Equity, Diversity and Inclusion
With books and jewels, drag queens teach children tolerance
"It is really important to remember we are all different and it is good to like ourselves for what makes us different from each other."
Umberto Bacchi is a journalist at the Thomson Reuters Foundation covering humanitarian crises, human trafficking and women’s rights.
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Emerging Technologies
The world has reached the lowest level of happiness in ten years
According to the results of Gallup's 2018 Global Emotions Report which surveyed over 154,000 people across 146 countries.
Energy Transition
Some of the world's biggest cities have made a major environmental pledge
19 mayors in some of the world's largest cities have vowed to make all buildings carbon neutral by 2050, ensuring they make no contribution to climate change.
Equity, Diversity and Inclusion
Asking job applicants what they earn 'traps women in low pay'
A British charity has called for an end to the practice.
Social Innovation
The British government has pledged to end gay conversion therapy
Following a major survey, Prime Minister Theresa May has released a 75 step plan to eradicate the practice and address injustices in the LGBT community.
Social Innovation
This former Mafia villa has been transformed into a LGBT refuge
The mayor of Castelvolturno, a coastal town north of Naples, said a gay rights group had won permission to turn a three-storey building into a centre for LGBT people.
Nature and Biodiversity
This British restaurant is turning its waste into food
Whey left from making cheese transforms into sauce for potatoes, while bread crusts become miso soup.
Energy Transition
'Twistron', an elastic carbon nanotube yarn that could be the future of power generation
A new, high-tech carbon nanotube yarn that generates electricity when stretched or twisted could use ocean waves and human motion to produce electricity.
Health and Healthcare Systems
Nearly a third of the world's population is now overweight, a new study suggests
The Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) analyses the spread of obesity across the world.