Yemenis go solar amid war energy shortage →
Booming solar sector is transforming lives and energy sustainability in Yemen, poor country with scant rural power access even before conflict knocked out most of national grid. REUTERS
Read MoreSouth Korean grannies keeping a school alive →
South Korea is running out of children. It has one of the lowest birth rates in the world. The impact is being keenly felt in rural areas where schools are struggling to fill classrooms and stay open. Facing a year without any first graders, a school in the south west of the country decided to open its doors to illiterate grandmothers who asked to learn to read and write. BBC NEWS
Read MoreGreen Climate Fund expands support to more than 100 developing states →
The Green Climate Fund, which provides finance for developing nations to tackle climate change, said on Thursday it had reached a milestone of backing action in more than 100 countries, after approving $408 million for new projects. REUTERS
Read MoreU.S. lawmakers propose $180 billion plan to make public housing green →
The Green New Deal for Public Housing aims to eliminate planet-warming carbon emissions from the nation's roughly one million units of public housing over the span of a decade. PLACE
Read MoreHit by drought and power cuts, Zimbabwe steps up battery storage →
Telecommunications towers and other businesses are turning to solar power with battery storage to fight climate-related electricity shortages. THOMSON REUTERS FOUNDATION
Read MoreThe vegan revolution: why the latest 'meat' is made entirely from thin air →
A US startup claims it can convert CO2 into nutrients. Could innovations such as this and 3D-printed steaks provide a sustainable food future? THE GUARDIAN
Read MoreCould 'invisible barcodes' revolutionise recycling? →
Many of us struggle to figure out which items can be recycled while sorting our rubbish at home. Machines in sorting plants can have the same problem. This prevents many countries from achieving the recycling rates they would like. But new "invisible barcode" technology is being piloted which aims to fix the problem. BBC NEWS
Read MoreNetherlands cuts speed limit to curb emissions →
The Dutch government will reduce its national speed limit as part of a package of controversial measures to cut emissions that have sparked mass protests from the country’s farmers. FINANCIAL TIMES
Read MoreHigh-tech mapping, apps fight deadly dengue outbreak in Honduras →
High-tech mapping and mobile phone apps are being used to combat dengue fever in Honduras as the Central American nation struggles to fight the worst outbreak of the mosquito-borne disease on record, medical charity MSF said on Thursday. THOMSON REUTERS FOUNDATION
Read MoreSuicide rates fall after gay marriage legalised in Sweden and Denmark →
Suicide rates among those in same-sex relationships have fallen significantly in both Denmark and Sweden since the legalisation of gay marriage, according to a study, although whatever their marital status, homosexual people remain more likely to take their own life. THE GUARDIAN
Read More'World’s most sustainable shopping centre' takes root in Melbourne's suburbs →
The development will produce a large chunk of its energy needs, has a fully-functioning urban farm, collects and recycles its water and the amount of toxic materials used in its construction has been kept to a minimum. THE SYDNEY MORNING HERALD
Read MoreWhy being kind could help you live longer →
What can kindness do for you? Give you a warm glow perhaps, or a feeling of well-being? While that may be true, scientists and academics at a new research centre say it can do much more - it can extend your life. BBC NEWS
Read MoreA new lifeline for cancer patients comes from astronauts in space →
There are notable similarities between how spaceflight affects astronauts and how cancer treatment affects cancer patients. Now doctors are using NASA wellness protocols to help patients on Earth recover. FAST COMPANY
Read MoreRock-a-Bye Mama →
New moms in difficult situations sometimes find it tough to connect with their babies. Carnegie Hall is helping change that across the continent with one of the simplest, most innate tools in the mothering toolbox: lullabies. REASONS TO BE CHEERFUL
Read More'Stigma follows us': Cape Town's homeless, transgender women fight for recognition →
SistaazHood, a group of transgender, homeless, sex workers in South Africa, has become a growing voice on issues from the legalisation of sex work to better access to healthcare. PLACE
Read MoreSafer at sea: The unexpected benefit of traceability for small-scale fishers →
Consumers are demanding to know where the seafood they buy comes from to ensure catches are legal, sustainable and free from labor abuse. The technology to deliver that information, once out of reach for small-scale fishers, is becoming more accessible in places like the Philippines. MONGABAY
Read MoreCrystal Chigbu: The mum making prosthetic limbs for Nigerian children →
Crystal Chigbu runs a foundation that provides recycled prosthetics and other walking aids to children 18 and under. She was inspired to start the project after her daughter, who is now 10, was born without a shinbone. Her foundation has now provided 120 prosthetic limbs for children in need in Nigeria. BBC NEWS
Read MoreMoney and maps: is this how to save the Amazon's 400bn trees? →
Peru’s primary forest, where you find the lofty hardwoods so prized by commercial timber traders, is shrinking at an alarming rate: Global Forest Watch reported that Peru lost 140,185 hectares (346,405 acres) of primary forest in 2018. Alarmed by the impact of logging, indigenous Peruvians are using satellite mapping to manage their land. THE GUARDIAN
Read MoreThe cost to stop women dying in childbirth by 2030? 46 military aircraft →
Countries need about $264 billion - the equivalent cost of 110 military aircraft - to end maternal deaths, gender based violence, child marriage, and provide family planning to all women by 2030, said a United Nations study. THOMSON REUTERS FOUNDATION
Read MoreDurwood Zaelke: How changes to air conditioning will fight global warming →
Durwood Zaelke’s eye for an environmental “quick fix” has arguably saved the world half a degree Celsius of warming. The environmental lawyer is the little-known driving force behind a key amendment to what's been called perhaps the most successful international agreement ever. BBC NEWS
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