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Forests, climate and the timber supply chain: turning a crisis into an opportunity

Forests, climate and the timber supply chain: turning a crisis into an opportunity

This article is part of the thematic channel The Carbon Observer: subscribe to the newsletter Global warming may be ignored, like many governments have decided to do, but it will not stop...

Gender equality in science: a distant goal; invisible barriers persist

Gender equality in science: a distant goal; invisible barriers persist

Despite the widespread adoption of inclusive policies and growing public attention to the issue, gender equality in science is still a long way from being achieved. Inequalities are not only evident...

Digitalisation Makes Water Smart

Digitalisation Makes Water Smart

“Network” is a key word for our time, but few networks are as deeply rooted in the territory as irrigation systems. Until now, however, the thousands of kilometres of canals, embankments...

Water as a target in the Iran war

Water as a target in the Iran war

This article is part of the thematic channel The Water Observer: subscribe to our newsletter and receive exclusive contents from the world of water The recent wave of strikes in the Third Gulf War ...

Hillary Rosner, reconnecting humanity and nature in a fractured world

Hillary Rosner, reconnecting humanity and nature in a fractured world

Journalistic coverage on the climate crisis and its environmental consequences has often overlooked the change in land use and its effects on wildlife movement. This is the focus of Roam: wild ...

ESG as a factor in industrial resilience: the challenge for Italian companies

ESG as a factor in industrial resilience: the challenge for Italian companies

ESG (Environmental, Social & Governance) values are structural elements in the strategy of a rising number of Italian companies. On the one hand, this is the effect of regulatory requirements, e...

A province teaming up for sustainability: Trentino shares its story

A province teaming up for sustainability: Trentino shares its story

The autonomous province of Trento, with the support of Trentino Sviluppo, has embarked on a journey to become the first territory with an ESG rating in Italy. A project that will be fully opera...

Green Hydrogen: Revolution or Illusion?

Green Hydrogen: Revolution or Illusion?

Excitement surrounding green hydrogen is fading. A string of project cancellations and suspensions, particularly in the transport sector, has made 2025 an annus horribilis for many companies in...

Europe’s heating and cooling dilemma: can district energy deliver?

Europe’s heating and cooling dilemma: can district energy deliver?

From Brussels - Heating and cooling already account for half of Europe’s energy use, and most of that demand is still met by fossil fuels. At the same time, an amount of heat equivalent t...

Startup, RiverRecycle: the River-cleaning Service that Gets Communities Involved

Startup, RiverRecycle: the River-cleaning Service that Gets Communities Involved

“Investing in sustainable solutions is the most effective way to combat ocean plastic pollution. Charitable initiatives alone are not enough. We must put capitalism at the service of a cleaner...

Ethiopian cascara, turning coffee waste into a circular economy opportunity

Ethiopian cascara, turning coffee waste into a circular economy opportunity

As the coffee sector faces increasing pressure to reduce environmental impacts while improving economic resilience, focus is shifting towards a largely overlooked resource: cascara, the outer layer ...

China, Iranian oil (and Venezuelan oil)

China, Iranian oil (and Venezuelan oil)

“The international community should make clear and unequivocal voice in opposing the regression of the world to the law of the jungle.” This was how Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi resp...

CCS, how to resolve the incomplete carbon management chain

CCS, how to resolve the incomplete carbon management chain

This article is part of the thematic channel The Carbon Observer. Subscribe to the newsletter or update your preferences. Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) is often described as a singular, monolith...

Shaping Article 6 from a National Perspective: Singapore’s Carbon Tax

Shaping Article 6 from a National Perspective: Singapore’s Carbon Tax

This article is part of the thematic channel The Carbon Observer. Subscribe to the newsletter or update your preferences. Singapore has emerged as a leader in recent carbon diplomacy efforts under ...

Land use and CO₂, the GHG Protocol fills the gap in corporate inventories

Land use and CO₂, the GHG Protocol fills the gap in corporate inventories

This article is part of the thematic channel The Carbon Observer. Subscribe to the newsletter or update your preferences. The new GHG Protocol standard, Land Sector and Removals Standard, provides ...

Northern Kenya Rangelands Carbon Project, a soil carbon market

Northern Kenya Rangelands Carbon Project, a soil carbon market

This article is part of the thematic channel The Carbon Observer. Subscribe to the newsletter or update your preferences. The Northern Kenya Rangelands Carbon Project (NKRCP), led by the Northern R...

Conflict in Iran: reactions from the US and the energy markets

Conflict in Iran: reactions from the US and the energy markets

The peaceful weekend of the US capital, which woke up to its second day of war on a sunny Sunday, contrasts with the scenes seen in Tehran, Tel Aviv, and various capitals of the Gulf countries. Unti...

KEY 2026 grows and eyes Europe next: “Transition is a system, not one single technology”

KEY 2026 grows and eyes Europe next: “Transition is a system, not one single technology”

Twenty-four pavilions, 125,000 square metres of exhibition space, and 1,056 exhibiting companies, including 315 from abroad. These are the numbers behind Key – The Energy Transition Expo 2026,...

Piunti (CONOU): the revision of the POPs Regulation is detrimental to the circular economy

Piunti (CONOU): the revision of the POPs Regulation is detrimental to the circular economy

The most recent proposal to revise the European Regulation on Persistent Organic Pollutants (1021/2019 POPs) places a crucial issue for European environmental policies back at the centre of the deba...

Stopping the rise of the lakes in the Rift Valley

Stopping the rise of the lakes in the Rift Valley

Last year, around five thousand people were displaced by the rising water level of Lake Naivasha, 50 kilometres from Nairobi. Similarly happened on Lakes Nakuru and Lake Baringo, located further nor...