Giorgio Kaldor

As environmental journalist, Giorgio Kaldor focuses on water resources and the social impacts of ecological transition.

Gattoni (CIB): Biological CO₂ must be exploited, Italy should strive for biomethane

"Although attention at European level has somewhat shifted from climate issues to energy security, the climate objective remains central. In this sense, even the biological CO₂ produced by our pla...

Hysytech: how biogas can turn CO₂ into a resource

Non-polluting gases, CO₂ turning into a resource, hydrogen and bio-LNG poised to change the way we produce energy. This is the path being pursued by Hysytech, a Turin-based engineering company spe...

Inalca, an energy infrastructure geared towards biomethane

For over twenty years, Inalca, a subsidiary of the Cremonini Group and one of the leading players in Italy and Europe in the production and distribution of beef, cured meats and food products, has b...

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...

Water: 1 in 4 without safe access. Arrojo-Agudo: the real figure is double that

This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano Fifteen years after the historic UN resolution that established access to safe drinking water and ...

Heidelberg Materials: A Global Strategy to Reduce the Emissions of Cement

This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano The cement industry is one of the most hard-to-abate industrial sectors in terms of decarbonisatio...

Flood risk prevention, Günter Bloschl: “Statistics are useful but not sufficient”

This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in iitaliano On 27 August, during the 2025 edition of World Water Week, King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden awarded...

Africa, over 10 billion pledged for water at AIP Water Investment Summit 2025

This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano Seven years after coming close to “Day Zero”, when Cape Town risked running out of wat...

CONOU: How Biofuel is Decarbonising Used Oil Transport

This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano For over 40 years, CONOU, Italy's National Consortium of Waste Oils, has been a reference point na...

Heidelberg Materials opens Norway’s first CCS cement plant

This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano The first large-scale carbon capture and storage (CCS) industrial plant applied to cement producti...

Sounds of the Dolomites, 30 years of music amongst the peaks

This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano I Suoni delle Dolomiti (Sounds of the Dolomites) festival turns 30 in 2025 and returns, from 27 Au...

Waste Oils and Biodiesel: A Cycle Worth Exploiting

This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano In Italy, the National Consortium for the Collection and Treatment of Used Oils and Fats (CONOE) i...

Cheese Whey for Circular Groundwater Remediation

This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano In early June, the Umbria region and ARPA Umbria, along with Ramboll Italy and the Grifo Agroalime...

Not just microplastics: mineral water may also contain PFAS

This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano ‘Mineral’ does not necessarily mean pure. In recent years, there has been much talk ab...

Drought: Here are the Global Hotspots. No Country is Safe

This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano “No country is immune to drought and we need to be prepared.” Daniel Tsegai, Program O...

Miteni PFAS Trial: Historic Ruling Condemns 11 Former Executives

This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano After four years of deliberation, 130 hearings, approximately 300 civil parties involved, and an i...

How CO₂ storage at sea works

This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano Roughly half of the oxygen we breathe comes from the oceans, which also serve as the planet’...

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...

ECESP annual conference 2025: what does a competitive circular economy mean?

This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano From Bruxelles - “Circularity is more than a plan: it's a destination. The EU stands wi...