Geopolitics

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...

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...

What is inclusive conservation and why is it important for ensuring our survival?

This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano We are facing an unprecedented environmental and climate crisis. A significant portion of the rema...

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...

Why Trump wants Ukraine’s rare earths

This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano "We cannot keep spending hundreds of billions to defend Ukraine without getting something in retur...

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...

Startup, Keep IT Cool: Solar-Powered Refrigeration Tackling Food Waste

This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano Nigerian startup Keep IT Cool (KIC) delivers sustainable refrigeration and smart distribution solu...

Italian Climate Fund: how Italy is really contributing

This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano From Baku - Negotiations on the New Collective Quantified Goal (NCQG) − the post-2025 f...

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...

Water and sanitation (WASH), there is more to it than climate

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 According to the World Health Organ...

The alliance between Trump and the fossil fuel industry to win the US election

Mar-a-Lago Club, 11 April, 2024. The exclusive resort in Palm Beach, Florida, is hosting a very important fundraiser for Donald Trump.  The final rush of the election campaign requires money an...

Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), where do we stand after two years

In 2022, the United States, responsible for a 1.6 per cent increase in domestic greenhouse gas production over the previous year, remained one of the top seven global CO₂ emitters. Understand...

Piano Mattei: the three-card trick at the expense of climate, Africa and Italy

This week, Parliament's Foreign Affairs Committee is examining the Mattei Plan (Piano Mattei), the government's strategic framework for Italian African relations. The document, as received by parlia...

Kamala Harris, a candidate for climate?

The endorsement for Vice President Kamala Harris is growing by the hour, now that she has become the de facto Democratic nominee for U.S. president in place of Joe Biden, following his announce...

Dorsouma (AfDB): A Comprehensive Strategy to Unleash Africa's Circular Economy Potential

Africa has great potential. This is often heard in a variety of contexts, and this is particularly evident when considering the circular economy. A vibrant landscape of small businesses, many of whi...

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...