China, a five-year plan for space
In a video released in November by the CGTN network, five taikonauts (from taikong: space in Chinese) are seen roasting chicken wings on board a space station. “This is the first time in ...
A new index to promote equity in maritime activities
According to UN Trade & Development, between 1995 and 2020, the economic sector associated to maritime activities grew 2.5 times, twice as fast as the global economy. In 2023, the maritime ...
Italy’s Power Demand Stalls as Solar Hits Record High
Italy’s electricity consumption reached 311.3 TWh in 2025, remaining essentially unchanged compared to 2024, according to data released by Terna, the national transmission grid operator led by...
IPBES 2026 Report: business-as-usual is eroding biodiversity, but companies can benefit from saving it
When he first began working on these topics, Matt Jones liked to pose a challenge: name a business activity that does not, in some way, depend on biodiversity. “No one has ever managed to prov...
Sustainability and Territory: the special project of the Autonomous Province of Trento kicks off
The year 2026 will be pivotal for the Autonomous Province of Trento's Special Strategic and Integrated Marketing Project, coordinated by Trentino Sviluppo's ESG & Sustainability Area. After...
More and more regions around the world are facing water bankruptcy
There were algae, carp, sturgeon, and other fish, fishing boats and canning factories. Along the shores of the Aral Sea, on the border between Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan, a vibrant community once liv...
Leasys and EIB back €600 milion push for Europe’s zero-emission fleets
Europe’s transition toward low-carbon mobility is gaining momentum with a new €600 million financing agreement between Leasys and the European Investment Bank. The two partners will contr...
Terna pioneers Europe’s first perpetual hybrid Green Bond
Terna S.p.A. has successfully completed a landmark operation in the European sustainable finance market with the launch of a perpetual, subordinated, hybrid, non-convertible, fixed-rate European Gre...
Deep-sea mining: Japan begins its first tests
Almost 1,900 kilometres south-east of Tokyo, in the vastness of the western Pacific Ocean, lies the uninhabited atoll of Minami-Torishima. Japan’s easternmost outpost, this sliver of land secu...
Trump keeps digging the grave of transatlantic diplomacy in Davos
“Who the hell wants to defend a licence agreement for a piece of ice?” This may not be the most important sentence in Trump’s long speech in Davos today, 21 January, but it is perh...
The High Seas Treaty takes effect: now international law
With the ratification of the 60th state in September, the 120-day countdown to the entry into force of the High Seas Treaty began, which takes effect today, 17 January. Also known as the BBNJ (Biodi...
Global Risks Report 2026: The “Age of Competition” shapes the future threats
The year ahead opens against a backdrop of accumulated tensions, unresolved crises and shifting global balances. After years marked by pandemics, wars, inflationary shocks and accelerating technolog...
Copernicus: 2025 has been the third hottest year ever recorded
2025 has been a particularly critical year for our planet: with an average global temperature of 14.97°C, which is 0.59°C above the 1991-2020 average, last year has been the third hottest ev...
Meloni, press conference marked by a pragmatism that suggests a slowdown
A three-hour-long press conference, forty questions. Giorgia Meloni picked the traditional start-of-the-year conference to discuss the latest foreign policy shifts by the US, explain the government'...
The US pulls out of the UNFCCC, the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
The Trump administration has launched yet another onslaught on international law and the fight against climate change. In a deeply troubling and unprecedented move, on Wednesday 7 January, Secretary...
SMEs at the Core of EU Energy Efficiency with New EUSEW 2026 Award
The European Sustainable Energy Week (EUSEW) is expanding its focus on small and medium-sized enterprises with the launch of the brand-new “SMEs Driving Energy Efficiency Award”, on...
Lavazza Unveils 2026 Calendar as Growth and Innovation Drive Strategy
The unveiling of the Lavazza Calendar 2026 marks more than the launch of a cultural icon. Presented in international preview at Art Basel Miami Beach, the 34th edition of one of the longest-running ...
Article 6, the first World Bank outcome bond is launched
The World Bank has, for the first time, launched a bond with returns directly linked to greenhouse gas emission reduction outcomes. It is the $200 million Clean Cooking Outcome Bond, which utilises ...
EU Delays Mercosur Deal as Farmers’ Protests Shake Brussels
The European Union has decided to delay the ratification of the long-negotiated free trade agreement with Mercosur until January, following mounting political opposition and large-scale protests by ...
Omnibus I, EU backtracks on sustainability
On Tuesday, 16 December, the European Parliament definitively approved the Omnibus I package with 428 votes in favour, 218 against and 17 abstentions, thus confirming the agreement reached on 9 Dece...