Brazil, a founding member of BRICS, is a global leader in renewable electricity with demand still growing. In the northeastern state of Paraíba, one of Brazil's newest large-scale wind projects has been built with financing from the New Development Bank

Simmering worries that the technology could wipe out civilization and launch cyberattacks reached a boil at the office and around the dinner table

Researchers believe a floating garden of native plants on a wastewater lagoon in VIctoria's east could help tackle greenhouse gas emissions, after it cut the lagoon's emissions by about 30 per cent

Multilateral lenders expected to follow the World Bank in ditching lending targets