The rainforest nations of Brazil and Colombia have the best opportunity in a generation to drag the Amazon back from the abyss as they host three of the world’s most important environmental negotiations in the space of little more than a year.
Sri Lanka’s capital is transforming floating garbage patches into biodiverse wetlands that are teeming with life. But the city’s problems are far from over.
Nations are deploying baby bonuses, subsidized childcare, and parental leave to try to reverse a rapidly declining fertility rate – largely to no avail.
The ‘Future of Egypt’ envisages turning tracts of desert into farmland to grow crops for export. But with sky-high food price inflation and a water deficit, critics doubt it is viable.
Despite climate-friendly plans, the federal government’s controversial decision to take over the Trans Mountain pipeline made it one of world’s biggest promoters of fossil fuel projects.
Talk of a green economy might evoke images of solar panels and carbon capture. But work to conserve and restore ecosystems is already driving economic activity.
