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Climate solutionists scooped a top award A pioneering climate scientist and a solar trailblazer have been crowned winners of a global award showcasing solutions to environmental problems.   Prof Robert Jackson...

Sara Wahedi was just four when she was forced to flee Afghanistan. She now works to hold regimes accountable via technology One of Sara Wahedi’s earliest memories is of being...

United by unimaginable loss, Palestinians and Israelis are turning pain into purpose. Their grassroots movement of bereaved families is working to build peace where politics has failed There are two...

Can we feed the world without breaking it? Yes, says report Is it possible to feed almost ten billion people by 2050, while keeping within planetary boundaries?  According to the...

Rainforests are powerful carbon sinks and crucial to climate stability. A pioneering effort to protect them involves providing cash to forest communities so they don’t need to accept offers from...

Nations slashed funding for fossil fuels The amount of public money flowing to international fossil fuel projects fell by 78% last year in countries that have signed up to the...

In 1985, a ‘legal lynching’ led to Anthony Ray Hinton being wrongfully convicted of two murders and spending nearly 30 years on death row. He now dedicates his time to preventing others...

Is this the ultimate antithesis of fast fashion? The silk dress pictured was worked on over 14 years by 380 embroiderers from 51 countries, who collectively added an estimated billion...

Most voters want bold climate policy, but politicians often don’t realise it. The 89 Percent Project is designed to make that public support impossible to ignore Some of the world’s...

Popemobile to become a clinic for children in Gaza One of Pope Francis’s popemobiles is to be converted into a mobile clinic to deliver frontline care to children in Gaza...