World Bank to launch first sustainable water bond
First in a new series of Sustainable Development Goal bonds issued by the World Bank will aim to fund projects that promote clean water and healthy oceans.
Today (2017 C.E. - 2025 C.E.)
This archive spans one of the most eventful periods in recent history, from 2017 through 2025. Browse more than 4,100 articles documenting scientific breakthroughs, policy wins, social progress, and human ingenuity from the present era. Each story highlights what people and communities around the world are building, solving, and achieving right now.
In ‘world first’, ultra-cheap printable solar panels are launched in Australia
Less than one millimeter thick and held down with double-sided sticky tape, the panels are similar in texture to a potato chip packet and can be produced for less than $10 per square meter.
LEGO will stop production of plastic blocks by 2030
After 85 years of production, Lego has announced plans to make new pieces from plant-based plastic instead
New research shows CBD found in cannabis can help people with psychosis
According to a new study from King’s College London (KCL), just one dose of CBD can reduce abnormal brain function in people with psychosis.
19 global cities commit to make new buildings net-zero by 2030
The mayors of Copenhagen, Johannesburg, London, Los Angeles, Montreal, New York City, Newburyport, Paris, Portland, San Francisco, San Jose, Santa Monica, Stockholm, Sydney, Tokyo, Toronto, Tshwane, Vancouver and Washington, DC also pledged to ensure all buildings in the cities, old or new, will meet net-zero carbon standards by 2050.
Capital Dynamics lines up $1.2 billion to buy renewables
Capital Dynamics, one of the biggest buyers of U.S. solar farms, closed a $1.2 billion fund to acquire even more clean-power plants.
Kroger, America’s largest supermarket chain, to phase out plastic shopping bag by 2025
“As America’s largest grocer, we recognize we have a responsibility to cut down on unnecessary plastic waste that contributes to litter, harms the environment and, in some cases, can endanger wildlife.”
Greenpeace reports decade of significant progress on sustainable seafood among U.S. retailers
Overall, 90 percent of the retailers profiled received passing scores, ten years after every single retailer failed the first assessment.
Middle East & Africa to install more than 83 gigawatts of solar by 2023
New research focusing on the Middle East and Africa has forecast solar installations to skyrocket by 170% this year and continue accelerating to install more than 83 GW of new solar capacity between 2018 and 2023, nearly 40 times current capacity.
Investors worth $6.7 trillion advocate for better palm oil standards
More than 90 institutional investors representing over $6.7 trillion in assets under management have written to the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) calling on it to strengthen its green certification standards for palm oil production.