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Connecting remains too expensive for many rural poor, while solar stopgap measures prove insufficient for their needs.

Trust and influence may have already shifted to social media, where fossil fuel interests are backing creators. Climate organisations must catch up.

Online sales of wildlife products from protected species are booming on Facebook. The platform hosted more than three-fourths of the 22,000 wild animals and their parts known to be sold online between April 2024 and March 2026, valued at US$65 million, according to a recent report.

The economic toll of digital blackouts hit US$20 billion last year. Citizens are adapting with new tech to skirt government controls.

By Rhick Lars Albay

Thomson Reuters Foundation

By Robert McSweeney, Ho Woo Nam

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Deadly protests by youths in Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Nepal show how lack of attention to inclusive development can fuel public anger. By Deepanshu Mohan, Ankur Singh and Anania Singhal

The initiatives in Singapore and Malaysia to protect gig workers could act as a model for emerging economies to regulate platform labour. By Yosuke Uchiyama

Nepal’s Gen Z–led uprising, sparked by a social media ban and fuelled by anger over corruption, inequality and joblessness, toppled the government and opened an uncertain path toward political reform. By DB Subedi

Climate discourse must connect with jobs, security and everyday life if it is to win public support. By Tan Hao

By Ika Idris and Derry Wijaya

By Dr Geoffrey Dobson

By Gabriela Fernando

By Sheila Ochugboju

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Exclusive Jack Johnson says yes, but it is a long road ahead. In this exclusive interview, we ask the American singer-songwriter and UNEP Goodwill Ambassador about his hopes for the state of the world and how music plays a role in providing a dose of optimism in dark times.

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