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At 10am in Karen, Nairobi, on the last Saturday of the month, three dozen people hand over their phones. It’s the first rule of the Serenity Social Club’s Disconnect event – a whole day of no screens or digital notifications. In their place are yoga, pottery, crocheting, conversations with strangers – or even just sleeping on the grass.

Airplane mode for scattered souls

The Serenity Social Club has nailed the blueprint for connecting by disconnecting in a bespoke little world free from WiFi.

Two years ago, negotiators at COP28 in Dubai agreed to “transition away from fossil fuels”. Now, that language has been dropped from the final proposal emerging from the COP30 summit in Belém, Brazil, underscoring deep divisions over the future of global energy.

Hope percolates despite fossil foolishness

Oil bullies force COP30 to walk back plans for a roadmap that would phase out fossil fuel. But justice is back on the agenda.