Mariarita Persichetti

Mariarita Persichetti is freelance journalist. She holds a degree in Economics and a master’s degree in geopolitics and global security, both completed in Rome, where she worked for several years in the tourism and communications sectors. She currently contributes to various magazines, including Renewable Matter, La Nuova Ecologia, Atlante Editoriale, and Kritica. She has also written about environmental issues for Il Millimetro. She lives in Parma, but her thoughts often turn to southern Lazio, her homeland.

State of the Union: von der Leyen focuses on independence, competitiveness and the climate

“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times”: Ursula von der Leyen quoted Dickens’s words describing the period of the French Revolution at the opening of her State of the...

Construction and the climate crisis: Europe must build for a different climate

For decades, preserving heat to protect people from the cold has been the priority for much of the European construction industry. Today, however, architecture faces a different challenge, one incre...

CBAM: the European Parliament stalls on the emergency clause

Yesterday, 15 September, the European Parliament voted on the revision of the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM), the EU system that taxes the emissions contained in certain goods imported fr...

What lies behind the rush for Indonesian nickel

On 18 February 2026, a landslide occurred inside the Morowali Industrial Park (IMIP) in Indonesia, one of the world’s major nickel mining hubs. One employee was killed by the collapse in a tai...