Solar greenhouses are helping to improve health and generate income in Ladakh, India.
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Energy Solutions: Briquettes in Uganda
Briquettes made from saw dust and agricultural waste help save forests and improve people’s health in Uganda.
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Belo Horizonte: Preventing Natural Disasters
The Brazilian city of Belo Horizonte found a way to beat natural disasters by bringing people, local government, and business together.
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Cameroon’s Cocoa Makes a Comeback
In this special Earth Focus report, farmers in Cameroon are discovering the link between disaster preparedness and cocoa production. Extreme climate variation in the country is making cocoa plants — one of Cameroon’s leading crops — vulnerable to pests and …
Planetary Boundaries: Limits to Growth
Earth’s processes are limited. They have boundaries, which, when respected, ensure a safe zone where humanity can operate. But human activity has led us to cross some of these boundaries — and we are in imminent danger of crossing others. …
The Kaza: Mega Conservation Zone
Five African countries — Angola, Botswana, Namibia, Zambia, and Zimbabwe — agreed in August 2011 to create the 29 million hectare Kavango Zambezi Transfrontier Conservation Area or Kaza. The area not only allows elephants to roam free across borders, but …
India: The Carbon Con
The true cost of carbon offsetting. A plant owned by India’s energy giant Reliance Power may become the largest coal power project awarded carbon credits under the UN’s Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) — which lets industrialized countries offset their pollution …
Population Growth: Impact on Future
Suzanne Ehlers, President and CEO of Population Action, speaks with Miles Benson about the links between population growth and climate change, and why women are disproportionately affected.
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Namibia: Adapting to Climate Change
The Gobabeb Training and Research Center in a remote corner of Namibia is providing climate data for scientists worldwide and finding new ways for Namibians to adapt to their changing environment. Jeff Barbee reports.
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Encroaching Tides: What’s at Stake
The eastern coast of the United States — from the Gulf of Mexico to New England — has one of the highest rates of sea level rise in the world. As a result of climate change, sea levels are expected …