Environment

Renewables

Kenya embraces solar to meet energy needs

Nearly 70 percent of the Kenyan population relies on costly and environmentally damaging energy sources. But a green transtion is underway, as ever more Kenyans turn to solar power to meet their daily energy needs. 

Renewables

South Africa delays long-term nuclear power plans

The country is planning to hold off its nuclear power expansion plans. The government said it will seek to expand wind, solar and coal power capacity to boost lagging supply, as nuclear costs outweigh benefits. 

Sustainability

Degrowth - is it time for a new kind of economics?

With the planet reaching its biophysical limits on what it can provide us, a growing number of economists and environmentalists say we need to switch focus from economic growth to human and ecological wellbeing. 

Paris Agreement

Move over politicians - civil society is stepping up to protect the climate

Many are asking if a surprise election result can upend the Paris Agreement. With politics in doubt, civil society is taking action - as communities will have to deal with climate change regardless. 

renewables

Solar energy from the farm

Solar panels on top, wheat and potatoes down below: researchers aim to make farmers' fields twice as productive with a revolution in power generation. A pilot facility in southwest Germany is exploring the new concept. 

Sustainability

The largest naturally grown walnut forest in the world provides a livelihood for many people - but the forest is slowly dying. A new sustainable approach is supposed to save it.