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Why Trump wants Ukraine’s rare earths

Why Trump wants Ukraine’s rare earths

This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano "We cannot keep spending hundreds of billions to defend Ukraine without getting something in retur...

Ireland’s booming economy is ruining its nature. Can it restore the balance?

Ireland’s booming economy is ruining its nature. Can it restore the balance?

This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano Ireland has every reason to be proud of itself. The global financial crisis of 2007 to 2009 dealt ...

Do trade and tariffs decide what we eat?

Do trade and tariffs decide what we eat?

This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano Threats of new tariffs from US President Donald Trump are on the front pages of all newspaper...

Startup: Restoring Biodiversity and Storing CO2 through Mycorrhizae with Funga

Startup: Restoring Biodiversity and Storing CO2 through Mycorrhizae with Funga

This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano Funga is a startup that harnesses recent developments in mycology to increase the carbon storage p...

Biodiversity loss in Latin America, the burden of international trade

Biodiversity loss in Latin America, the burden of international trade

This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano What do a German eating his traditional sausages, a Frenchman tasting his typical cheeses and an I...

What will be the consequences of Trump's tariffs? Interview with Lucia Tajoli

What will be the consequences of Trump's tariffs? Interview with Lucia Tajoli

This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in Italiano  In the last few days, the new President of the United States, Donald Trump, has announced th...

2025, Scientists sounds alarm over melting glaciers: interview with glaciologist Isabelle Gärtner-Roer

2025, Scientists sounds alarm over melting glaciers: interview with glaciologist Isabelle Gärtner-Roer

This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano Glaciers are powerful communicators, revealing much about what is happening on our planet. They wa...

PFAS in Europe: the cost of contamination and the obstructionism of lobby groups

PFAS in Europe: the cost of contamination and the obstructionism of lobby groups

This article is part of our thematic channel The Water Observer. Click here to subscribe to our newsletter and receive exclusive contents from the world of water If PFAS restrictions are not enforc...

The innovations set to reshape life in 2025

The innovations set to reshape life in 2025

This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano Whoever thinks research is not exciting might be in for a surprise. In 2025, we could witness gene...

Ecological transition: key events to watch in 2025

Ecological transition: key events to watch in 2025

This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano This year, the transition has reached a mature phase, with an increasing number of events bri...

The Trump avalanche on the economy, energy, and climate: what will change and what will remain

The Trump avalanche on the economy, energy, and climate: what will change and what will remain

This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano A flurry of measures and proclamations marked Donald Trump's inauguration as the 47th President of...

Climate and Trump: uncertainty looms over global food prices

Climate and Trump: uncertainty looms over global food prices

This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano After a 2.1% decline in global agricultural commodity prices in 2024, the outlook for the year ahe...

Startup, NARA Climate: Restoring Productive Ecosystems with Saltwater

Startup, NARA Climate: Restoring Productive Ecosystems with Saltwater

This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano Founded in 2021, NARA is a Scottish agro-ecology company that works all over the world to restore ...

CONOU and the Circular Economy: A 40-year Story

CONOU and the Circular Economy: A 40-year Story

This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano CONOU has been collecting and regenerating used mineral oils in Italy for exactly forty years. Thr...

China in 2025: What to Watch

China in 2025: What to Watch

While the year marking the transition to the second quarter of the century carries symbolic weight for many, for China, 2025 stands as a critical moment of assessment and trial by fire. The tariff w...

Journey through the material world: RM54 interviews

Journey through the material world: RM54 interviews

This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano The Think Tank section of issue 54 of Renewable Matter offers an in-depth exploration of the ...

Uranium: Kazakhstan-Russia Axis Holds Europe in Check

Uranium: Kazakhstan-Russia Axis Holds Europe in Check

This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano Whether one likes it or not, nuclear fission power plays a central role in the global decarboniSat...

Startup, Keep IT Cool: Solar-Powered Refrigeration Tackling Food Waste

Startup, Keep IT Cool: Solar-Powered Refrigeration Tackling Food Waste

This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano Nigerian startup Keep IT Cool (KIC) delivers sustainable refrigeration and smart distribution solu...

COP16 between biodiversity and food to reform the agribusiness sector

COP16 between biodiversity and food to reform the agribusiness sector

Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano / This article is also available in Italian In recent years, the Conferences of the Parties on Biological Diversity (CBD) have seen intense an...

Biomethane, energy from circularity

Biomethane, energy from circularity

This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano In recent years, driven by the decarbonization goals of the Fit for 55 package and the energy cris...

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