Environment

Breaking the menopause taboo

Women live an average of 30 years after menopause. Normalising menopause as a life event requires greater research, investment and cultural acceptance.

Podcast: Cobalt mines in Africa are a vital part of the renewable energy supply chain. But at what cost to the people who work in them?

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Discarded aligners often end up in landfills where they take decades to decompose, releasing microplastics into the environment. This needs to change.

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Bangladesh has shown how its ‘engineering diplomacy’ approach to managing a flood crisis could be a pathway to resilience.

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Pacific Island countries are on the frontline of climate change and are leading the way on adaptation and resilience.

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Long a regional laggard on climate action, Australia must convince Pacific leaders it’s serious about moving away from fossil fuels.

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New words that seek to express human emotions about the parlous state of our planet are going mainstream.

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Ladakh is seeing a form of tourism which relies on climate grief and a desire to escape toxic cities.

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Low awareness of the link between heat and eco-anxiety in Indonesia requires a more comprehensive strategy in the campaign.

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Australians aged 29 and under have grown up in the shadow of climate change and the data says that it’s taking a heavy toll on their wellbeing.

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Droughts, fires and floods can wreak havoc on farmers’ mental health. With extreme weather set to intensify, farmer suicide prevention efforts are crucial.

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Technologies and practices exist to help the palm oil industry decarbonise but barriers to their adoption need to be overcome.

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