwerkkapazität. Diese spiegeln die aktuellen Erwartungen wider und unterliegen Risiken und Unsicherheiten; die tatsächlichen Ergebnisse können wesentlich davon abweichen. Tellus Power übernimmt keine Verpflichtung, diese Aussagen zu aktualisieren.

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Tellus Power Lança Tellus Energy AI, um Modelo de Grande Escala Vertical para Computação de IA Verde

  • Novo modelo vertical de IA combina inteligência de preço de eletricidade, previsão de carga, agendamento de computação e recursos V2G para ajudar a reduzir os custos de energia e liberar capacidades flexíveis da rede

IRVINE, Calif., July 29, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — A Tellus Power Global Holding Limited (“Tellus Power” ou a “Empresa”), uma empresa de tecnologia avançada que desenvolve sistemas de transferência bidirecional de energia para alimentar a economia de IA física, lançou hoje a Tellus Energy AI, um modelo de IA (“vertical”) criado especificamente para os setores de energia e computação. O modelo foi desenvolvido para coordenar energia e computação em várias direções, combinando cargas de trabalho de computação de IA com disponibilidade e preço de energia em tempo real, além de transformar ativos de carregamento e armazenamento distribuídos em recursos responsivos à rede. A Tellus Power acredita ser um dos primeiros fornecedores a oferecer agendamento de computação de energia de múltiplas vias para o mercado em um único modelo profissional.

A Tellus Energy AI fornece cinco recursos principais:

  • Rastreamento de preços em tempo real – captura e análise dos preços da eletricidade no atacado em tempo quase real para apoiar as decisões de negociação de energia.
  • Previsão de carga de energia – previsão multidimensional de carga para informar decisões de despacho, consumo e negociação de energia.
  • Suporte à tomada de decisões de energia – recomendação de ações com base em preços e carga em tempo real para ajudar os clientes a reduzir os custos de eletricidade.
  • Coordenação de rede, arbitragem de energia e serviços de valor agregado – resposta a sinais de rede para resiliência, atendimento de picos de demanda e outros serviços auxiliares, convertendo a capacidade de carregamento ociosa em receita adicional.
  • Plataforma aberta de agente – os clientes podem criar agentes de IA personalizados no TPResearch, a estrutura de agentes da Tellus Power, nas suas APIs publicadas.


Plataforma Tellus Power Mission Control – visão geral da integridade da frota, tempo de atividade e diagnósticos ao vivo (visão representativa).

Juntamente com o modelo, a Tellus Power está desenvolvendo uma capacidade integrada de computação que une energia e IA com base em quatro pilares: uma usina virtual de energia baseada na tecnologia vehicle-to-grid (V2G), uma rede de recarga de ampla cobertura, clusters de computação de alta densidade com resfriamento líquido, e uma plataforma avançada de gerenciamento de energia (EMS).

Juntos, eles dão suporte a quatro modelos aplicados – despacho coordenado da capacidade computacional, operação de instalações V2G, tomada de decisão em negociação de energia e rastreabilidade de computação verde, para enfrentar os altos custos de energia e as restrições da rede, viabilizar a capacidade para microdata centers, obter certificação de energia verde e mitigar a baixa utilização de ativos.

Nas primeiras implantações, a Tellus Power visa reduzir o custo da eletricidade de 20% a 40% em relação à operação não otimizada, PUE do data center abaixo de 1,1 e receita adicional de serviços auxiliares de até 40%, com rastreabilidade total da energia verde em suporte aos relatórios ESG.

Rastreamento do preço da eletricidade em tempo quase real e comparação do cenário de previsão de preços.

A Tellus Power está oferecendo três produtos comerciais, o Energy Intelligence Agent, implantação privada e um kit de ferramentas inteligentes de EMS, para operadores de IA, data centers e operadores de novas energias, visando parcerias e integração com sua infraestrutura de última geração.

Tellus Energy AI, acessível em qualquer canal – os operadores consultam a frota em linguagem simples a partir de um tablet ou telefone.

Nos próximos três a cinco anos, a Tellus Power pretende construir uma rede de computação verde distribuída de mais de 1 GW, desenvolvendo uma oferta integrada de “energia + computação + IA” como uma segunda curva de crescimento, contribuindo para um ecossistema de infraestrutura de computação de baixo carbono.

“A corrida por todos os tipos de IA, incluindo IA generativa, de inferência e física, na realidade é uma corrida por energia imediata. A capacidade computacional existe, mas a energia para sua operação acessível e limpa é o que realmente limita o crescimento da IA. Criamos a Tellus Energy AI para ajudar a eliminar esse limite, transformando a energia, que representa o maior custo e o maior consumo de tempo na IA, em uma fonte de eficiência, resiliência e disponibilidade imediata”, disse Mike Calise, Diretor Executivo da Tellus Power.

