The Children’s Society says groomers often use offers of food and clothes to gain the trust of young people before sexually abusing them, forcing them into slave labour or into criminal activities ...

Going global . Shared Interest is a UK-based social lender that supports farmers and handcraft producers in 47 countries around the world. From sphagnum moss farmers in Peru to coffee farmers in ...

“Fine words” that “must now translate into action” – that was Greenpeace’s verdict on the UN Ocean Conference, which wrapped up in Nice last weekend. The summit offered some signs of progress in the ...

There are no lenses through which the situation in Gaza looks anything but desperate. But for young Palestinian refugees who fled to Egypt, a photography project has offered an outlet to express their ...

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For centuries, male land inheritance in the DRC has stymied women’s access to their own livelihoods. Now, in one region, women are pushing back – opening up the possibility of economic independence ...

Meanwhile, in the US … Despite attempts by the Trump administration to stymie green energy projects, wind and solar are surging across the US.. New data shows that renewables accounted for 98% of the ...

Scientists develop a plastic that dissolves at sea. As delegates arrived in South Korea to thrash out a UN treaty to cut plastic pollution, Japanese researchers this week hailed a new “environmentally ...

Speaking of air pollution policies … Expanding London’s ultra-low emissions zone (Ulez) has had a “positive impact” on air quality in the city’s outer boroughs, where it has reduced nitrogen oxide ...

Uganda halted its Ebola outbreak, elk were mooted for a return to the UK, and working-class writers got a new platform, plus more good news Uganda declared an end to its Ebola outbreak Health ...

For Dan, whose grandmother wrote all her own folk songs, it feels right that they are now helping to restore the forests that inspired her. “The album means a lot to me, it makes me proud that future ...

Of 200 UK schools surveyed by the Forest School Association (FSA) in 2021, as many as two-thirds have reported an increase in demand for places since March 2020. Some say they are booked solid for the ...