Oil has destroyed their environment. So why are thousands of young men still illegally refining it?. We travelled to the heart of the Niger Delta to find out. Watch the full video: 📹 Albert Han, Bukola Adebayo

South Africa's coal workers need new jobs. Biochar might be the answer. 🔗 Read the full story to find out more: 🎙️ Kim Harrisberg

🌳 "The forest pays much more when it is standing." . Brazil is betting on a new way to protect its vast forests, while empowering local communities. 🔗 To learn about 'conservation mosaics', read the full story: ✍️ Andre Cabette Fabio

London's £15 congestion charge didn't fix traffic – so why is it more popular than ever?. Watch the full video to find out: 🎙️ Rosalind Thacker

“The ocean is suffering and threatening livelihoods worldwide. As fish stocks become depleted, operators turn to illegal fishing and forced labour.” . ✍️ Emelia Arthur, Ghana’s Minister for Fisheries and Aquaculture, writes for Context. 🔗

Decades-old energy assistance program that helps millions of Americans with cooling costs is at risk as summers get hotter. ✍️ Carey L. Biron reports. 🔗

Elon Musk’s xAI is under fire in Memphis. Residents and environmental groups are concerned about transparency and potential harm to the environment. ✍️ Diana Baptista speaks to Amanda Garcia, senior attorney at the Southern Environmental Law Center. 🔗

Britain plans to extend a bottom trawling ban as governments ratify global oceans treaty. ✍️ Beatrice Tridimas reports. 🔗

Last year, Earth lost the equivalent of 18 football fields every minute. And for the first time, fires are the leading cause, according to a new study from Global Forest Watch. Here's why that matters. 🎙️ Rosalind Thacker. #COP30 #forestprotection

With incomes shrinking and costs soaring, Donald Trump's planned tariffs could push Indian shrimp farmers to breaking point. ✍️ Bhasker Tripathi. 🔗

Musk's satellite internet service is coming to South Asia, but its soaring power may be checked by growing competition. ✍️ Md. Tahmid Zami reports. 🔗

Facing alarming levels of pollution, South Africa's citizen scientists wade into water monitoring. ✍️ Kim Harrisberg reports. 🔗

Data centres powering AI are moving into cities, facing local resistance. Communities are campaigning against water extraction, energy use, and lack of transparency. ✍️ Diana Baptista reports. 🔗

Low-income US home owners face soaring insurance premiums in 'managed retreat' from climate change. ✍️ Carey Biron repirts. 🔗

Chicken wire, jars, sand and cement - how to harvest rain and survive Zimbabwe's new norm of drought. ✍️ Lungelo Ndhlovu reports. 🔗

Flagship EU fund to support fossil fuel workers and communities risks mad spending rush, says exclusive European Commission data. ✍️ Peter Yeung reports. 🔗

Early-warning systems make for better disaster preparedness - but the vulnerable are still missing out on long-term help. ✍️ Alexander Matheou, regional director of the IFRC, spoke to Context about how disaster responses can protect populations. 🔗

Armed with test kits, South Africa's citizen scientists are wading into polluted rivers to gather data, demand accountability, and prove that environmental action starts with getting your boots wet. 🔗 Read the full story to learn more: ✍️ Kim Harrisberg

"This is not just about climate, but also about human rights. Every day, the expansion of the fossil fuel industry erodes our rights.". ✍️ Hilde Heine, President of the Republic of the Marshall Islands, writes for Context. 🔗

"We must accelerate decisive action on climate change that protects health because the climate crisis is a health crisis.". ✍️ Katrín Jakobsdóttir, former prime minister of Iceland and chair of the Pan-European Commission on Climate and Health, writes. 🔗

Governments are meeting in France to discuss how to protect oceans from harmful fishing practices, like bottom trawling. ✍️ Beatrice Tridimas. 🔗