'Local is king': Africa's online platforms take on Silicon Valley

From online funeral service planning to voice-based messaging, Africa's innovators are tapping local knowledge and cultures to develop their own tech platforms

First Bangladesh city climate plan targets industrial-hub pollution

Narayanganj city, a major industrial hub just to the south of Dhaka that produces most of the country's knitwear exports, has the third-worst air quality in Bangladesh

Do trans self-ID laws harm women? Argentina could have answers

It's 10 years since Argentina passed the world's first law allowing trans people to change legal gender on demand. Here's what we've learned about the impact

Climate damage case breaks ground with German judges' visit to Peru glacier

The lawsuit, filed by a Peruvian farmer against RWE, aims to hold the European electricity giant accountable for the role of its fossil fuel emissions in melting Andean glaciers and hiking flood threats

OPINION: Cities are at the forefront of climate action. The world must follow

Fifty years since the 1972 conference, 'think globally, act locally' remains an essential blueprint to address the triple planetary crisis of climate change, nature loss and pollution

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