The new generation of electric cars is on its way with the Lightyear One, a vehicle capable of using solar energy to charge while on the road. Currently in the prototype phase, the solar panel-covered vehicle is due to hit the streets in 2021. INHABITAT
Read MoreWith lampshades made by Indian women and trays from East Africa, H&M said on Tuesday that it had become the latest retail giant to back businesses with a mission to do good, as pressure mounts to end throwaway consumerism. THOMSON REUTERS FOUNDATION
Read MoreTwo new Ebola treatments are proving so effective they are being offered to all patients in the Democratic Republic of Congo, where the current outbreak is the second-deadliest ever. A randomized trial comparing four different treatments in four towns began in November. Of the four, two treatments known as REGN-EB3 and mAb114 were so effective that researchers announced today they have halted the trial and stopped distributing the others. CNN
Read MoreAustralia will donate A$500 million ($339 million) to Pacific Islands for renewable energy projects and to help its neighbours prepare for the impact of climate change, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Monday. The low-lying islands of the Pacific are seen as the front line of global climate change, battling rising sea levels and other climate-related crises that have forced some residents to move to higher ground. REUTERS
Read MoreA university has banned the sale of beef in campus food outlets in order to help tackle the climate emergency. Goldsmiths, University of London, is also attempting to phase out single-use plastics and installing more panels to power its buildings in New Cross, as part of a move to become carbon neutral by 2025. THE GUARDIAN
Read MoreThe widespread use of charcoal for cooking in African cities can cause devastating damage to forests up to 300 km away, scientist Sebastian Rodriguez-Sanchez found while working on energy and agriculture issues in West Africa. So in 2015, he co-founded a business to try to fix the problem by weaning people off charcoal - made by smouldering wood - and onto bottled gas, a fuel common in his home country of Mexico. PLACE
Read MorePescueza in Extremadura, western Spain, is adapting to provide for the needs of its older population through a non-profit project called Stay With Us. It aims to provide elderly residents, who make up two thirds of its population, with the services they need in the hope they can remain independent. Could this pensioner-friendly village be the future? BBC NEWS
Read MoreAbout 2.2 million fewer single-use cups were used by public bodies in Wales in the last year - a drop of nearly 19%. BBC NEWS
Read MoreEconomist Raj Chetty found the program has āthe largest effect Iāve ever seen in a social science intervention.ā VOX
Read MoreA house in the UK designed especially to help people with dementia is inspiring families, care-home owners and council workers to make changes to their own homes. BBC NEWS
Read MoreJanne Utriainen is tackling climate change in his own way - leaving the city to live off the land. BBC NEWS
Read MoreMaori, who account for about 15% of the population, were dispossessed of much of their land during colonisation by Britain. PLACE
Read MoreThese plant-based sequins will decompose instead of ending up in the ocean, where conventional sequins can be swallowed by fish and end up in your sushi. FAST COMPANY
Read MoreGlobally, 800,000 children die every year due to a lack of access to breast milk, according to the World Health Organization. A new breast milk bank in Kenya is helping mothers donate their milk to babies whose mothers cannot breast feed them. BBC NEWS
Read MoreEvery year, a choking smog descends on northwest India as the regionās farmers burn their fields following the rice harvest - a phenomenon that has helped make New Delhi one of the worldās most polluted cities. Now, scientists have come up with a method that would allow farmers to sow their winter crop, usually wheat, without burning off the stubble left behind after the rice harvest. REUTERS
Read MoreA report by the U.N. climate science panel recognises strong community land rights as key to tackling global warming. THOMSON REUTERS FOUNDATION
Read MoreWomen in labour are being given virtual reality headsets to see if they can help manage the pain of childbirth. University Hospital of Wales in Cardiff is carrying out a trial and it could be rolled out across Wales, if successful. BBC NEWS
Read MoreThe Trust for Public Land, a nonprofit that helps schools and cities create āshared-useā agreements for playground space, calculated that if all schoolyards in the U.S. were opened to the public during nonschool hours, nearly 20 million Americans who donāt currently live near parks would suddenly be a short walk from one. FAST COMPANY
Read MoreThe NHS in England is setting up a national artificial intelligence laboratory to enhance care of patients and research. The Health Secretary, Matt Hancock, said AI had "enormous power" to improve care, save lives and ensure doctors had more time to spend with patients. He has announced Ā£250m will be spent on boosting the role of AI within the health service. BBC NEWS
Read MoreGetting ready to cruise in first class from New York to Beijing? That will be 15.6 square meters of Arctic ice down the drain, thank you. Enjoy your flight. Such statistics detailing the environmental toll wrought by jet setting, or even just business travel, are the stuff of a new website, Shameplane.com, which aims to calculate how much Arctic sea ice melt a traveler's flight causes. THOMSON REUTERS FOUNDATION
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