Why We Must Proceed Cautiously in the Bio-based Material Transition

This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano A few years ago, I remember reading about houses on a Danish island thatched with thick layers of ...

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This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano By 2060, world resource extraction will reach an astronomical 160 billion tonnes per year. A figur...

Climate finance: major US banks exit the Net Zero Banking Alliance

This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano Within just one month, from December to early January, six of America’s largest banks decide...

Startup, Keep IT Cool: Solar-Powered Refrigeration Tackling Food Waste

This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano Nigerian startup Keep IT Cool (KIC) delivers sustainable refrigeration and smart distribution solu...

COP16 between biodiversity and food to reform the agribusiness sector

Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano / This article is also available in Italian In recent years, the Conferences of the Parties on Biological Diversity (CBD) have seen intense an...

2025: The Transition Continues

This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano Trade wars with China, an assault on the European Green Deal, the future of UN Earth negotiations,...

Biomethane, energy from circularity

This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano In recent years, driven by the decarbonization goals of the Fit for 55 package and the energy cris...

Henkel: Accelerating the Energy Transition

This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano To become climate-positive by 2030 means to go beyond carbon neutrality and generate more clean en...

Novamont’s Bioeconomy for Farming

This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano Although vital for certain purposes, some plastics used in farming can be sources of micro and nan...

The circular economy of grapes

This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano From grapes we naturally derive vinegar; it is the art of man that turns it into wine. But it is t...

Climbing for human rights: interview to Nasim Eshqi

This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in Italiano “I’m an Alpinist and a passionate advocate for women’s rights using my platform ...

Grosseto (Italy): the Green Pioneer that enchanted Europe

This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano Amid the vivid hues of the Maremma and the waves of the Tyrrhenian Sea, the city of Grosseto aston...

Roasting chestnuts, recycling walnuts: turning festive treats into sustainable new materials

This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano Dr Notburga Gierlinger, an Austrian researcher specialising in the study of the structure and...

Startup, NatureMetrics: Scalable Biodiversity Metrics Powered by e-DNA

This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano NatureMetrics is accelerating the use of molecular methods for species and ecosystem monitoring, t...

COP16 Desertification Saudi Arabia, UN negotiations close in Riyadh

This article is part of our thematic channel The Water Observer. Click here to subscribe to our newsletter and receive exclusive contents from the world of water The world will have to wait two mor...

Waste not, want not: turning food waste into fertile soil for sustainable growth

This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano In Catalonia there are 7.7 million residents and approximately 7.9 million pigs. That’s over...

PFAS, European water is becoming increasingly polluted: the data from the first EEA briefing

This article is part of our thematic channel The Water Observer. Click here to subscribe to our newsletter and receive exclusive contents from the world of water On 9 December 2024, just a few week...

Circular economy and sustainability: how do we measure them?

This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano Measurement and reporting are crucial to the success and growth of the circular economy, requiring...

The Labour Party’s Key Climate and Environmental Policies

This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano The climate crisis is worsening week by week, yet the measures countries around the world are taki...

Corepla: Testing the Recyclability of Plastic Packaging

When it comes to creating truly circular plastic packaging, the design stage is everything. Therefore, improving the recyclability of plastic waste is one of the main goals of Corepla, Italy&rs...

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