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Often enough decisions are made by politicians who pass laws and conferences delegates that designing strategies. How can what is decided be implemented?

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„Community Listener Clubs“ in Saré Boubou Senegal

Senegalese villages fight climate change

Across western Africa, people in rural communities are taking their future into their own hands to fight climate change.
Nature and EnvironmentDecember 5, 2017
A worker carrying sacks of polystyrene insulation foam

EU investigates new plastic cleanup tech

The EU is exploring high-tech fixes for plastic pollution but some say simpler, more effective solutions already exist.
Nature and EnvironmentDecember 5, 2017
A man stands in an endless sandy desert

Demand for sand

Sand might seem to be in endless supply — but we are getting through it at unsustainable rates.
Nature and EnvironmentNovember 28, 2017
Globe with banknotes

Our addiction to growth is harming the climate

To find our way out of the climate crisis, we must cure our addiction to growth, say experts.
Nature and EnvironmentNovember 17, 2017
A man stands in the narrow tunnel of a make-shift Cobalt mine in the Democratic Republic of Congo

Congo’s cobalt conundrum

As carmakers rev up their electric ambitions, there is debate over their ethical cleanliness.
Nature and EnvironmentNovember 14, 2017
Soldier in Nigeria on a mission to fight Boko Haram

The terror of climate change

Is there a connection between climate change and terrorism?
Nature and EnvironmentNovember 6, 2017
India, Holy Ganges at Haridwar

Mighty Ganges threatened

Climate change is endangering the holy river Ganges, reports Jasvinder Sehgal.
Nature and EnvironmentOctober 24, 2017
Kenya, drought

To engineer the climate or not?

What would messing with the climate to fight global warming mean for people and the planet?
Nature and EnvironmentOctober 18, 2017
Lawn full of styrofoam waste and plastic

Zimbabwe's styrofoam ban

Following other African countries, Zimbabwe is banning styrofoam food containers to deal with a mounting waste problem.
Nature and EnvironmentOctober 2, 2017
Mangrove restauration in Senegal

In Senegal, democracy strengthens climate protection

In Senegal, climate change is helping to strengthen democracy—and women at are the forefront.
Nature and EnvironmentSeptember 26, 2017