G7 Countries to Stop Funding Fossil Fuel Development Overseas
Ministers from the world’s biggest economies reach an agreement that could shift an estimated $33bn a year to clean energy sources.
United Kingdom
Seeds of Sustainability in Wales. And Around the World?
Software entrepreneur Liam Kurmos's community regeneration project is one of many little cells of activity popping up all over the country. With this kind of energy and creativity, opportunities abound.
To Make a More Resilient Society, Build Community
As global policymakers wrap up the UN’s COP26 climate conference in Glasgow, organizers in a struggling town just a few miles away are showing the power of community action.
Piloting Big Technologies On a Tiny Scottish Island
The Orkney Islands may seem like the end of the earth, but hydrogen power projects launched there could help usher in a new era for marine transportation.
Young People Are Watching, and They’re Pissed Off
The cracks are appearing in modern capitalism. Today, young people are demanding that corporations put saving the planet before profits. Will corporate bosses listen?
Can Better Town-Gown Relations Help Save the Planet?
What if universities collaborated with their local communities with the goal of helping cities become more resilient and sustainable? That idea is being tested in Exeter, England.
Glasgow Dispatch: Startup Funding Encourages Sustainability
While the U.S. is awash in venture capital and has an abundance of startup competitions, in many corners of the world such investment money is scarce. The lesson for people who believe innovation can help...
How Oil-Rich Aberdeen is Pivoting Away from Fossil Fuels
Aberdeen boomed in the 60s after the discovery of North Sea oil. Now the Scottish city wants to be a renewable energy capital and a model for what carbon-dependent cities can do to adapt. (Part...
Manchester, Trump in Saudi Arabia, and Fighting Terrorism in an Online Age
The horrors of terrorism are again vividly seared on our consciousness, after the vicious bombing at a concert in Manchester. Meanwhile, President Trump has rightly put combatting terrorism at the top of his policy agenda....
