Renewable energy provided jobs to 11 mn people in 2018: IRENA report

Solar photovoltaics (PV) industry emerged as the top employer with 3.6 million jobs

How technology could help rural South Africa turn sunshine into income

Blockchain can replace both the current billing and the trading systems

May Day, the spring festival

Ancient roots of a modern holiday

Simply put: The Anthropocene

Network Nature: The Place of Nature in the Digital Age

How do people avoid the stresses of the digital age?

Land Bridges: Ancient Environments, Plant Migrations, and New World Connections

Land bridges are the causeways of biodiversity.

Food and Nutrition Security in Southern African Cities

Urban population growth is extremely rapid across Africa 

Our Oldest Task – Making Sense of Our Place in Nature

This is a book about nature and culture. 

Incidence of childhood cancer has increased: Lancet study

The study also revealed cancer occurrence in adolescents

Why zebra refused to be saddled with domesticity

They look like stripey horses – so why don't we ride them?

Damming biodiversity

Tidal stress linked to strong earthquakes, says study

The odds of large earthquakes occurring are higher during large tidal stress periods

Cyclone on air

Bangladesh's fisherfolk tune in to community radios to prepare for cyclones

Eye drops could dissolve cataracts, finds study

Drops first tested on rabbits and dogs

Two million feral cats to be killed to save Australian wildlife

An estimated US $4.8 million to be spent on culling the cats

Clue found to strange link between swine flu vaccine and narcolepsy

The immune system may have misidentified a protein in the vaccine

Adani Group denies it is pulling out of Australia’s latest coal project

But speculation over the group’s future role in the project continues

Day 1 of World Health Assembly highlights why WHO is crucial for universal health

How the World Bank ico-opts NGOs

Is the World Bank really working for the people?

THE MONEY MAKERS

Extreme weather events most severe global risks over next 10 years: WEF

Through 2026, extreme weather events in top 3 risks in 13 countries; climate tipping points expected to change weather patterns

Kenya’s William Ruto makes case for Africa at COP28, calls for transformation of global climate finance framework

Many post-colonial countries, especially from Africa, didn’t exist when World Bank, IMF were formed; they should have a say in their …

Fourth industrial revolution: ‘4IR is not real’

The current innovation cycle is not new. It was formulated in the 1980s if not before

Three UN organisations launch a new global coalition of global leaders to tackle AMR

20-member group to be co-chaired by Bangladesh and Barbados prime ministers

Prevention, not mitigation needed to solve South Africa’s plastic problem: WWF

Interventions needed across plastic value chain rather than just waste management