El Niños often mean droughts and fires for some countries and flooding rains for others. As impacts worsen with climate change, is the world prepared?

Current evidence suggests both El Niño and La Niña could change significantly over the next 70 years, which will have consequences for how they impact us.

Reports of a possible ‘super El Niño’ this year might have been greatly exaggerated.

Going to the Moon and other planetary bodies in search of natural resources may alleviate critical shortages on Earth.

As space exploration and colonisation expand, off-Earth resources will create a booming market.

Meteorites could show us the perfect chemical models we need to end the natural resource crisis — but we don’t have to leave Earth to mine them.

Private companies and governments are reaching for the stars in an effort to ease Earth-bound shortages.

NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission will allow scientists to put asteroid Bennu under the microscope and perhaps answer questions about the origins of life on Earth.

What are the roadblocks to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals? And how can the pace of the SDGs gather momentum to meet the 2030 targets?

To break their ‘two steps forward, one step back’ routine on climate action, the Asia-Pacific needs to start delivering on ambitious emissions targets.

Students demand transformative education, but can our education systems keep up?

Slow efforts to decarbonise are blamed on low political will — but time is running out to transition, and a circuit breaker is needed.

The world needs more and better skilled health workers to attain the SDG targets and continue to foster global health beyond 2030.

The Indo-Pacific has much to lose as global events hinder international cooperation on sustainable development, but it also shows promising examples of success.

Don’t look now, but if you’re worried about the state of democracies now, just wait until next year.

Young Indonesians are told that their votes can make a difference, but the political system offers few ways to address their discontent.