Hosam Hussein is one of the 10,000 Egyptian workers that helped build the fourth largest solar park in the world. According to the IFC, before sunrise, workers from several communities in…
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From facial recognition technology that monitors brown bear populations, to intelligent robots sorting recycling, these initiatives are having a positive impact on the environment. 1. Conserving species The Living Planet…
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The UN Secretary-General, António Guterres, has described the fight against the climate crisis as the top priority for the 21st Century, in a passionate, uncompromising speech delivered on Wednesday at…
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The world’s largest food company, Nestlé, last week said it plans to spend roughly $3.6 billion over the next five years to meet its net-zero by 2050 aspirations. But CEO…
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No one gets a buzz out of her work quite like Wangari Kuria. The 36-year old urban farmer is passionate about organic farming and healthy eating and has never stopped…
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As the world’s human population continues to balloon and land available for agriculture continues to shrink, we’ll need to find new ways to produce cereals like wheat and barley in…
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In excess of 110 million households in rural sub-Saharan Africa and Asia are expected to be connected to power through mini-grids over the next 10 years, a new report indicates.…
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Over the years, the Rift Valley lakes in Eastern Africa have been vital in supporting livelihoods of local communities who depend on fishing, farming and livestock keeping. Apart from being…
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One way of curtailing climate change involves sequestering atmospheric carbon in plants and so the more trees there are around the planet, the better our chances of keeping global temperature…
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Our plastic pollution problem has reached new heights and new depths. Scientists have found bits of plastic on the seafloor, thousands of feet below the ocean’s surface. Plastic debris has…