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China, the country with the biggest impact on climate, is changing the way it sets its climate targets. Beijing will gradually shift from an energy consumption reduction system that penalises renewa...
More than nine months have passed since the investigation into China's subsidised electric car batteries, a month since Europe imposed provisional tariffs on Chinese carmakers, and weeks since offic...
The transition to a circular economy is not just a lofty environmental goal; it is a critical imperative for cities worldwide. Urban areas are the engines of global economic growth, responsible...
Just three weeks after the European elections, the French will return to the polls for legislative elections in a double round on June 30 and July 7. French President Emmanuel Macron made the d...
IFIB 2024 lands in Bologna. From 3 to 4 October, the city will host the new edition of the International Forum on Industrial Biotechnology and Bio economy, organised by the Italian circular bi...
What impact will the new Parliament and EU Commission have on the Green Deal? This is the question that companies, finance, and analysts have been asking themselves for days, amidst the tense politi...
How can we balance environmental awareness, growth and equity? How should we combine climate adaptation, sustainable city building and social justice? How should we rethink streets, neighborhoods, a...
United Repair Centre (URC) offers an alternative to purchasing new clothes by providing repair services for brands. Established as a social enterprise, URC is a cross-sector collaboration invol...
The European election night sent shockwaves through many capitals, producing unexpected political outcomes: from the dissolution of the French parliament sought by Emmanuel Macron and the fall of Al...
“This is Europe’s man-on-the-moon moment.” This is how European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen presented the Green Deal, a plan of policies and laws aimed at reduci...
Unless adequate incentives and policies are put in place, companies that collect and sort used clothing risk collapse. This is the warning issued by EuRIC, the European association of recyclers...
During her five years as Energy Commissioner in Brussels, Kadri Simson faced one of the most complex and decisive periods in European energy history. The feat of cutting off Russian gas supplies; fe...
Triple renewable energy and double energy efficiency by the end of the decade: this is the core of the global energy industrial plan adopted by 196 nations last December at COP28 in Dubai, at the he...
The Think Tank section of issue 50 of Renewable Matter, focusing on Energy, is particularly rich and valuable. As always, we brought together for a virtual roundtable discussion some of the most aut...
The American circular economy will take center stage at Circularity 24, which will be held May 22-24 in Chicago, USA. We discussed themes, speakers, and objectives of the event with Jon Smieja, VP o...
On the 9th of April, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) delivered a decision that scholars already consider a milestone for climate litigation. There are more than 2,500 lawsuits worldwide t...
It is possible to generate new value only by bringing into play economic, social and governance values: REbuild, the event that reflects on how to innovate the construction sector, returns from...
This is the second article of the three-part series Bioplastic: green innovation or another plastic problem? an international investigation jointly published by Renewable Matter ‒ a...
Everyone's crazy about nuclear power, but the climate doesn't need it. So says a new report by the European Environmental Bureau, unsurprisingly released on March 21, the same day world leaders...
