Developments in AI and robotics will enable it to monitor and deliver our energy supply and prevent disruption, that could have far reaching and significant consequences.

David Flynn and Valentin Robu · The Conversation 23 Aug 2019

Water

Microplastics in drinking water are a low risk to health, according to the WHO

Microplastic particles enter our drinking water through run-off and wastewater effulent. Despite health concerns being raised about the effect of particles on the body, the World Health O...

Stephanie Nebehay · Reuters 22 Aug 2019

Sustainable Development

This early-warning system can warn families of drought to help avoid famine

An early-warning system called FEWS NET has made progress anticipating famines and coordinating aid in the 30 years since its launch, researchers report. Its aim is to prevent famine and ...

Harrison Tasoff · Futurity 20 Aug 2019

Circular Economy

This warehouse is one of the world’s greenest industrial buildings

This new office and warehouse space in the Netherlands not only boasts a sleek exterior, it has extraordinary green credentials.

Rosamond Hutt 19 Aug 2019

Youth Perspectives

Spending time in nature can benefit your child’s cognitive skills, study finds

Children in a recent study preferred pictures of urban environments to those of nature.

Futurity 19 Aug 2019

Agriculture, Food and Beverage

This farmer is saving the jungle by growing food in it

Alexander Retana grows around 22 crops, from bananas to cacao. But his farm is nestled among the trees of the Costa Rican forest.

Joe Myers 16 Aug 2019

Japan

The Japanese have a word to help them be less wasteful – 'mottainai'

Japan has one of the world’s most sophisticated recycling and waste management systems – and with good reason. Here’s what you need to know.

Kate Whiting 16 Aug 2019

Private Investors

Sustainable development funding is broken. Here's how to fix it

With the latest figures showing a decline in SDG investments, we must move on from the sporadic funding of isolated projects.

Charlotte Petri Gornitzka 15 Aug 2019

Aviation, Travel and Tourism

The world needs carbon-neutral flying. Here’s how to bring it one step closer

Sustainable aviation fuels are the most realistic route to decarbonising the airline industry, but uptake is currently low

Lauren Uppink and Nikolai Khlystov 15 Aug 2019

Sustainable Development

This is what archaeology can teach us about eating sustainably

What we eat can not only harm our health, but the health of the planet too. But archaeology and anthropology could help us understand how to make agriculture more sustainable today.

Kelly Reed · The Conversation 15 Aug 2019

Climate Change

July was the hottest month ever – what does that actually mean?

With new temperature records being set almost monthly, a look at the calculations that may prove the world is heating up.

Emma Charlton 15 Aug 2019

Sustainable Development

Sustainable investment is on the rise - here's how to connect the dots

The World Economic Forum's ESG ecosystem is a first step in understanding the emerging but under-regulated sustainable investment field.

Katherine Brown 14 Aug 2019

Agriculture, Food and Beverage

Desertification: what is it and why is it one of the greatest threats of our time?

Desertification is described as the process in which once-fertile land becomes baron and deserted, typically through drought, deforestation, or inappropriate agriculture.

Robert McSweeney · Carbon Brief 13 Aug 2019

United Kingdom

The UK is using shipping containers to create affordable housing

In the face of the affordable house shortage in the UK, one architect company is constructing homes out of shipping containers.

Matt Davis · Big Think 13 Aug 2019

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Sustainable Development

Paris is opening the world's largest urban rooftop farm

How robots could help us keep the lights on

Microplastics in drinking water are a low risk to health, according to the WHO

This early-warning system can warn families of drought to help avoid famine

This warehouse is one of the world’s greenest industrial buildings

Spending time in nature can benefit your child’s cognitive skills, study finds

This farmer is saving the jungle by growing food in it

The Japanese have a word to help them be less wasteful – 'mottainai'

Sustainable development funding is broken. Here's how to fix it

The world needs carbon-neutral flying. Here’s how to bring it one step closer

This is what archaeology can teach us about eating sustainably

July was the hottest month ever – what does that actually mean?

Sustainable investment is on the rise - here's how to connect the dots

Desertification: what is it and why is it one of the greatest threats of our time?

The UK is using shipping containers to create affordable housing

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