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Summer Special

Healthy soil, healthy climate

Documentary presents a vision of farmers for a different, climate-friendly form of agriculture

Diversity

Why racist attitudes lead to neglection of common good

Systemic racism hurts the USA’s white majority, as a new book shows

Flooding

Lake Tanganyika rises up

Communities along Lake Tanganyika face devastation from rising floodwaters

Climate crisis

Germany’s path to net-zero emissions

How the next Federal Government must make Germany environmentally sustainable

Skin-whitening products

Why lighter complexions are associated with higher status

The trade in skin-whitening creams is a sign of internalised racist ideas of beauty

Planetary boundaries

Consumerism is unsustainable

Why other world regions must not copy western consumption patterns

Agriculture

Moving a mountain of mangoes

Sun-drying mangoes solves a market-access problem for smallholder farmers

Biodiversity

Global warming and biodiversity loss mutually reinforcing

Fragile mountain habitats are becoming increasingly precarious in Hindu Kush-Himalaya region

Plastic

Balancing profits and staff welfare in Ivory Coast

Coliba is a young formal-sector company that specialises in the recycling of plastic waste in Abidjan

Industry strategies

Repurposing offers rays of hope

How finding new uses for established pharmaceuticals matters in the fight against Covid-19

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