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Aluminium in Packaging Means Prevention and Technological Innovation

Aluminium in Packaging Means Prevention and Technological Innovation

This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano In December 2024, the EU Council formally adopted the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PP...

China boosts investment in Europe, led by electric vehicles

China boosts investment in Europe, led by electric vehicles

This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano China is close, wallet in hand. After seven years of steady contraction, Chinese investment in Eur...

Nothing fishy about fish: consumer demand drives push for more sustainable seafood

Nothing fishy about fish: consumer demand drives push for more sustainable seafood

This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano While consumers are often encouraged to eat more seafood for its nutritional benefits, such as ome...

Maire Reaffirms Its Commitment to ESG Projects

Maire Reaffirms Its Commitment to ESG Projects

This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano These are difficult times for the world of corporate ESG. 2024 was the year of the so-called &ldqu...

Startup Elementerre: the future of construction with rammed earth and bulrush

Startup Elementerre: the future of construction with rammed earth and bulrush

This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano Elementerre is a Senegalese company founded with the mission of revolutionising the construction s...

Third UN Ocean Conference: a missed opportunity to protect marine life

Third UN Ocean Conference: a missed opportunity to protect marine life

This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano Frome Nice - The Third United Nations Ocean Conference (UNOC3) concluded on Friday, the 13th of Ju...

Circular economy of rice: less emissions and more community resilience

Circular economy of rice: less emissions and more community resilience

This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano Rice is among the world’s most important crops. A food staple at the center of centuries-old...

CATL, all you need to know about the Chinese battery giant making its stock market debut

CATL, all you need to know about the Chinese battery giant making its stock market debut

This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano On 20 May, with a well-aimed strike on the giant bronze gong of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, Chin...

Mycelium-based Eco-friendly Leather from Argentina with Mycorium Biotech

Mycelium-based Eco-friendly Leather from Argentina with Mycorium Biotech

This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano Founded in 2022, the Argentinian startup Mycorium Biotech specialises in the production of a susta...

Salmon farming in Iceland: the environmental toll of a growing industry

Salmon farming in Iceland: the environmental toll of a growing industry

This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano Once a symbol of toil and tradition, fishing is undergoing a profound transformation. Today, much ...

Subsidence, Tehran is sinking: the hidden cost of water

Subsidence, Tehran is sinking: the hidden cost of water

This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano Tehran is sinking, and with it, much of Iran. This is a plain fact, not a metaphor for the country...

Air quality in Europe is still poor

Air quality in Europe is still poor

This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano Air quality in Europe is still poor: despite some improvements in pollution reduction, new measure...

Climate litigation: what to expect in 2025

Climate litigation: what to expect in 2025

This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano Climate litigation is expanding at a steady pace, with significant developments expected in nation...

Startup, Meight: Data and AI to Optimise Freight Logistics

Startup, Meight: Data and AI to Optimise Freight Logistics

This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano Meight is a startup that originated as a spin-off from Universidade Nova de Lisboa and is based in...

Telecoupling: A story about lithium and asymmetric global transformations

Telecoupling: A story about lithium and asymmetric global transformations

This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano Aapo got up and looked out the window. The Baltic Sea was calm as always at dawn. Many years had p...

Brazil, Land of Contradictions, Is Getting Ready for COP30

Brazil, Land of Contradictions, Is Getting Ready for COP30

This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano In November, COP30, the United Nations climate summit, will take place in Belém, a Brazilia...

A decade of hydropower in the Balkans

A decade of hydropower in the Balkans

This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano There are currently 3,188 planned hydropower projects across the Balkans, with around a hundred un...

Startup, It’s electric: Recharging EVs with Excess Energy from Buildings

Startup, It’s electric: Recharging EVs with Excess Energy from Buildings

This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano Founded in 2022 by Tiya Gordon and Nathan King, it's electric is a startup that aims to make elect...

The Pope who came from the “end of the world” and spoke to the “South of the world”

The Pope who came from the “end of the world” and spoke to the “South of the world”

This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano Jorge Mario Bergoglio came from Argentina, the so-called “end of the world”, as he him...

The environmental world remembers Bergoglio: he will continue to “inspire new generations”

The environmental world remembers Bergoglio: he will continue to “inspire new generations”

This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano “An unwavering global champion”: this is how climate and environmental activists aroun...

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