Christine Ro

2 weeks ago | bbc.com | Christine Ro

Why we need 'revolutionary' cooling techChristine RoGetty ImagesClimate change is making staying cool more challengingSneha Sachar, who spent half her life in Delhi and now lives in California, is used to heat. But her hometown feels much hotter now than when she was growing up. Even commuting by car is so uncomfortable in certain months, says Ms Sachar, who works for the Clean Cooling Collaborative, a philanthropic initiative focused on improved cooling.

4 weeks ago | bbc.co.uk | Christine Ro

Autism is better known and diagnosed than ever before, leading to misconceptions that cases are skyrocketing. And some of these criteria had been noticed by other people. As a toddler, Leo rarely made eye contact. In nursery school, he didn't respond to speech like the other kids. He frequently showed compulsive behaviours, like flapping his hands and chewing his clothes. He was easily stressed or overwhelmed. As a result, his diagnosis in 2003, at age two, was relatively straightforward.

4 weeks ago | bbc.com | Christine Ro

Autism diagnoses are on the rise – but autism itself may not beGetty ImagesAutism is better known and diagnosed than ever before, leading to misconceptions that cases are skyrocketing. And some of these criteria had been noticed by other people. As a toddler, Leo rarely made eye contact. In nursery school, he didn't respond to speech like the other kids. He frequently showed compulsive behaviours, like flapping his hands and chewing his clothes. He was easily stressed or overwhelmed.

1 month ago | forbes.com | Christine Ro

When Rose Mutiso was growing up in Nairobi in the 1990s, her family kept candles and paraffin lamps at the ready. Power outages were common. Without electricity, her family couldn’t watch TV or do much of anything; there was a lot of sitting in the dark. She felt like she was living in a disaster zone. But by the time Mutiso was in high school in the 2000s, this had ceased to be a worry. Blackouts were rare. She could take it for granted that she would be able to study after dinner.

1 month ago | forbes.com | Christine Ro

Diplomats are, naturally enough, diplomatic. So the response at a recent energy security conference to U.S. energy policies was muted yet pointed. On April 24, Tommy Joyce, the acting assistant secretary of energy for international affairs, was speaking in London at the Summit on the Future of Energy Security. The conference was hosted by the U.K. government and the International Energy Agency (IEA).