Sobre a Tellus Power
A Tellus Power é uma empresa de tecnologia avançada que cria sistemas de transferência bidirecional de energia para alimentar a economia de IA física. Nossos produtos unificam o carregamento de frotas e veículos de passageiros, o armazenamento em baterias e as capacidades de integração veículo-rede (V2G). Esta infraestrutura viabiliza o controle bidirecional de elétrons de alta vazão, em um sistema de energia na borda da rede. Presente em todo o mundo, a Tellus Power possibilita a convergência de recursos de eletrificação, robótica, autonomia e energia distribuída.

Saiba mais em https://telluspowergroup.com

Contato com a Mídia
Jessica Starman, MBA
[email protected]

Contato com a Empresa
Caitlin McCann
[email protected]

Declarações de previsão
Este comunicado contém declarações de previsão quanto a produtos, metas e planos da Tellus Power, incluindo dados de desempenho e capacidade futura da rede. Elas refletem as expectativas atuais e estão sujeitas a riscos e incertezas; os resultados reais podem ser substancialmente diferentes. A Tellus Power não se compromete a atualizar essas declarações.

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Tellus Power lance Tellus Energy AI, un modèle d’IA vertical dédié au calcul informatique vert

  • Ce nouveau modèle d’IA spécialisé combine l’intelligence des prix de l’électricité, la prévision de charge, l’ordonnancement des ressources informatiques et les capacités V2G afin de réduire les coûts énergétiques et de libérer des capacités flexibles pour les réseaux électriques

IRVINE, Californie, 29 juill. 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Tellus Power Global Holding Limited (« Tellus Power » ou la « Société »), entreprise de technologies avancées spécialisée dans les systèmes de transfert d’énergie bidirectionnels destinés à alimenter l’économie de l’IA physique, a annoncé aujourd’hui le lancement de Tellus Energy AI, un modèle d’intelligence artificielle conçu spécifiquement (« modèle vertical ») pour les secteurs de l’énergie et de l’informatique. Ce modèle a été développé pour coordonner l’énergie et la puissance de calcul dans plusieurs directions, en faisant correspondre les charges de travail liées à l’IA avec la disponibilité et les prix de l’électricité en temps réel, tout en transformant les actifs distribués de recharge et de stockage en ressources réactives pour le réseau. Tellus Power estime faire partie des premiers acteurs du marché à proposer, au sein d’un seul modèle professionnel, une planification multidirectionnelle intégrée de l’énergie et du calcul informatique.

Tellus Energy AI offre cinq capacités principales :

  • Suivi des prix en temps réel – collecte et analyse les prix de gros de l’électricité presque en temps réel afin de soutenir les décisions de trading énergétique.
  • Prévision des charges électriques – fournit des prévisions multidimensionnelles de la demande afin d’orienter les décisions de répartition énergétique, de consommation et de négociation d’électricité.
  • Aide à la décision énergétique – recommande des actions fondées sur les prix et les charges en temps réel afin d’aider les clients à réduire leurs coûts d’électricité.
  • Coordination du réseau, arbitrage énergétique et services à valeur ajoutée – réagit aux signaux du réseau liés à la résilience, aux pics de demande et aux autres services auxiliaires, transformant les capacités de recharge inutilisées en nouvelles sources de revenus.
  • Plateforme ouverte d’agents IA – permet aux clients de développer leurs propres agents d’intelligence artificielle sur TPResearch, le cadre d’agents développé par Tellus Power, grâce à ses API publiées.


Le système Tellus Power Mission Control – vue représentative de l’état de santé des flottes, de la disponibilité des équipements et des diagnostics en temps réel.

Parallèlement à ce modèle, Tellus Power développe une infrastructure intégrée associant énergie et calcul informatique basée sur quatre piliers : une centrale électrique virtuelle reposant sur la technologie véhicule-réseau (V2G), un vaste réseau de recharge, des clusters de calcul haute densité refroidis par liquide et une plateforme avancée de gestion de l’énergie (EMS).

Ces éléments soutiennent quatre modèles d’application : répartition coordonnée entre calcul informatique et énergie, exploitation de sites V2G, aide à la décision pour le trading énergétique et traçabilité du calcul informatique vert. L’objectif est de répondre aux défis liés aux coûts énergétiques élevés, aux contraintes des réseaux électriques, à l’apport de capacité pour les micro-centres de données, à la certification de l’électricité verte et à la faible utilisation des actifs.

