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Issue 59 of Renewable Matter is online
Bridges, dams, airports, water networks, power lines, gas pipelines, civil and military construction: how is the way we design, develop and manage infrastructure changing in the 21st century? From the Belt and Road Initiative to the Italian railway network, from NATO bases to reconstruction in Ukraine, RM59 has travelled the world to explore how global infrastructure is addressing the challenges of sustainability.
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COP30

COP30, climate change and forced migration in Latin America

by Pía Riggirozzi 12 NOV 2025 15:00

Climate change not only destroys territories and ecosystems — it deepens historical inequalities and forces millions of people to move. In Latin America and the Caribbean, where structural pov...

COP30, how does the future look for the negotiations?

by Emanuele Bompan 10 NOV 2025 18:30

Climate negotiations are celebrating their 30th anniversary, with the start of the COP in Belém, Brazil, today, Monday 10 November. For the first time in years, I will be following a UNF...

Tropical Forest Forever Fund: the controversial Brazilian project at the core of COP30

by Emanuele Bompan 10 NOV 2025 16:30

It is Lula's crowning achievement, his political legacy for the Amazon: a mega forest fund, the first of its kind, superior to any previous initiative, including the REDD+ carbon credit mechanism. I...

From promises to action: COP30 must deliver where others have fallen short

by Stoyan Tchoukanov 10 NOV 2025 07:00

When world leaders meet this November in Belém, deep in the heart of the Amazon, for the 30th UN Climate Conference (COP30), they will stand at a crossroads. Ten years after the Paris Agreeme...

Water at the heart of COP30: what to expect after the Baku turning point

by Paulo Lima 09 NOV 2025 08:00

Within the global debate on the climate crisis, water represents a central paradox. According to experts, it is the element through which approximately 70% of the impacts of climate change manifest ...

BRICS at a crossroads: mutual recognition or Article 6?

by Jacopo Bencini 07 NOV 2025 09:00

Relatively little attention was paid in the Western media to the BRICS summit held in Kazan, Russia, in 2024. Within the course of that summit, the BRICS Partnership on Carbon Markets was launc...

COP30 chaos: a logistical fiasco that undermines negotiations and democracy

by Emanuele Bompan 02 SEP 2025 06:00

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...

Brazil, Land of Contradictions, Is Getting Ready for COP30

by Roberto Giovannini 15 MAY 2025 08:00

This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano In November, COP30, the United Nations climate summit, will take place in Belém, a Brazilia...