
There isn't a single country on track to make the UN's targets for gender equality
There isn’t a country in the world that’s currently set to achieve gender equality by the UN’s target of 2030.
There isn’t a country in the world that’s currently set to achieve gender equality by the UN’s target of 2030.
Set in the foothills of mountains, surrounded by greenery and dotted with buzzing cafés, visitors to Germany’s Lusatian Lake District may have little idea of the scarred landscape beneath...
¿Qué está haciendo el Foro Económico Mundial para acabar con la contaminación por plástico?
Covered with toxic spines, it has multiple arms and is capable of regeneration. With a voracious appetite, it expels its stomach out of its mouth to eat, leaving just skeletons in its wake.
If you want to pick the the best university for your chosen field of study, go to the U.S.
Just three decades ago, Ghana was in crisis; impoverished and suffering famine, it was on the verge of economic collapse. Fast-forward to the present day, the West African nation has stag...
Picture a country where a fifth of the population lives in poverty. People have to choose between eating or heating their homes and children go to school hungry. Homelessness is rising. A...
The world invested $1.8 trillion in energy last year, with spending on renewables stalling, while oil, gas and coal projects increased.
In India coal is king. It powers huge swathes of the country and its use is still rising. But there are signs that coal's dominance might one day be challenged. India's solar energy inves...
"The only way to keep your health is to eat what you don't want, drink what you don't like, and do what you'd druther not.” If only the answer to the world’s health concerns were as simpl...
This article was updated in November 2019.
It’s contaminating our oceans. It’s clogging our drains and causing flooding. It’s transmitting diseases, causing respiratory infections, and harming animals. Welcome to the global trash ...
If everyone consumed at the same rate as the average European, we would need a planet three times the size of Earth.
At any one time it’s estimated there are 10 quintillion insects alive. That’s 10,000,000,000,000,000,000. Or an awful lot of bugs. By biomass they outnumber humans many times over. Is you...
From bananas and sausages to flights and fuel, we all like to keep a tally of what we spend. But whether we monitor the price in dollars, rupees or yuan, it’s unlikely we are also measuri...