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China sets moderate new energy goals for climate change
China announced moderate new energy and climate targets on Friday at its ceremonial National People's Conference that give little sign that it will step up its pace in combatting climate change.On a...
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China moves to tighten grip on Hong Kong in NPC
Top of The World — our morning news roundup written by editors at The World. Subscribe here.China’s ceremonial National People’s Congress (NPC) opened Friday, taking up several issues including Hong...
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India cracks down on climate activists supporting farmer protests
In India, millions of farmers and their allies are protesting new laws they say will benefit large agribusiness at the expense of small family farmers. The protesters have shut down major roads across...
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This frog farm in Colombia is trying to put poachers out of business
Working in the dark with a headlamp, Ivan Ramos inspects a small frog that has black and yellow stripes. Carefully, he stretches its tiny legs to check its bones. Then, he places it in a container...
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China’s moderate climate goals allow emissions to continue to rise
China announced moderate new energy and climate targets on Friday, eschewing any major moves to reduce carbon emissions and instead, maintaining plans to continue developing coal power. China, the...
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Global focus returns to Minneapolis as jury selection begins for Chauvin trial
Top of The World — our morning news roundup written by editors at The World. Subscribe here.Jury selection begins this week in a Minneapolis courtroom for Derek Chauvin's trial for the death of George...
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Author Yoichi Funabashi on Fukushima crisis 10 years later: Nuclear energy...
Ten years ago this week, a magnitude-9.0 earthquake and resulting tsunami struck Japan’s northeastern coast, killing nearly 20,000 people and severely damaging the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power...
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When it rains, it wars: Tracking intersecting security threats, Part II
This analysis was featured in Critical State, a weekly newsletter from The World and Inkstick Media. Subscribe here.Last week, Critical State began a deep dive into interactions between different forms...
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‘The Journey Itself Home’: Reflections on moving forward after devastation in...
Japan on Thursday marks the 10th anniversary of a massive earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster along its northeastern coast.On March 11, 2011, one of the biggest temblors on record touched off a...
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The pandemic, one year later
Top of The World — our morning news roundup written by editors at The World. Subscribe here.It has been one year since the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the novel coronavirus a global...
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It’s been 10 years since Fukushima. What’s it like to rebuild in a city that...
The Saeki family home in the port city of Ishinomaki, Japan, goes back hundreds of years. Theirs was a close-knit community, and they used to have a beautiful view of the river that flows into the...
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Climate change scientist trades in the halls of Oxford for YouTube
Learning about climate change can be overwhelming and depressing. Sometimes a bit of humor helps.Adam Levy started his career as a PhD student in atmospheric physics, but he's traded in the halls of...
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The lethal crackdown in Myanmar continues with widespread calls for the...
Top of The World — our morning news roundup written by editors at The World. Subscribe here.The deadly crackdown on demonstrators, activists and also journalists in Myanmar has continued unabated with...
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After Texas freeze, immigrants play critical role in repairing tens of...
Editor's note: An earlier version of this story was originally produced by Houston Public Media and has been updated for The World. For the last three weeks, Houston plumber Eduardo Dolande has been...
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West African villagers take on an American oil giant in a new novel by Imbolo...
It is a remarkable occurrence when current events and literature play off each other. Cameroonian writer Imbolo Mbue's new novel, "How Beautiful We Were," does just that.Cover of "How Beautiful We...
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Myanmar declares martial law on deadly day
Top of The World — our morning news roundup written by editors at The World. Subscribe here.The violence in Myanmar continues to draw widespread criticism as the South Asian country marked its...
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Plan to dump Fukushima's radioactive water into ocean causes outcry
Ten years after the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant disaster, millions of gallons of radioactive cooling water are about to overflow storage tanks. Japanese authorities say they plan to release...
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Fishermen risk their lives to defend a vital lake in Colombia
Every couple of weeks, Yuli Velasquez patrols Saint Silvester Lake near Barrancabermeja, Colombia, looking for signs of pollution.The lake is vital to hundreds of fishermen like Velasquez who make a...
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Climate divestment activists draw inspiration from South Africa’s...
The global boycott against South Africa’s apartheid regime was the largest of its kind in the second half the 20th century. This divestment movement is credited, in part, for helping to end the...
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Ancient leaves preserved under a mile of Greenland's ice – and lost in a...
In 1963, inside a covert US military base in northern Greenland, a team of scientists began drilling down through the Greenland ice sheet. Piece by piece, they extracted an ice core 4 inches across and...
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