With most remote facilities off-grid, solar power is allowing doctors to perform surgery, deliver babies, and other basic services that require electricity; thanks to 1,600 new school centers, over 145,000 refugees in Bangladesh have been able to resume their education; and a Swedish scientist makes fuel from tree waste.
The world’s wealthiest countries are set to raise $100 billion to aid vulnerable states in their fight against climate change; new waterless toilets attempt to tackle the overuse of water and the problems linked to the disposal of urine and feces; and Britain made will make the largest ever investment to fight female genital mutilation.
Same-sex couples in Costa Risa will be allowed to get married by mid-2020; an app helping farmers identify poor quality seeds could save African farmers hundreds of millions of dollars annually; and researchers at Rice University discovered that a moth-infecting virus and nanomagnets can be used to prevent genetic diseases.
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