Global Us: What connects us all

Pollution has long plagued the Manila. E-mobility could help reduce traffic and improve air quality. But e-vehicles are expensive and a rare sight on the city's streets. manufacturers such as Tojo Motors rely on foreign funding and know-how.

Head chef Daniel Bucher hates food waste. His hotel's restaurants offer much scope for recovering unused ingredients. He helps an NGO that distributes food to the needy. Together with German relief organization GIZ, he also advises the Thai government.

Faith Kathure is a cheerful 17-year-old who lives in the village of Matunda. She loves hip hop, going to school and writing poems. A sense of gratitude underlies her joyful nature.

The government in Uruguay acted swiftly to slow the spread of the virus and introduce widespread testing -- in line with the science. The country also has a public healthcare system that really works.

Blue crabs are a serious menace to many other animals in the Mediterranean. Declining fish stocks are a problem for fishermen in Tunisia. Now, some have taken to catching the crabs instead. Around the world, invasive species are upending ecosystems.

If landowners set up a nature reserve, they are rewarded with a tax break. The NGO Wilderness Foundation Africa advises them on how to do it. Its project has so far helped protect 500,000 hectares of land.

As many as ten thousand species of wild animal are known to migrate -- often covering great distances across the globe by air, sea or land. Without them, entire eco-systems would be in danger. But climate change is affecting migratory behavior.

Training, free hospital treatment and a microcredit program are on offer to communities close to the Lewa Conservancy in Kenya. Lewa believes nature conservation should also improve the lives of people who live near endangered wildlife.

Pollution and illegal deforestation in Kosovo’s Sharr Mountains National Park are making life tough for rare species like lynx and bears. Beekeeper Shqipe Shala makes organic honey and is raising awareness for climate protection.

Climate change and extensive logging are drying up waterways that feed the Panama Canal. Deforestation also destroys wetlands. A former cattle farm forms the basis for a pilot project, launched with the help of ethical investors.