Re-fitting diesel buses with e-batteries is technically challenging, but it also offers an opportunity.

Mathias von Tucher is in charge of Moldova's only international port: Giurgiuleşti. The inland port has been a strategic lifeline for Ukraine during the war. So is Moldova under threat from Russia as a result?

LPJ Studios in Bavaria whips up witty home accessories from upcycled and recycled luxury fabrics, left over by fashion houses. The result: quirky 'monster-cushions' and blankets made from velvet, cashmere and alpaca wool.

The construction industry releases enormous amounts of carbon dioxide. Now one Canadian company has developed a technology to make a cement substitute from industrial waste and CO2, thereby trapping this greenhouse gas in the concrete.

Young engineering student Nivedha RM in Bangalore has developed a machine that can recycle 500 tons of plastic a day. Garbage from landfills is turned into furniture, school desks and building materials.

Norway plans to use its experience in the oil and gas industry to send CO2 emissions back into the ground. It's part of a state program supporting the large-scale implementation of CCS — carbon capture and storage.

Menna Mohab swapped her home city of Cairo for Berlin. Despite a difficult job hunt and burocratic hurdles, the IT specialist recommends that everyone live abroad for a time. Getting out of her own comfort zone opened her eyes to her own abilities.

When a mass of highly trained people leaves one country to work elsewhere, many describe it as a 'brain drain'. But we needn't view emigration in such a negative light, DW's Chiponda Chimbelu says. Many are just seizing the chance for a better life.

With the demand for e-cars rising, Europe needs its own battery industry, and the ability to extract its own raw materials used to produce them. We visit one of Europe's largest nickel mines that's working to make the process more sustainable.

From the design of cars and smartphones to medical diagnoses, our world is made by men for men - and sometimes with deadly consequences. Women have been forgotten for too long, but that's finally set to change.