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Water crisis: the subtle rise of managed aquifer recharge

Water crisis: the subtle rise of managed aquifer recharge

They allow water to be stored in its most precious reservoir, the subsoil, with lower environmental impacts and costs than surface aquifers. Yet, for decades, managed aquifer recharge (MAR) tec...

COP30, climate change and forced migration in Latin America

COP30, climate change and forced migration in Latin America

Climate change not only destroys territories and ecosystems — it deepens historical inequalities and forces millions of people to move. In Latin America and the Caribbean, where structural pov...

Turning water from a problem into a resource: the challenge of sustainable cities

Turning water from a problem into a resource: the challenge of sustainable cities

To counter climate change, we must rethink the way we design and experience our cities: public health, the environment, urban planning and innovation must converge in a single “One Health&rdqu...

Tropical Forest Forever Fund: the controversial Brazilian project at the core of COP30

Tropical Forest Forever Fund: the controversial Brazilian project at the core of COP30

It is Lula's crowning achievement, his political legacy for the Amazon: a mega forest fund, the first of its kind, superior to any previous initiative, including the REDD+ carbon credit mechanism. I...

Water at the heart of COP30: what to expect after the Baku turning point

Water at the heart of COP30: what to expect after the Baku turning point

Within the global debate on the climate crisis, water represents a central paradox. According to experts, it is the element through which approximately 70% of the impacts of climate change manifest ...

New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani’s plans to combat climate change

New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani’s plans to combat climate change

As of November 4, 2025, New York City voters elected Zohran Mamdani, a 34-year-old Democratic Socialist, as the city’s next mayor. Mamdani’s victory – along with Democratic ga...

How Green Is the New Silk Road?

How Green Is the New Silk Road?

It was back in 2013 that Xi Jinping first announced his vision of an “economic belt along the Silk Road” during a visit to Kazakhstan. What later became known as the Belt and Road Initia...

EU competitiveness: the call for flexibility opens the door to fossil fuels

EU competitiveness: the call for flexibility opens the door to fossil fuels

Industrial transition is accelerating in Europe, but not all engines are running at the same speed. During the Competitiveness Council meeting in Brussels in early October, Italy forged an alliance ...

The biomethane challenge: limitations and opportunities of the European strategy

The biomethane challenge: limitations and opportunities of the European strategy

Thirty-five billion cubic metres of biomethane per year by 2030. That is the goal Europe has set with the REPowerEU plan, the major project launched in 2022 to reduce dependence on Russian gas and a...

The US government shut down: this is why it matters

The US government shut down: this is why it matters

The United States government shutdown is leading to more pollution and announcements of clean energy project cuts. Beginning on October 1, the US federal government ceased all activity after the Rep...

Startup, ENDOless: Artificial Intelligence and Data to Treat Endometriosis

Startup, ENDOless: Artificial Intelligence and Data to Treat Endometriosis

“I spent years battling exhaustion, brain fog, and chronic pain. Doctors ignored it, colleagues didn't get it. Until I finally left corporate life and created a platform where women's pain is ...

Asbestos, thousands of schools contaminated: Italy is lagging behind in removal

Asbestos, thousands of schools contaminated: Italy is lagging behind in removal

The bell doesn't ring. Doors are closed and classrooms are empty, not because of a strike or technical malfunction, but because of asbestos lurking in the floors. This happened at the Tasso Institut...

A New Global Map Reveals 426 Shared Aquifers Crossing Borders

A New Global Map Reveals 426 Shared Aquifers Crossing Borders

This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano The world’s hidden water reserves have just been mapped with unprecedented detail. The Inter...

PFAS, the “forever chemicals” that challenge science and the environment

PFAS, the “forever chemicals” that challenge science and the environment

This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano Resistant to water, grease and high temperatures. But also indestructible, “silent” an...

From whales to algorithms: why Latin America can lead a nature-inspired AI

From whales to algorithms: why Latin America can lead a nature-inspired AI

This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano Latin America and the Caribbean are undergoing a vertiginous digital transformation. Social media,...

Startup, Wovenbeyond: natural fibres for fashion that regenerates the Earth

Startup, Wovenbeyond: natural fibres for fashion that regenerates the Earth

This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano Wovenbeyond is a British startup that combines regenerative wool, natural fibres and traceability ...

How Companies Can Achieve Equality and Inclusion

How Companies Can Achieve Equality and Inclusion

This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano ‘If a company wants to be able to compete in an international market, it has to think about ...

Animal Testing: A Still Necessary Evil?

Animal Testing: A Still Necessary Evil?

This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano Penicillin, insulin, HIV treatments, organ transplants and prosthetic surgeries, chemotherapy, vac...

From plate to policy: how social norms can halve food waste in cities

From plate to policy: how social norms can halve food waste in cities

This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano Across Europe, cities are rethinking how to tackle food waste. In Bruges, trained residents workin...

Startup, Refiberd improves fabric recycling with AI to recognise fibres

Startup, Refiberd improves fabric recycling with AI to recognise fibres

This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano California-based Refiberd, founded in 2020 by Sarika Bajaj and Tushita Gupta, has developed a text...