Japan becomes first country in the world to elect a transgender man to a public office
Tomoya Hosoda has taken part in various campaigns to raise the profile of LGBTQ in his country.
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Egypt to invest billions in renewable energy plan
Egypt has committed to increase its share of renewables in the country’s power mix to 20 per cent by 2022 and 37 per cent by 2035.
Germany just smashed an energy record, generating 85% electricity from renewables
Germany breaks a daily record for renewable energy, generating 85% of its power from renewable sources on April 30.
India to make every single car electric by 2030 in bid to tackle pollution
“We are going to introduce electric vehicles in a very big way,” coal and mines minister Piyush Goyal said at the Confederation of Indian Industry Annual Session 2017 in New Delhi.
Finland’s universal basic income trial for unemployed reduces stress levels
Citizens receiving a basic monthly income as part of a radical Finnish pilot scheme have seen a reduction in their stress levels, an official leading the trial has said.
Iceland is using extreme tech to harvest clean energy from volcanoes
Iceland currently runs on 100% renewable energy, making them a global leader in the fight against climate change.
New law gives Indian mothers 26 weeks of paid maternity leave
India passed a law to more than double its paid maternity leave, adding 14 weeks to the 12 already guaranteed by the government, reports the BBC.
China’s wind capacity up 13% in first quarter of 2017
In the first quarter of 2017, China’s installed wind capacity increased by 13 percent compared to the same period last year, bringing the country’s cumulative capacity to 151 gigawatts (GW).
Life expectancy improves for blacks in the U.S., and the racial gap is closing, CDC reports
African Americans have made significant gains in life expectancy, and the mortality gap between white and black Americans has been cut in half since 1999.
The United Nations just launched its first large-scale ethereum test to send funds to refugees
For the next month, cryptographically unique coupons representing an undisclosed number of Jordanian dinars will be sent to dozens of shops in five refugee camps across the nation.