Cambodia aims hybrid digital currency on blockchain at unbanked
Bakong enables even users without a bank account to make payments and transfers through a mobile app
As climate anxiety rises, chat groups tackle isolation and taboos
Climate change is spurring rising distress and mental health issues among generations young and old - a growing network of support groups aim to tackle the issue
In the year to end child labour, COVID wreaks havoc
Named International Year for the Elimination of Child Labour, 2021 was meant to boost efforts to stamp out the practice. But despite some success stories, global progress was patchy
In 2021, governments blew hot on 1.5C goal, colder on climate action
Support for the goal to keep global warming to 1.5C has won fresh political backing in 2021 - but it remains out of reach
New climate classes seek to teach Indian students green habits
As Maharashtra suffers more extreme weather, officials plan to launch the first school curriculum in an Indian state on climate change impacts and cutting carbon
Amazon tribe suffers mercury contamination as illegal mining spreads
Indigenous Munduruku people are suffering dangerous levels of mercury exposure from illegal gold mining, with some children showing developmental delays
Jabs for jobs: U.S. vaccine mandates offer bargaining chip for worker rights
Some major unions in the U.S. are embracing vaccine mandates, while others have criticized them for either overreaching or not going far enough
Court win for Indian farmer raises hope for villages hit by coal mining
Two companies are found liable for irresponsible mining and violating mine closure norms, and ordered to pay clean-up compensation
Lebanon hands its undocumented a win - but little work
A new decree purports to open up new work opportunities for undocumented Lebanese - but with structural barriers still in place, how much will actually improve for some of the country's most vulnerable?
Dump diamonds for digital? Botswana bets on tech
Botswana has begun investing in the idea of a "knowledge-based economy" - one that does not rely on a finite resource