American Pastoral
This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano On 4 November 2008, I was among the thousands who gathered in Grant Park, Chicago, to witness the ...
Biodiversity is not a given
This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano “What we need now is political courage, social commitment and the practical implementation o...
COP30 chaos: a logistical fiasco that undermines negotiations and democracy
This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponible anche in italiano This year, I will not attend COP30. After 15 years of negotiations, which I began following in 2009...
A Long, Healthy Life
This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano The oblivion of death is a vertigo that we reject throughout our lives. But if, in De senectute, C...
The Collapse of “American Exceptionalism”: the Beginning of the End of the US as the Global Superpower?
This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano The 4 July is still celebrated in the United States as Independence Day, although this year it has...
Carbon footprint: why ISO standards should be free
This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano Is a tonne of CO₂ always a tonne of CO₂, no matter the country or industrial sector? It might ...
Huge potential for a global circular economy going unleveraged
This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano Beginning to write this year’s Circularity Gap Report, we were driven by a simple question: ...
Orientalism
This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano For decades, the Global South has been warning us about the systemic failure of the preconceived v...
Farewell, Pepe Mujica: an icon of social ecology
This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano Pepe Mujica, the former president of Uruguay and symbol of modest, socially and environmentally co...
Trump's deep sea mining order could destabilize international cooperation
This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano As Secretary-General of the International Seabed Authority (ISA), I take note of the Executive Ord...
The Rising Risk in Carbon Markets: Who’s Really Carrying It?
This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano In today’s evolving carbon market, one player is shouldering more and more risk: the project...
Water as weapon: India's threat to the Indus Treaty signals a dangerous global turn
This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano It took years of painstaking diplomacy, technical negotiation, and political compromise to broker ...
Farewell to Pope Francis, the climate activist “from the end of the world”
This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano With the death of Pope Francis, one of the most powerful voices of our time in the fight for clima...
The shifting landscape of hydrogen: a reality check and the need for a coherent strategy
This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano In recent years, hydrogen has captivated the imagination of the energy sector, garnering significa...
Corporate decarbonisation: A strategic imperative for a sustainable future
This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano Throughout my career in sustainability, I have witnessed how corporate decarbonisation transforms ...
What is the ‘empty forest syndrome’ and why it should concern us
This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in inglese The loss of wildlife diversity and ecosystem fragmentation have triggered the phenomenon known as t...
The Future is Public Transport
This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano I am often asked: what does the city of the future look like? If we succeed in overcoming the clim...
Gate 15
This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano Ever since the beginning of time, humans have travelled, harnessing animals and carving logs, buil...
Biodiversity and Health: A Vital Alliance for Our Future
This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano Nature is fundamental to the health of people and communities. But when the word “biodiversi...
Corporate renewable procurement: greenwashing or key driver of the EU’s clean industrial deal?
In 2023, the amount of renewable energy purchased by businesses and corporations in Europe grew by over 52%, reaching 20 GWs. However, several academic papers like Bjorn, A. et al. (2022) have ...