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Coral Reef Recovery in Mauritius and Seychelles: When Local Communities Become Ocean Guardians

Mauritius and Seychelles are showing that restoring coral reefs is not only a scientific or government responsibility—it is also a community mission. Across both island nations, local people, fishermen, coastal families and conservation groups are becoming directly involved in growing corals, restoring damaged reefs and protecting marine ecosystems. In Mauritius, restoration programmes are cultivating tens […]

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China’s Protein Shift Could Change the World’s Food and Farming Map

China is changing the way it thinks about protein, and the impact could be felt across global agricultural markets. For years, China’s growing appetite for pork, poultry and other animal products helped drive enormous demand for soybeans, maize and other animal feed, making China one of the world’s biggest agricultural importers. But now Beijing is

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South Africa’s Lithium Rush Puts Green Energy Ambitions on a Collision Course with Farmers

South Africa’s growing interest in lithium is bringing a new conflict to its farmlands, where the race for minerals needed for electric vehicles and battery storage is meeting the reality of food production and fragile ecosystems. Along parts of KwaZulu-Natal, mining companies are exploring lithium deposits across agricultural land, with farmers worried that open-pit mining

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China’s Heatwave Pushes Power Grids to Record Levels as Demand for Cooling Explodes

China’s latest heatwave is putting its northern power networks under serious pressure as temperatures climb and millions of people turn to air-conditioning. Power loads have reached record levels in several northern and northeastern regions, while China’s national electricity load has already risen to around 1,508 gigawatts, about 3.9% above the previous peak recorded in 2024.

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Pacific Unity Under Pressure as Naoero and Kiribati Take a Different Position on China

A growing disagreement over China is testing the unity of the Pacific Islands Forum, after Naoero and Kiribati did not support a stronger regional response to China’s July 6 ballistic-missile test in the Pacific. The missile was launched from a Chinese submarine and travelled across the Pacific before falling near Tuvalu’s wider maritime zone. China

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TotalEnergies Challenges French Climate Ruling as Pressure Grows on Big Oil

TotalEnergies is preparing to appeal a French court decision ordering the energy giant to review and adapt its business activities to the risks created by climate change. The ruling is part of a growing legal battle over whether major fossil-fuel companies can be held responsible not only for their past emissions but also for failing

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Casablanca’s Waste Crisis Could Become a $1.5 Billion Clean Energy Opportunity

Morocco is taking a major step towards changing the way Casablanca deals with its growing waste problem, with a $1.5 billion waste-to-energy project planned at the Médiouna landfill. The facility is expected to handle up to 4,000 tonnes of household waste every day and could generate enough electricity to meet around 30% of Casablanca’s public-lighting

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China’s Protein Shift Could Change the World’s Food and Farming Map

China is changing the way it thinks about protein, and the impact could be felt across global agricultural markets. For years, China’s growing appetite for pork, poultry and other animal products helped drive enormous demand for soybeans, maize and other animal feed, making China one of the world’s biggest agricultural importers. But now Beijing is

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Google’s $15 Billion India Data Centre Dream Faces a New Reality: Water and Wildlife at Risk

Google’s planned $15 billion data-centre and AI hub in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, is being described as a major investment in India’s digital future. The project, expected to be developed between 2026 and 2030, will include a gigawatt-scale data centre campus, renewable-energy infrastructure and a subsea cable network. But behind the promise of AI, jobs and

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Australia Makes Business Rooftops the Next Big Solar Opportunity

Australia is making it cheaper for businesses to install rooftop solar, opening a much larger opportunity for factories, warehouses, farms and other commercial buildings to generate their own clean electricity. Under the expanded support, solar systems of up to 1 megawatt can receive assistance, compared with the previous 100-kilowatt limit. The government expects the change

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