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In the bustling town of Ambikapur, Chhattisgarh, a quiet revolution is reshaping how communities see waste. Here, the country’s first Garbage Café allows people to pay for food not with coins, but with plastic waste. Bring 1 kilogram of discarded plastic, and you receive a wholesome thali — rice, dal, curries, rotis, and pickles. Even […]

Australia’s first National Climate Risk Assessment, released by the Albanese government, reveals that 1.5 million people living in coastal areas could face serious threats from sea level rise and flooding by 2050. The report highlights that climate hazards will not occur in isolation but in “cascading and compounding” ways, meaning storm surges, rising seas, and

A transatlantic divide on Russian oil is reshaping global energy flows—and with it, the path to climate action. While Washington wants India to halt purchases entirely, the EU and G7 are sticking to their price-cap system, allowing Russian oil sales under strict pricing rules. India’s refiners are now demanding steeper discounts of around $10 per

A major agreement between Australia and Vanuatu, designed to strengthen security and climate resilience in the Pacific, has been put on hold. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese confirmed that the Nakamal Agreement—initialled earlier this year and worth A$500 million (US $326 million)—was not signed during his recent visit to Port Vila. The deal aims to boost

In a controversial ruling, a U.S. appeals court has cleared the way for the Trump administration’s EPA to cancel more than $16 billion in climate grants. These funds—originally awarded under President Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act—were intended to help nonprofits like Climate United Fund, Coalition for Green Capital, Power Forward Communities, Inclusiv, and Justice Climate Fund

Imagine walking along a Caribbean beach and seeing heaps of brown seaweed stretching for miles. For many communities, this sargassum bloom has been a growing problem—hurting tourism, fishing, and local livelihoods. But now, the Caribbean is turning this challenge into opportunity. In Grenada, Jamaica, and the Dominican Republic, innovators are transforming sargassum into biofuels, fertilizers,

In April 2024, the UAE faced its heaviest rainfall in 75 years, with some regions receiving nearly two years’ worth of rain in just one day. Dubai’s streets were flooded, flights disrupted, and at least five lives were lost. Rumors spread that cloud seeding might have caused the storm, but meteorologists clarified that no such

The European Investment Bank (EIB) is driving Europe’s clean transport revolution with a €17.5 million investment in Joltie SA, a Greek electric vehicle (EV) charging operator. Supported by the EU’s Invest EU programme, the funding will help install roughly 2,200 new public charging points across Greece and Cyprus by 2029, covering not just major cities but

The Yangtze, Asia’s longest river, has long been home to extraordinary creatures—but many are vanishing before our eyes. The Baiji dolphin was declared functionally extinct in 2006, a warning sign that rippled through the scientific community. Today, conservationists in Wuhan are racing to prevent the same fate for the Yangtze finless porpoise, a playful freshwater

This week, Austria faced a major defeat in its high-profile legal battle against the European Union’s controversial decision to classify natural gas and nuclear energy as “sustainable” investments. The EU’s General Court ruled that the European Commission acted within its authority when it added both energy sources to the EU’s green taxonomy back in 2022.