Malawi banks on young tech innovators to trump cheap imports
Malawian engineers and entrepreneurs say competition from China and Japan and a lack of resources are hobbling the country's tech industry
Can the tide of plastic pollution be turned by a new global pact?
With plastic waste increasing fast and polluting the world’s oceans, U.N. talks aimed at tackling the problem have agreed to launch work on a global pact to stem it - but will it help?
'Biggest green deal since Paris': UN agrees plastic treaty roadmap
After more than a week of talks in Nairobi, UN member states have agreed to create the first ever legally binding global plastic pollution treaty
Thailand pledges to ban forced prison labour after expose
After an expose by the Thomson Reuters Foundation, Thailand pledged to eradicate forced labour in its prisons and pay a decent wage to inmates who opt to work
After much praised waste export ban, Australia under fire for shipping plastic trash as 'fuel'
After introducing a landmark law banning the export of some plastic waste, Australia's environment ministry has confirmed some plastic trash will be exported in the form of fuel
INTERVIEW: Save nature to protect people on fast-heating planet, IPCC scientist urges
Ecosystems provide us with food, water and other key natural resources – but those functions are under threat from climate change and over-consumption
OPINION: The Ukraine war demands Europe ditch fossil fuels
It’s time for Europe to follow Germany and accelerate its push to renewable energy - and less reliance on Russian gas
Russian invasion: Five ways tech is being used to help Ukraine
From Pussy Riot auctioning NFTs to Elon Musk moving SpaceX's Starlink satellites, technology is being used in creative ways to channel help to Ukraine
From food to floods, Africa 'not ready' for climate stress, its scientists say
Growth in food production is slowing faster than in any other region of the world as climate change-driven droughts, floods, heat and pests take a toll
Rich nations urged to pay $60 bln a year to protect developing-world nature
Ahead of fresh talks on a new global nature pact due this year, green groups call for a far larger financing goal to help poorer nations conserve important ecosystems