Global Ideas

In the Ghanaian capital, Accra, university students learn about sustainability by practicising it. 

What do nightclubs and universities have in common? They can both be managed in an environmentally friendly way, while raising awareness among young people about responsible energy use.  

Around the world, harvests are adversely affected by extreme weather such as droughts, floods and storms - and those who pay the price are the ones who can least afford it.  

Climate change increasingly threatens harvests. But Ghanaian farmers can now get themselves insured. 

More than one billion people in poor countries are affected by dangerous infections, but they don't get proper treatment. DW spoke to John Kufuor, Special Envoy for the Global Network for Neglected Tropical Diseases. 

In western Siberia, rising temperatures are posing a health challenge for nomadic populations.