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...
At War with the Future: Trump Speaks at the UN General Assembly
A legend in his own mind, Donald Trump took to the podium at the UN General Assembly in New York to lambaste the United Nations as an organization, praise himself for all his economic and political ...
Donald Trump at the UN General Assembly: a lengthy speech against climate change, the United Nations and Europe
New York - “Climate change is the biggest con job ever.” “Renewables are a joke, they don't work.” “Wind energy is pathetic, wind turbines rust and rot, they are the mo...
Un General Assembly: France and nine other western countries recognise Palestine as a state
Da New York - “France will recognise the Palestinian state.” These were the words of President Emmanuel Macron in his speech at the conference jointly organised with Saudi Arabia du...
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 ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
A Map of the Material World: Interview with Ed Conway
This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano The digital revolution, the dematerialisation of work, the web, and social networks may give us th...
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...
The environmental world remembers Bergoglio: he will continue to “inspire new generations”
This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano “An unwavering global champion”: this is how climate and environmental activists aroun...
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...
Uranium: Kazakhstan-Russia Axis Holds Europe in Check
This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano Whether one likes it or not, nuclear fission power plays a central role in the global decarboniSat...
Water, lack of global cooperation undermines water resilience
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 While droughts and floods alternate...
ITLOS: States have a legal obligation to reduce greenhouse gas emissions
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...
World Water Forum 2024 to be held in Bali
The 10th World Water Forum 2024 will be held in Bali, Indonesia, from the 18th to the 24th of May. The theme of this edition is Water for Shared Prosperity. Organised through collaboration betw...
The "sustainable" bioplastic that pollutes Bangkok's air
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...