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Genoa has become the second city in Italy to formally ban fossil fuel advertising in public spaces, following Florence’s decision earlier this year. The city council approved the measure in April 2026 with 23 votes in favour and 14 against. The ban targets advertising for fossil-fuel products and other high-carbon activities, including products and services […]

A decade after the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) were adopted in 2015, the latest UN assessment shows that global progress remains far too slow to meet the 2030 targets. Of the 139 SDG targets with sufficient trend data, only 15% are currently on track, while another 21% show moderate progress. Nearly half are making

In Panama’s Mamoní Valley, conservation is being combined with education to train a new generation of leaders who understand that protecting nature also means protecting culture and local communities. Geoversity’s Centro Mamoní operates within the Mamoní Valley Preserve, a more than 2,000-hectare conservation area located in the Tumbes-Chocó-Magdalena biodiversity hotspot and an important biological corridor

Maidstone Borough Council in Kent has become the first local authority in the UK to formally adopt a Rights of Nature framework, recognising that nature has an intrinsic right to exist, thrive and evolve. Approved by the council in 2026 following a motion introduced in October 2025, the framework aims to move beyond treating nature

South Africa is turning to aquaponics as a climate-smart approach to food security, bringing fish and vegetable production into schools, farms and urban communities. The system combines aquaculture with hydroponics: fish waste provides nutrients for plants, while the plants naturally filter the water before it is returned to the fish tanks. This closed-loop approach can

A new bus shelter in Bangkok is being described as the world’s first carbon-negative solar bus shelter, combining renewable energy with carbon-storing construction. Developed by Midsummer Siam and the Faculty of Architecture at Chulalongkorn University, the prototype uses engineered wood, which stores carbon absorbed by trees during their growth, together with lightweight thin-film solar panels.

A new study has revealed an encouraging turnaround for the world’s mangrove forests after decades of destruction and degradation. Researchers from Tulane University analysed annual Landsat satellite images from 1984 to 2023, creating a 30-metre-resolution record of global mangrove changes. The findings show that mangrove losses began to be offset by natural expansion around 2010,

Brazilian reforestation company Mombak has delivered its first carbon removal credits more than two years ahead of schedule, marking a significant development for the growing nature-based carbon removal market. The credits were purchased by major companies including Google, McKinsey, McLaren Racing, Bain & Company and Climeworks. Mombak is restoring degraded farmland and pasture in the

Ivory Coast, the world’s largest cocoa producer, is facing the prospect of major congestion at its Abidjan and San Pedro ports as the 2026/27 main cocoa harvest gets delayed. Industry sources say difficult weather conditions; inadequate farm maintenance and an unusually strong mid-crop have pushed the main harvest back by an estimated 8–10 weeks. Although

A catastrophic glacier collapse along the Nepal–China border on August 26 triggered a powerful surge of ice, rock, mud and water through Himalayan River valleys, devastating communities and infrastructure. By August 30, the combined death toll in Nepal and Tibet had reached 750, with 3,044 people still missing, while the Red Cross estimated that more