The Big Fix

This past week, UK environmental activist Ella Daish traveled to Switzerland and marched a giant tampon — which is a striped, blue and green tampon sculpture that stands more than 6 feet tall — to Procter & Gamble’s European headquarters in Geneva. She said she wanted to “return” the plastic applicators to the company.

The country anticipates a nearly 30% overall loss in output compared to 2020. The culprit: a severe late frost, followed by heavy rains which fueled mildew. These extreme weather conditions were made more likely by climate change, experts say. 

Explore how individuals and organizations around the planet are tackling the climate crisis.

Evacuation flights at Kabul’s Hamid Karzai International Airport have resumed after suicide attacks. Biden vows to hunt down those responsible for the bloodshed. And the Cuban government announces that it will recognize and regulate the use of cryptocurrency.

At this year’s climate conference, the African Group of Negotiators on Climate Change will be pushing for $20 to $30 billion earmarked specifically for African nations. 

Athens has appointed a chief heat officer, the first such appointment in Europe and only the second in the world. Chief heat officer Eleni Myrivili spoke with The World’s Lydia Emmanouilidou in Athens.

The ambitious green-belt project aims to create a series of contiguous forests that would run for hundreds of miles across the country's southern region — but it may take decades.

NATO leaders recently called climate change “one of the defining challenges of our times.”

The small country is a financial giant — and it’s working to lead the world on sustainable climate finance.

There's a growing trend of activists using lawsuits to hold governments and powerful corporations accountable for their roles in climate change.

As the largest restoration effort in the last 20 years, the Atlantic Forest project provides a blueprint for the rest of the world.