Dans ses premiers déploiements, Tellus Power vise une réduction des coûts d’électricité de 20 % à 40 % par rapport à une exploitation non optimisée, un indice PUE (Power Usage Effectiveness) inférieur à 1,1 pour les centres de données et jusqu’à 40 % de revenus supplémentaires issus des services auxiliaires avec une traçabilité complète de l’électricité verte afin de soutenir les rapports ESG.

Suivi quasi temps réel des prix de l’électricité et comparaison de scénarios de prévision des prix.

Tellus Power ouvre trois offres commerciales, Energy Intelligence Agent, le déploiement privé et une boîte à outils intelligente EMS, aux exploitants d’IA, aux centres de données et aux opérateurs des énergies nouvelles pour des partenariats et des intégrations avec son infrastructure de pointe.

Tellus Energy AI, accessible sur tous les canaux : les opérateurs peuvent interroger leur flotte en langage naturel depuis une tablette ou un smartphone.

Au cours des trois à cinq prochaines années, Tellus Power ambitionne de construire un réseau distribué de calcul informatique vert dépassant 1 GW de capacité, en développant une offre intégrée « énergie + calcul + IA » comme nouveau moteur de croissance et en contribuant à l’émergence d’un écosystème d’infrastructures informatiques bas carbone.

« La course à toutes les formes d’IA, qu’il s’agisse de l’IA générative, de l’IA d’inférence ou de l’IA physique, est avant tout une course à l’accès immédiat à l’énergie. La puissance de calcul existe déjà, mais la disponibilité d’une énergie abordable et propre pour l’alimenter constitue la véritable contrainte à la croissance de l’IA. Nous avons conçu Tellus Energy AI pour contribuer à lever cette contrainte, en transformant l’énergie, aujourd’hui principale source de coûts et de contraintes temporelles pour l’IA, en un levier d’efficacité, de résilience et de disponibilité immédiate », a déclaré Mike Calise, PDG de Tellus Power.

À propos de Tellus Power
Tellus Power est une entreprise de technologies avancées qui développe des systèmes de transfert d’énergie bidirectionnels destinés à alimenter l’économie de l’IA physique. Ses solutions intègrent la recharge des flottes et des véhicules particuliers, le stockage d’énergie par batteries et les capacités véhicule-réseau (V2G). Cette infrastructure permet un contrôle bidirectionnel des flux d’électrons à haute intensité au sein d’un système énergétique situé en périphérie du réseau électrique. Déployée à l’échelle mondiale, Tellus Power favorise la convergence de l’électrification, de la robotique, de l’autonomie et des ressources énergétiques distribuées.

Pour en savoir plus, rendez-vous sur : https://telluspowergroup.com

Contact presse
Jessica Starman, MBA
[email protected]

Contact au sein de l’entreprise
Caitlin McCann
[email protected]

Déclarations prospectives
Le présent communiqué contient des déclarations prospectives concernant les produits, objectifs et projets de Tellus Power, y compris les indicateurs de performance et les capacités futures du réseau. Ces déclarations reflètent les attentes actuelles de l’entreprise et sont soumises à des risques et incertitudes susceptibles d’entraîner des résultats réels sensiblement différents. Tellus Power n’assume aucune obligation de mise à jour de ces déclarations.

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Bitget soutient l’expansion de la Game Changers Coalition de l’UNICEF au Bangladesh, en Indonésie et en Bolivie

VICTORIA, Seychelles, 29 juill. 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — La Game Changers Coalition (GCC) de l’UNICEF étend désormais ses activités au Bangladesh, en Indonésie et en Bolivie. Ce programme, qui permet aux jeunes d’acquérir des compétences tournées vers l’avenir, telles que l’éducation au numérique, l’IA et la culture financière grâce au développement de jeux vidéo, bénéficie du soutien de Bitget, la plus grande bourse universelle (UEX) au monde, dans le cadre d’un partenariat de trois ans lancé en 2025.

Cette expansion de la coalition porte désormais la présence de l’initiative à 11 pays dans le monde et s’inscrit dans la continuité de ses efforts visant à améliorer l’accès à l’éducation numérique dans les pays émergents. À ce jour, la GCC a été déployée en Arménie, au Brésil, au Cambodge, en Inde, au Kazakhstan, en Malaisie, au Maroc et en Afrique du Sud, ainsi que dans les pays récemment intégrés : le Bangladesh, l’Indonésie et la Bolivie.

