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Issue 60 of Renewable Matter is online
Rivers are our planet’s arteries. Crucial for life and ecological balance, river basins also happen to be the cradle of human civilisation, the very basis of our societies and economies. Yet today, pollution, exploitation and the climate crisis are threatening their health. RM60 recounts the many challenges of managing river systems all over the world in sustainable, resilient, and future-proof manner.
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Marine pollution, the first challenge of the Ocean Decade

by Lucrezia Lenardon 12 JUL 2024 16:30

UNESCO's Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission recently published ten White Papers addressing specific challenges of the Decade of the Ocean. These papers represent a collective effort to devel...

ITLOS: States have a legal obligation to reduce greenhouse gas emissions

by Tosca Ballerini 23 MAY 2024 17:30

This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano On the 21st of May 2024, the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS) issued an advis...

Plastic, 56 companies are responsible for half of the world’s pollution

by Elena Colombo 10 MAY 2024 17:00

Plastic pollution is one of the most serious problems in today’s world, because of the growing production and difficulty of disposing of this material. Now a study reveals which are the most r...

Air quality networks can also monitor biodiversity around the world

by Elena Colombo 02 MAY 2024 12:30

Sixth mass extinction and climate crisis, unfortunately, go hand in hand, but they are not the same thing. When we speak of mass extinction, we are referring to the massive loss of biodiversity on a...

Planet vs Plastic, the Hidden Cost of an Unwise Use

by Tosca Ballerini 22 APR 2024 07:30

The industrial production of plastic began around 1950 and has increased exponentially in the years since, substantially exceeding that of any other manufactured material.  A 2020 study publish...

The "sustainable" bioplastic that pollutes Bangkok's air

by Simone Fant 23 JAN 2024 18:30

This is the first article of the three-part series Bioplastic: green innovation or another plastic problem? an international investigation jointly published by Renewable Matter ‒ along with Eu Obs...