During COP26, Facebook served ads with climate falsehoods, skepticism
Facebook does not have a specific policy on climate misinformation in ads or unpaid posts, but generally does not remove misinformation in posts unless it determines they pose imminent real-world harm
Digital world seen moving into 'authoritarian space'
Governments from China to the United States are increasingly monitoring or restricting online spaces, tech experts told the Trust Conference
'We have to feed our children': Delhi's rickshaw pullers battle on through city's toxic smog
Indian capital Delhi, was the world's most polluted capital for the third straight year in 2020, with the city's poorest being affected most as they are forced to work despite adverse health effects
EU says it is unlikely to approve state aid for fossil fuels
Phasing out coal is seen as crucial for the EU to meet its targets to cut greenhouse gas emissions but EU countries are divided over the role other fossil fuels should play in their transition to net zero emissions
Bridging Africa's digital divide: The rise of community internet
In villages and townships, Africans are building their own internet infrastructure to connect, and protect, the unconnected
Europe's gas firms prime pipelines for hydrogen highway
Europe's new hydrogen project is one of hundreds of plans to build a hydrogen economy, which the European Union says could involve investments of up to 460 billion euros by 2030
Transgender teen bids for Medicaid coverage of top surgery
Arizona currently excludes “gender-reassignment surgeries” from Medicaid coverage, but now Transgender teen John Doe wants “top surgery,” a double mastectomy, to be covered.
Ugandan trans campaigner wants her community recognised in next census
In a country where colonial-era laws banning gay sex remain and where LGBT+ people have faced arrest and violence, Ugandan trans campaigner is fighting for trans Ugandans to have their gender officially recognised
INSIGHT-In Ivory Coast, a battle to save cocoa-ravaged forests
Ivory Coast's Ministry of Water and Forests estimates 20% to 30% of the roughly 2 million tonnes of cocoa produced annually is grown illegally and that practically all those beans enter the global supply chain
Climate-friendly farming: Greenland's melting glaciers offer an answer
Ultra-fine silt deposited by Greenland's glaciers could be used to boost agricultural output when applied to farmland and absorb climate-warming carbon dioxide from the air in the process