Ukraine, a Top-Secret Reconstruction
The pot is large. In fact, huge: 524 billion dollars. Roughly equivalent to the GDP of the United Arab Emirates. According to the World Bank, this is the cost of rebuilding Ukraine over the next dec...
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
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
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
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
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
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?
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
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
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 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
“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
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...
The Africa of critical minerals seeks a fair energy transition
They are called sacrifice zones: territories where the well-being of people and the environment is put on the back burner in the name of the common good. This often happens in Africa, where many of ...
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
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
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
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
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?
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...