Bitget a rejoint la coalition en 2025 dans le cadre d’une collaboration de trois ans avec l’UNICEF visant à promouvoir l’éducation financière, notamment sur la blockchain, et le développement des compétences numériques chez les jeunes, en particulier chez les filles, au sein des économies émergentes. À travers ce partenariat, Bitget contribue aux programmes de la GCC en mettant à disposition des ressources pédagogiques, parmi lesquelles des contenus de formation sur la blockchain et un accompagnement assuré par des mentors de l’écosystème Web3.

Après avoir connu une expansion rapide au cours de l’année écoulée, la coalition touche aujourd’hui plus de 642 000 jeunes, parents et enseignants à travers le monde. Les filles représentent 52 % des participants. Grâce au programme de la GCC, plus de 20 000 jeux vidéo ont été créés par des jeunes.

En décembre 2025, l’équipe de Bitget a pu constater l’impact concret du programme lors du National Game Jam du Cambodge où plus de 1 000 jeunes ont relevé un défi de 48 heures consistant à créer des jeux vidéo à fort impact social. Des équipes cambodgiennes avaient remporté quatre des sept catégories lors du précédent Game Jam mondial de l’UNICEF, une initiative de 40 jours qui a permis à de jeunes créateurs issus des économies émergentes de concevoir des jeux vidéo originaux grâce à des séances de mentorat et à un cours en ligne à suivre à son propre rythme. « Au Cambodge, l’UNICEF nous a offert un aperçu des aptitudes des jeunes. De la programmation d’un jeu de tri des déchets à la conception d’un jeu promouvant une alimentation saine, ces jeunes ont développé toute une série de jeux créatifs répondant à des problématiques concrètes », a déclaré Simran Alphonso, responsable des relations publiques chez Bitget. « Grâce aux solides compétences pédagogiques des enseignants, nous sommes confiants quant au succès de notre prochain programme de formation et des initiatives futures qui contribueront à accompagner ces leaders de demain », a-t-elle ajouté.

« Si ce partenariat compte autant pour moi, c’est notamment parce que j’ai pu constater par moi-même à quelle vitesse les jeunes s’épanouissent lorsqu’ils bénéficient des bonnes opportunités », a souligné Gracy Chen, PDG de Bitget. « J’enseigne toujours à temps partiel à la HKUST, car cette activité me permet de rester en phase avec les besoins de la nouvelle génération. L’extension de la Game Changers Coalition de l’UNICEF à trois nouveaux marchés signifie qu’un bien plus grand nombre de jeunes, et en particulier de filles, auront bientôt la possibilité d’acquérir ces compétences dès leur plus jeune âge. C’est une avancée qui revêt une importance toute particulière à mes yeux. »

« L’extension de la Game Changers Coalition au Bangladesh, en Indonésie et en Bolivie marque une étape clé de notre mission, qui consiste à doter les jeunes, et tout particulièrement les filles, des compétences financières et STEAM du XXIe siècle, afin de leur permettre de façonner l’avenir. Grâce à des partenaires comme Bitget, nous faisons bien plus que développer l’accès à l’éducation : nous favorisons l’inclusion, préparons la prochaine génération de femmes dirigeantes et favorisons l’autonomisation économique dans les pays émergents », a expliqué Sandra Visscher, directrice exécutive d’UNICEF Luxembourg.

La GCC répond à un enjeu économique majeur : les lacunes en compétences numériques des filles dans les pays à revenu faible ou intermédiaire entraînent des pertes estimées à 15 milliards de dollars par an. Pour en savoir plus, rendez-vous sur : www.unicef.org/innovation/gender-equality/game-changers-coalition.

À propos de Bitget

Fondée en 2018, Bitget est la plus grande bourse universelle (UEX) au monde. Elle offre à plus de 120 millions d’utilisateurs un accès aux cryptomonnaies, aux actifs tokenisés ainsi qu’à des outils de trading basés sur l’IA sur les principales blockchains. Son écosystème comprend Bitget Wallet, une application de gestion financière quotidienne utilisée par plus de 80 millions de personnes. Bitget favorise l’adoption des cryptomonnaies grâce à des partenariats conclus avec MotoGP™ et l’UNICEF.

Pour toute demande média, veuillez nous contacter à l’adresse suivante : [email protected]

À propos de l’UNICEF

L’UNICEF travaille dans plus de 190 pays et territoires pour aider les enfants les plus défavorisés et bâtir un monde meilleur pour chaque enfant.

UNICEF Luxembourg apporte son soutien à cette mission mondiale en mobilisant des partenariats avec le secteur privé et des contributions volontaires. En mettant l’accent sur la réduction des inégalités, la promotion de l’égalité des sexes, la lutte contre la pauvreté infantile, le soutien au bien-être mental et l’amélioration de l’accès à la justice pour chaque enfant, elle milite également à l’échelle nationale pour le respect des droits des enfants.

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