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Startup, Collie: an App and a Collar to Manage Grazing Herds Remotely

Startup, Collie: an App and a Collar to Manage Grazing Herds Remotely

"Virtual fencing allows animals to be managed without direct human labour," Collie co-founder Chris Bloomfield tells Renewable Matter. "By training not only cattle, but animals in general to re...

Zohran Mamdani Becomes New York’s First Muslim Mayor

Zohran Mamdani Becomes New York’s First Muslim Mayor

Zohran Mamdani won the highly anticipated New York City mayoral election, defeating independent candidate Andrew Cuomo, according to projections by the Associated Press. Mamdani, a democratic social...

Donald Trump and Xi Jinping: 100 minutes for a truce

Donald Trump and Xi Jinping: 100 minutes for a truce

“Amazing.” That's how Donald Trump, aboard Air Force One on his way back home from his Asian tour, defined the highly anticipated meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping, which took pl...

Infrastructure in transition: RM59’s interviews

Infrastructure in transition: RM59’s interviews

The Think Tank section of Renewable Matter #59, devoted to Infrastructure, brings together a wide range of visions for the future of global infrastructure systems: from the management of large ...

Sardinian Link: Terna’s 300-Million-Euro Investment to Power a Greener Sardinia

Sardinian Link: Terna’s 300-Million-Euro Investment to Power a Greener Sardinia

The Italian Ministry of the Environment and Energy Security has officially launched the authorisation procedure for the “Sardinian Link”, a strategic project by Terna aimed at reconstruc...

Heroes of Tomorrow: UN SDG Action Awards Celebrate Global Changemakers

Heroes of Tomorrow: UN SDG Action Awards Celebrate Global Changemakers

Held in Rome on 29 October 2025, the eighth annual UN SDG Action Awards Ceremony celebrated changemakers who are transforming inequalities into opportunities and advancing the 2030 Agenda for Sustai...

FederlegnoArredo at Ecomondo: the wood-furniture supply chain and the sustainability challenges

FederlegnoArredo at Ecomondo: the wood-furniture supply chain and the sustainability challenges

The Italian wood-furniture supply chain, predominantly consisting of small and medium-sized enterprises with a long tradition, stands out worldwide for its circularity rate . 96% of companies use su...

China heads towards five-year plan for strategic resilience

China heads towards five-year plan for strategic resilience

The Fourth Plenum of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party has concluded in Beijing. For four days, from 20 to 23 October, the CCP leadership convened in what is traditionally a time ...

Eataly alla Radice, the new product line that emphases transparency and traceability throughout the supply chain

Eataly alla Radice, the new product line that emphases transparency and traceability throughout the supply chain

The new brand Eataly alla Radice (Eataly at the Source) is all about supply chain transparency. The project is promoted by Oscar Farinetti's company with scientific coordination from the Univer...

The United States halted the adoption of the Net Zero Framework

The United States halted the adoption of the Net Zero Framework

The Net Zero Framework (NZF) is the International Maritime Organisation's (IMO) plan for decarbonising the maritime transport sector, aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 20-30% by 2020 and...

Maire to Build UK Plant Producing 30 Million Liters of Sustainable Aviation Fuel

Maire to Build UK Plant Producing 30 Million Liters of Sustainable Aviation Fuel

Maire has taken a significant step in the global energy transition through its subsidiary NextChem. The company, via its business unit MyRechemical, has been awarded a contract by Altalto Ltd. to de...

Water Cycle and Blue Economy Take Center Stage at Ecomondo 2025

Water Cycle and Blue Economy Take Center Stage at Ecomondo 2025

Water is increasingly becoming the most transversal sector of the green economy — a crucial resource that embodies the urgency of circular management and sustainable innovation. At Ecomon...

Startup, Mitico and Heath Technologies Win HyAccelerator 2025 for Net Zero Innovation

Startup, Mitico and Heath Technologies Win HyAccelerator 2025 for Net Zero Innovation

The race toward Net Zero has gained new momentum with the announcement of Mitico and Heath Technologies as the winners of HyAccelerator 2025 – Net Zero Revolution Call4Startup, Snam’s fl...

The 2025 Nobel Prize in Economics to Joel Mokyr, Philippe Aghion and Peter Howitt

The 2025 Nobel Prize in Economics to Joel Mokyr, Philippe Aghion and Peter Howitt

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has awarded the 2025 Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel to Joel Mokyr, Philippe Aghion and Peter Howitt “for having ex...

Energy transition: NextChem (Maire) expands into the Middle East

Energy transition: NextChem (Maire) expands into the Middle East

NextChem, a company that develops and implements sustainable technological solutions for energy transition, will open a new office in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (UAE). This marks a crucial step...

The ceasefire in Gaza is in effect

The ceasefire in Gaza is in effect

The Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) announced that a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip would come into effect at 12:00 local time, marking the official start of the first phase of the plan negotiated by...

The Africa of critical minerals seeks a fair energy transition

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 ...

Israel and Hamas have signed the agreement for the first phase of Trump’s plan

Israel and Hamas have signed the agreement for the first phase of Trump’s plan

“The final draft of phase one was signed this morning in Egypt by all parties for the release of all hostages.” This was announced by Israeli government spokesperson Shosh Bedrosian, who...

Molecular Architecture Wins Chemistry Nobel 2025

Molecular Architecture Wins Chemistry Nobel 2025

The 2025 Nobel Prize in Chemistry honors a scientific breakthrough that could reshape how humanity interacts with its environment. Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson and Omar Yaghi have been awarded fo...

Circular shoes: BASF presents recycled polyurethane, lightweight and high-performance

Circular shoes: BASF presents recycled polyurethane, lightweight and high-performance

This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano The circularity of the footwear sector also involves the recycling of one of the lightest and high...