COP30, how does the future look for the negotiations?
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...
New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani’s plans to combat climate change
As of November 4, 2025, New York City voters elected Zohran Mamdani, a 34-year-old Democratic Socialist, as the city’s next mayor. Mamdani’s victory – along with Democratic ga...
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
“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...
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...
The US government shut down: this is why it matters
The United States government shutdown is leading to more pollution and announcements of clean energy project cuts. Beginning on October 1, the US federal government ceased all activity after the Rep...
Climate change denier influencer Charlie Kirk murdered
This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano The spiral of violence in the United States escalates with the assassination of right-wing influen...
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 ...
Iberian Wildfires Drive Spain’s Highest Emissions in Two Decades
This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano Summer is also, unfortunately, the season of fires, due to rising temperatures, dry soil and veget...
The US threatens retaliation against states that will support the IMO Net Zero Framework
This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano The United States announced that it will retaliate against countries that next October will confir...
EU and US Seal Trade Deal with Tariff Ceiling and New Market Access
This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano The European Union and the United States have formally adopted a Joint Statement establishing a ne...
Global Plastics Treaty, INC-5.2 ends without agreement and amid controversy
This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano After a night of closed-door meetings and a day later than scheduled, the final plenary session of...
United Nations, is UN80 the start of a new era?
This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche italiano “The Trump presidency is seriously destabilising the UN system, and many heads of state are fol...
U.S. overhead conductor market set to surpass USD 393.4 million by 2037
Research Nester’s latest report, “U.S. Overhead Conductor Market: Supply & Demand Analysis, Growth Forecasts & Statistics Report 2025-2037,” offers a comprehensive evaluati...