1.6 2040

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3 January 2040

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Lagos’s living buildings win Eco-Innovation of the Year prize

Inspired by indigenous building methods, bacteria-filled walls trap carbon and heal themselves when damaged

  • thumbnail Third consecutive year of net-zero greenhouse gas emissions mean we’re on track to reach peak temperature within next decade, say very relieved climate scientists
  • thumbnail Southern Florida rewilding project launched as extreme events make the region uninhabitable (for all but Florida men)
  • thumbnail Wangari Maathai Institute launches virtual university, offers training in eco-feminist natural resource management
  • thumbnail Indian Ocean and Pacific islanders resettled in new host countries as sea ice melts and oceans rise
  • thumbnail Saudi Arabian women overthrow the monarchy as eco-utopian movement sweeps across Middle East
  • thumbnail Nigella Lawson, age 79, issues cookbook with grow-your-own meat recipes
  • thumbnail Translocated polar bear colony decimates penguins in West Antarctic: Polar bear obesity becoming a real problem