Nature and Biodiversity
This Hungarian man quit his job to clean up his favourite river
In three months, Bence Pardy has filled more than 450 sacks with old plastic he has collected by hand.
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Health and Healthcare Systems
イングランドとスコットランドを結ぶ、1300kmのサイクリングロード開設
オフロードのアップダウンや森トレイル、運河沿いの道など、ピーク・ディストリクト国立公園からジョン・オ・グローツまで総距離1,300km近くに及ぶサイクリングロードが、イギリスでアドベンチャーを楽しむサイクリストを待っています。新しく開設されたグレートノーストレイルはイングランドとスコットランドを途切れることなくつなぐルートで、サイクリストに地方への道を開放します。イギリス...
Health and Healthcare Systems
The UK has opened a 1,300 km cycle trail linking England and Scotland
From the Peak District to John O’Groats, nearly 1,300 kilometres of off-road ups and downs, forest trails and canal paths await two-wheeled adventurers in the UK. The newly launched Grea...
Education and Skills
International Literacy Day: the global inequalities of youth literacy
Youth literacy has steadily increased around the world over the past three decades, but significant challenges – including a persistent gender gap – remain.
Nature and Biodiversity
Cape Town almost ran out of water. Here's how it averted the crisis
Cape Town's water crisis was avoided when the community pulled together.
Sustainable Development
Paris is opening the world's largest urban rooftop farm
Crops will be grown vertically without soil and using rainwater, providing the city with a tonne of food a day.
Climate Action and Waste Reduction
「2050年までにCO2排出量ゼロ」： 気候変動対策への世界の取り組み
「気候変動を、安全と思われる許容範囲内にとどめておくには、世界全体の二酸化炭素（C0２）の排出量を、今後30年のうちにゼロにしなければならない」これは、2018年の気候変動に関する政府間パネルで示されたメッセージ。では一体、その目標にはどのくらい近づいているのでしょうか。
Emerging Technologies
10 of Albert Einstein's best quotes
The wisdom of the world’s most famous scientist.
Nature and Biodiversity
Chart of the day: Is 2019 the beginning of the end for coal in Europe?
Renewables are slowly taking the place of coal – but many countries are still too dependent on the black stuff.
Social Innovation
Two in five American couples now meet online
Our chart of the day shows Americans are more likely to meet the love of their life on a dating app or the internet, than in real-life social circles.
Climate Action and Waste Reduction
If airlines were a country they'd be one of the world's top 10 greenhouse gas emitters
Airlines emit more greenhouse gases than Brazil, Mexico and the UK. If they were a country, they'd be in the world's top 10 emitters.
Climate Action and Waste Reduction
Zero by 2050: How the world's economy has planned to battle climate change
17 countries, including the UK, Norway, Sweden, Spain and France have all set net zero CO2 emissions by 2050. Major cities such as Los Angeles, London and Barcelona are also aiming for ze...
Nature and Biodiversity
Scientists have a new suggestion to create more climate-friendly cows
Eliminating certain bacteria from the stomachs of cattle could cut harmful methane emissions, researchers say.
Sustainable Development
Fashion's hot new trend: clothes you don't need to wash (very often)
We’ve been conditioned to think we need to wash our clothes after every wear – we don’t.
Trade and Investment
European businesses feel less optimistic about growth in China as trade war bites
A lack of market neutrality and regulatory hurdles are also among the challenges European firms face operating in China.