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E.ON: How Energy Service Companies Can Become Community Organisers

E.ON: How Energy Service Companies Can Become Community Organisers

In the age of the green transition, the core business of Energy Service Companies is expanding. Created to provide energy services and offer solutions for efficiency and usage management, some of th...

Garry Cooper: From Circular Economy to Quantum Computing, Collaboration is the Key to Success

Garry Cooper: From Circular Economy to Quantum Computing, Collaboration is the Key to Success

At Circularity 24, the leading circular economy conference in the United States, one of the central themes was collaboration as a tool for promoting sustainability and innovation. Among the spe...

Eiderdown, a story of mutual relationship between species

Eiderdown, a story of mutual relationship between species

The island of Vigur, in the Westfjords region, is home to one of the four hundred 'eider farms' in Iceland that produce nearly 80 per cent of the world's annual eiderdown, equivalent to about four t...

The Evolving World of Energy Storage Systems

The Evolving World of Energy Storage Systems

Progetto Manifattura, the historic Trentino-based cleantech incubator, has been part of the birth of many companies in the renewable energy sector. However, few of these have achieved the same degre...

Startup EmCoin: Energy as a Currency to Protect the Environment

Startup EmCoin: Energy as a Currency to Protect the Environment

The EmCoin project, developed by the Resconda Association (Conscious REStitution of the Environmental Debt) and the Department of Structural, Geotechnical and Building Engineering (DISEG) at the Pol...

Dorsouma (AfDB): A Comprehensive Strategy to Unleash Africa's Circular Economy Potential

Dorsouma (AfDB): A Comprehensive Strategy to Unleash Africa's Circular Economy Potential

Africa has great potential. This is often heard in a variety of contexts, and this is particularly evident when considering the circular economy. A vibrant landscape of small businesses, many of whi...

ITER: In Search of the Holy Grail of Energy

ITER: In Search of the Holy Grail of Energy

This morning, July 1, the Italian Minister of the Environment and Energy Security Gilberto Pichetto Fratin participated in the ceremony for the completion of the superconducting magnets of ITER, the...

France heading to elections, the ecologist soul of the Nouveau Front Populaire

France heading to elections, the ecologist soul of the Nouveau Front Populaire

Just three weeks after the European elections, the French will return to the polls for legislative elections in a double round on June 30 and July 7. French President Emmanuel Macron made the d...

Lanza (FEEM): “Mitigation and adaptation are key to the next EU Commission”

Lanza (FEEM): “Mitigation and adaptation are key to the next EU Commission”

What impact will the new Parliament and EU Commission have on the Green Deal? This is the question that companies, finance, and analysts have been asking themselves for days, amidst the tense politi...

Green, equitable and inclusive: rethinking the urban future

Green, equitable and inclusive: rethinking the urban future

How can we balance environmental awareness, growth and equity? How should we combine climate adaptation, sustainable city building and social justice? How should we rethink streets, neighborhoods, a...

Startup: textile circularity and social inclusion with United Repair Centre

Startup: textile circularity and social inclusion with United Repair Centre

United Repair Centre (URC) offers an alternative to purchasing new clothes by providing repair services for brands. Established as a social enterprise, URC is a cross-sector collaboration invol...

The future of the chemical industry, plastics and recycling at the Renewable Materials Conference

The future of the chemical industry, plastics and recycling at the Renewable Materials Conference

From June 10-12, the Renewable Materials Conference (RMC) brought together chemical supply chain stakeholders in Siegburg, Germany, working to devise materials and technologies for a future beyond f...

A report of the Bonn interim negotiations

A report of the Bonn interim negotiations

In the evening of Thursday, June 13, the preparatory work of SB60 came to a close and, in the general discontent hovering at the World Convention Center in Bonn immediately following the close of th...

The Renewable Materials Conference 2024 kicks off between talks of carbon, CO₂ and CCU

The Renewable Materials Conference 2024 kicks off between talks of carbon, CO₂ and CCU

The Renewable Materials Conference kicked off on Tuesday, June 11, in Siegburg, Germany. It’s the world's largest conference on biomass-based chemicals and materials, CCU or chemical recycling...

Critical minerals, are volcanoes the mines of the future?

Critical minerals, are volcanoes the mines of the future?

Soufrière Hills is a 1,467-metre volcano that dominates the Caribbean Island of Montserrat in the Lesser Antilles archipelago. Following a series of devastating eruptions between 1995 and 199...

European elections, what will happen to the Green Deal?

European elections, what will happen to the Green Deal?

“This is Europe’s man-on-the-moon moment.” This is how European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen presented the Green Deal, a plan of policies and laws aimed at reduci...

Renewable, Circular Energy Thanks to Biomethane from Landfills

Renewable, Circular Energy Thanks to Biomethane from Landfills

In countries with highly developed networks, such as the U.S.A., Italy, Japan, and Germany, it is best to promote the consumption of alternative fuels on existing networks in support of strong elect...

Startup, protecting forests and indigenous communities in the Andes with Acción Andina

Startup, protecting forests and indigenous communities in the Andes with Acción Andina

The 7,000-kilometer-long Andes Mountains, which make up only 1% of the earth's surface, are home to a rich and diverse ecosystem. There are 15% of all plant and wildlife species, including more than...

Wang Yao: This is How China Finances Biodiversity

Wang Yao: This is How China Finances Biodiversity

China is one of the most biodiverse countries in the world. Its 960 million hectares of land include mountain ranges (such as the Himalayas) and plateaus, vast deserts and immense grasslands, boreal...

Carbonsink: We Need Sustainable Finance and Better Communication

Carbonsink: We Need Sustainable Finance and Better Communication

According to the 2022 Financial Services Disclosure Report, greenhouse gas emissions linked to global financial institutions' investment, lending, and underwriting activities are approximately 750 t...

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