The government in Zimbabwe has hiked its average price for electricity by 320%. The move is an effort to ramp up power supplies at a time of daily blackouts, which are partly due to aging infrastructure and more drought as a result of climate change. But all of this is bringing about something positive – more clean energy, in the form of solar power.

Aquaponics is an old agricultural method. It’s a natural and sustainable farming system; an eco-system, involving fish, bacteria and plants.

With rising global temperatures affecting the quality of the fruit we produce and eat, some areas of agricultural land, once fit for growing, are becoming too hot. It's resulting in ruined harvests and endangering livelihoods. But now, scientists in Spain are developing new apples that can thrive in hot temperatures.

The Danish government wants to put the country back at the forefront of fighting climate change. The country was a pioneer in developing commercial wind power, but this time farming, not energy is in the spotlight. A Danish farmer is starting a project, which if applied nationally, could offset the entire emissions of the capital, Copenhagen.

Though there is growing awareness about plastic pollution, we're still generating a lot of new plastic, almost all of which is derived from fossil fuels. The International Energy Agency warns that plastic production is on track to account for 20% of the world's oil consumption by 2050. That has environmentalists worried and calling for reductions in the amount of plastic produced.

If synthetic clothing gives off microplastics when we wash it, how far do these tiny particles travel after leaving our homes? Researchers from the Alfred Wegener Institute found some surprising answers to where these plastic bits end up and how they get there.

While modern, reusable, cloth diapers certainly reduce the amount of single-use plastics sent to the landfill, there's increasing concern about the microplastics that come off synthetic fabrics when we wash them. In trying to solve one environmental problem, are well-meaning parents actually contributing to another? Samantha Early literally aired her dirty laundry to find out.

Removing garbage from the seas often takes the form of beach cleanups, but they represent a drop in the bucket when it comes to ocean plastics. One project in India, seeks to go a step further though. Fishermen there are removing plastic from their fishing waters and trying to do something constructive with the waste they collect.

In South Africa, a tiny beetle — the polyphagous shot hole borer — is quickly killing native trees. DW's Sertan Sanderson recently visited Pretoria to speak with experts about this troublesome little beetle and the fungus it carries with it.

Extinction Rebellion brought London to a standstill late last year and again in April, blockading some of the busiest parts of the city to protest a lack of climate action on the part of the British government. This month, the group is out on the streets again for two weeks of protests in cities around the world, even defying a police ban on their biggest protests in London.