As the sun moves westward across the sky in Murcia, Spain, solar panels capture its rays while sheltering diverse crops, from bell peppers to wine grapes and dragon fruit.Known for its agriculture and abundant sunshine, this southeastern region is exploring whether, rather than competing for land, farming and solar energy can coexist peacefully.
“Agrivoltaics is the integration of food production with renewable energy production,” explains Silvia Tomasi, Senior Researcher at Eurac Research. This...

In Brazil's crowded favelas, green space is hard to come by, but this São Paulo community is showing how more sustainable favelas can give back to their residents.

"You have to remove the seeds before they flower." Maria de Lourdes Andrade Silva is showing me how she picks the buds off a flowering basil plant as she tends to a vibrant community garden in a favela in São Paulo, Brazil – South America's largest city. "If you leave it to flower, it'll use up all its energy and it will die," she says....

A central highway in Brazil’s largest city is
about to get a green makeover. But are the
plans all they’re cracked up to be and who,
really, will benefit?

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When disaster hits, surge staff are the first on the ground to assess and implement the immediate response required. Currently, the majority of surge staff are male. Devex spoke with professionals in the field to understand the impacts of having more female surge staff, from ensuring women's voices are better heard to helping curb sexual abuse in the sector.

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