The green dragon: China now holds the climate leadership
New York – “The green and low-carbon transition is the trend of our time. Yet some countries oppose it.” With refined sarcasm, Chinese President Xi Jinping began his speech via vid...
Towards a new WTO: China waives “special treatment”
The announcement almost went unnoticed, during a side meeting of the UN General Assembly in New York. While the press was busy with Donald Trump's delirious rant, during the September 23 meeting dev...
China leads the green ranking of Asian central banks
This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano Some currencies are greener than others, and among the Asian ones, the Chinese yuan is currently t...
China boosts investment in Europe, led by electric vehicles
This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano China is close, wallet in hand. After seven years of steady contraction, Chinese investment in Eur...
CATL, all you need to know about the Chinese battery giant making its stock market debut
This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano On 20 May, with a well-aimed strike on the giant bronze gong of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, Chin...
The Caspian Sea is drying up, and Kazakhstan asks Russia to collaborate in managing the Volga River
This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano from Moscow - Kazakhstan is concerned about the rapid decline in the level of the Caspian Sea, whi...
Subsidence, Tehran is sinking: the hidden cost of water
This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano Tehran is sinking, and with it, much of Iran. This is a plain fact, not a metaphor for the country...
China’s CO₂ emissions begin to fall: have they finally reached the peak?
This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano A clear and unmistakable downturn. The once sharply rising line on the graph comes to a sudden hal...
Visions of the future from the Global South: interviews from RM56
This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano For issue 56 of Renewable Matter, focused on the Global South, we brought three experts to th...
Brazil, Land of Contradictions, Is Getting Ready for COP30
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...
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...
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 ...
The Pope who came from the “end of the world” and spoke to the “South of the world”
This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano Jorge Mario Bergoglio came from Argentina, the so-called “end of the world”, as he him...
Tariffs, will China fight to the end?
This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano If Trump is playing poker with the global economy, China seems to have engaged in a Go challenge.&...
Ecomondo China: a litmus test for relations between Rome and Beijing
This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano From Chengdu - The 19th edition of Ecomondo China CDEPE, the Italian Exhibition Group’s flag...
China counters Trump’s tariffs with economic cooperation
This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano If Trump imposes tariffs, China will shake hands and make deals. Without much fanfare but swiftly,...
India-Bangladesh dispute over the Teesta River. Menga: a crisis for international law
This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano Last February, Bangladesh saw protests over a long-standing dispute with India over the exploitati...
China, Two Sessions: deficit increases, but the government focuses on AI and clean tech
This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano Widely anticipated, awaited, discussed, and analysed, the 2025 Two Sessions (Lianghui) were formal...
Climate, Indonesia launches its international carbon trading
This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano On the 20th of January, Indonesia officially launched its international carbon market. Its domesti...
What will be the consequences of Trump's tariffs? Interview with Lucia Tajoli
This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in Italiano In the last few days, the new President of the United States, Donald Trump, has announced th...