Earth Report | Waste not Waste
To mark the start of The International Year of Sanitation (2008), this Earth Report investigates the global sanitation crisis. Conventional sewer systems are not only an expensive way to provide...
View ArticleEarth Report | Go with the Flow
In the Netherlands two out of three people already live below sea level. Faced with a further rise in sea level of up to 0.8 metres, the country is developing a radical national action plan that turns...
View ArticleHands On 5 | A Switch in Time
Across Asia, development is happening at breakneck speed. Yet over a billion people still have no access to electricity. Most of them are the rural poor, who live far from the mains electricity grid....
View ArticleHands On 5 | Energetic
A programme looking at the world’s energy entrepreneurs: the work of REED, helping entrepreneurs to develop clean energy businesses; developing solar food preservation systems in Mali; a solar-based...
View ArticleHands On 5 | Making the Connection
In Karnataka India, the state government is computerising the land records which used to be controlled by local officials, many of whom were corrupt. The system now helps farmers to gain faster access...
View ArticleEarth Report | Radioactive and Reeling
Following the 1986 nuclear disaster at the Chernobyl power station in the Ukraine, 70 per cent of the fallout landed on neighbouring Belarus. Suffering from severe and widespread radioactive...
View ArticleEarth Report | Race to Save the Sky
Brokered by UNEP, the 1987 Montreal Protocol was heavily criticised by environmental groups for not being tough enough. In Race to Save the Sky we find the world is on course to end the threat from...
View ArticleLife | Brazil: Winning against AIDS
HIV/AIDS sufferers in Brazil today get the same treatment as HIV/AIDS sufferers in the USA and Europe – the same, free ‘triple cocktail’ of anti-retroviral (ARV) drugs, the same clinical care, the same...
View ArticleHands On 6 | Energy Matters
Over 2 billion people have no access to electricity. Around the world people are coming up with solutions, which not only meet some of their energy needs in a sustainable manner, but are also helping...
View ArticleLife | Kill or Cure?
For over a decade, India has been the powerhouse behind low cost drugs for the developing world, especially Africa and Asia. India’s $4.5 billion pharmaceutical industry is now at a crossroads...
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