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How cremations are helping to heat homes in Denmark

Energy

In Denmark, cremations are helping to heat the homes of the living. While crematoriums generate only a small portion of district heating in Danish cities, this sustainability strategy of “waste heat recapture” is saving cities money on their heating bills.

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Spain debates using the sun for olive harvests or solar park projects

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A serene coastal scene at sunset with water houses on stilts and colorful boats on calm water, beneath a sky with scattered clouds reflecting the sunlight.

Cambodia’s concrete ‘reefs’ thwart trawling and create new homes for marine life

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A person in a pink hoodie using a hoe to dig in a grassy area surrounded by trees and tall plants.

How a historic ‘magical bean’ is helping Indigenous groups in Colombia 

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A partially demolished house with warning signs in English and another language indicating "Danger: Unstable Building, No Access."

Serbia tries to access its lithium reserves amid local opposition

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In China, the future of transportation is already here

Technology

Self-driving cars and electric vehicles tend to dominate global headlines, but some of the most consequential innovations in transportation are happening in far humbler machines. In Shenzhen, China, driverless delivery vans, autonomous sanitation robots, surveillance drones and other experimental vehicles are already operating in public spaces, offering a view of how cities may function in the coming decades.

A sleek black SUV with a rugged design on display in a modern showroom, featuring prominent wheel arches, a distinctive hood with air vents, and a roof rack. The room has a tiled floor, decorative elements, and wheels mounted on the wall in the background.

How Shenzhen, China, became the electric car capital of the world

Economics

China now produces nearly three-quarters of the world’s electric cars, and no city embodies that dominance more than Shenzhen, home to industry giant BYD. Once known as “The World’s Factory,” the city of 20 million has transformed into a global hub of clean transportation and high-tech innovation.

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Peru tries to end the toxic use of mercury in gold mining

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DW reporter Kathleen Schuster investigates projects in Peru that aim to reduce mercury pollution in small-scale gold mining.

People use garden tools to protect millions of migrating red crabs on Christmas Island

Environment

As tens of millions of red crabs make their way to the ocean on Australia’s Christmas Island, their human neighbors are using different methods to help them on their way.

An iconic French mountain in Aix-en-Provence may soon disappear

Environment

Residents of Aix-en-Provence, France, could see a mountain disappear. The view of a mountain, that is. The Mont Sainte-Victoire mountain’s illustrious outline was made famous by impressionist painter Paul Cézanne. The painter captured the mountain’s rocky ridges in dozens of landscapes. But that iconic view may someday only exist in his art. The World’s Gerry Hadden has the story.