Sub-Saharan Africa shows the way: A quarter of parliamentarians are women
In Mali, female representation in parliament increased by 19.5 percentage points; Burundi with 41% women parliamentarians in the upper house, …
Area under tobacco cultivation in Africa rose over 3% in 6 yrs: WHO report
The number of tobacco users in the WHO African Region increased to 73 million in 2018 from 64 million adult users in 2000
How changing blood pressure targets in South Africa could save costs and lives
The level is determined from information collected in the United Kingdom or United States which have very different living conditions
Finds in Tanzania’s Olduvai Gorge reveal how ancient humans adapted to change
This is a clear sign that 2 million years ago humans were not constrained technologically and already had the capacity to expand geographic range
Collective action around common resources could help vulnerable communities
There are significant opportunities to build on ideas to promote collective action and commercialisation without commodification on a larger scale
Future cities: New challenges mean we need to reimagine the look of urban landscapes
But we must open up the opportunity to conceptualise these futures to a wider and more diverse set of people
COVID-19: Is second wave less fatal?
The 20-odd countries grappling with a a second spell of increased number of cases amid the pandemic suffered a lower-than-average 2%…
Mining push continues despite water crisis in Neskantaga First Nation and Ontario’s Ring of Fire
It is exactly the foundation that Canada is built on. It is one of the ways that colonialism not only survives, but thrives
Not even a glimmer of hope for health worldwide, warns report
Epidemic of chronic diseases, social inequalities and COVID-19 will worsen the future of global health
Ulcerative colitis explained, as Shinzo Abe retires
Japan’s prime minister, Shinzo Abe, has announced that he is retiring due to worsening health. The condition 65-year-old Abe suffers from …
World Elephant Day: Poaching of elephants for their skin could wipe them out
Poaching elephants for their skins to use in Asian medicine, will not just target males but also females and calves
Portrait of Hemi Pomara as a young man: how we uncovered the oldest surviving photograph of a Māori
With the recent urgent debates about how we remember our colonial past, and moves to reclaim indigenous histories, stories such as Hemi Pomara&…
Exploitation changes leopard behaviour with long-term genetic costs
Removing too many individuals, especially of a particular age or sex, can destabilise a population
Where does the world stand 4 months into COVID-19?
It has learnt at a deadly cost that inequality in development has the power to make a health emergency into a long-term problem
Coronavirus update: More than 100 infected in India
US President Donald Trump said $50 billion of federal funds would be made available to combat the virus
Changing animal behaviour in different terrain can impact spread of diseases: Study
Pathogens like novel tuberculosis could exploit forms of communication among banded mongooses to spread
New CoP 26 Glasgow president: Alok Sharma distracts from national ambition
Nature-based solutions and Net Zero are welcome and adaptation finance is crucial. But they must not distract from enhancing countries’ …
Wastewater resource, not liability: Moving towards circular economy
If recovered fully from wastewater, there would be a reduction in global demand for nutrients in agriculture
Draft EU climate law: Too little ambition, net-zero target too late
2050 global net-zero goals only ensure 66 per cent chance of limiting warming to 1.5°C; high levels of ambition needed
Camera traps click ties between species in Sumatra
The traps, deployed for eight years as part of a study, recorded the haunts and habits of dozens of species
BP and British media must stop green-washing
All promises of climate action must come with estimates of costs and emissions mitigated
Nut-cracking chimpanzees, elephants reveal animals have intelligent cultures: Expert
Dr Ian Redmond has conducted research on mountain gorillas for more than 35 years through conservation work
Europe’s biomass problem
Wood-fired power will actually increase emissions over timescales relevant to the Paris Agreement
Ten zero-waste cities: How Seoul came to be among the best in recycling
Strong policy instruments and good implementation did the trick for South Korea's capital
Open defecation in Nigeria: Faecal sludge is country's clicking time bomb
The country, which has the largest number of people defacting in the open, needs to frame a safe toilet technology and treat its faecal sludge, …