Climate

COP29: with Trump's return, will China be the new climate hero?

This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano COP29 in Baku opened against the backdrop of Donald Trump’s re-election. While the announcem...

The return of Trump, how does China feel about it?

This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano While Donald Trump's victory has been all too clear and straightforward, and even the reasons for ...

Nature-based Solutions amid science and economy: interviews from RM53

This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano The Think Tank section of Renewable Matter Issue 53, dedicated to Nature-based Solutions, features...

Building with Nature in the Netherlands

This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano Considered among the richest places in the world, delta territories are hubs of innovation, biodiv...

COP16, DSI mechanism for benefit sharing from the use of digital sequence information approved

This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano From Cali - In a significant development at the 16th Conference of the Parties (COP16) to the Conv...

Disclosure and reporting, the TNFD at COP16 does not convince everyone

This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano From Cali, Colombia - Reporting and knowledge form the foundations of implementing the Global Biod...

COP16, the gordian knot of biodiversity finance

This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in Italiano From Cali, Colombia - On the 30th of October a group of 20 ministers from the global south vo...

Ethics for a clean, good and fair digital environment: Sloweb

This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano Much of what we read in the digital media concerns Artificial Intelligence, the relationship betwe...

Half-time at COP16, where do negotiations stand?

This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano From Cali - On Saturday morning, 27 October, puffy rain clouds loomed over the Pacific Valley Exhi...

Climate geoengineering needs ethics

This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano Large-scale experimentation with geoengineering, or climate engineering, could entail risks and un...

Europe is not protecting its waters: the European Environment Agency report

This article is part of our thematic channel The Water Observer. Click here to subscribe to our newsletter and receive exclusive contents from the world of water Water and climate are closely inter...

At COP16 Colombia 2024, biodiversity negotiations are ready to start

This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano The sixteenth round of negotiations on biodiversity kicks off in Cali, on Monday 21 October , foll...

Sponge cities: do they really work? Interview with Professor Kongjian Yu

This article is part of our thematic channel The Water Observer. Click here to subscribe to our newsletter and receive exclusive contents from the world of water The concept of sponge cities, ...

Startup, Limenet: calcium bicarbonates from CO₂ to benefit marine biota

This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano Limenet is a startup from Lombardy that developed a revolutionary technology that allows to t...

Sustainable Investment Forum North America 2024, will finance avert the apocalypse?

This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano From New York - On 24 September 2024, the Ziegfeld Ballroom, Manhattan's mecca for gala events, be...

It's time to get specific on how circular economy strategies can service just transitions

As climate change’s impact on people becomes increasingly clear, calls for a just transition are growing − but what issues this seemingly self-explanatory term sets out to tackle varies ...

COP29 presidency pushes climate funding and energy storage goals

Less than two months before the highly anticipated COP29 United Nations Climate Summit in Baku, on Tuesday, 17 September, the Azerbaijani presidency laid out its plan to enhance ambition and enable ...

Alien Entities: How Chemical Pollution Threatens the Global Ecosystem

Since 2009, the Planetary Boundaries have been one of the most effective displays of the main drivers of global ecosystem crises, their “progress”, and their interconnections. In this fr...

Methane, the forgotten emissions

Methane (CH₄) is a powerful greenhouse gas that attracts far less attention than its big sister, carbon dioxide, also known to everyone by its chemical formula, CO2. To date, there is no global ta...

Early Warning Systems: Tackling New Glacial Dangers through Prevention

In the unpredictable mountains, there is no such thing as zero risk. We have always known this. But now, because of global warming, the dangers have grown more severe. This can be understood by look...