Climate Week New York 2024 is approaching
New York City is gearing up to host Climate Week NYC 2024, one of the world’s most important events dedicated to the fight against climate change. From September 22 to 29, Climate Week NY...
In the Mountains, Nature Can Take Care of Water Treatment
Even in the mountains, where we naturally associate water with purity, the most pressing issues that water service managers need to solve concern untreated wastewater, the lack of sewerage systems, ...
What we know about the billion-dollar dispute between Kazakhstan and big oil
The Kashagan offshore oil field, located in the northeastern portion of the Caspian Sea, is at the center of a major legal dispute between Kazakhstan and some of the largest oil companies in the wor...
China adjusts climate targets to accelerate decarbonisation
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...
Startup, Mykor: building insulation from mushrooms
Mykor uses biotechnology to produce insulation from industrial residues and mycelium, aiming to decarbonise the construction industry. The startup's first product, MykoFoam, is an acoustic and therm...
Electric cars, Europe reacts to Chinese subsidies with tariffs
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...
COP16 Biodiversity, progress on DSI, the mechanism for sharing genetic resources
How can territories be rewarded for the commercial exploitation of plant and animal biodiversity in the fields of medicine, chemistry, food or materials, using these economic resources to protect bi...
US, the Mad Crusade Against ESG
“ESG is just a load of crap.” Sitting next to me in a Starbucks at 99 Wall Street, two 30-somethings, one in a blue BrookBrothers suit, the other in black Armani, bitterly comment on Wal...
Kamala Harris is ready to push forward the Inflation Reduction Act
The American clean energy sector has a new champion, the presidential candidate, Kamala Harris. Yet the issue of electric car and solar panels divide very much the country in two distinctive fields....
Sustainably nourishing the global population: the third challenge of the Ocean Decade
UNESCO's Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission and the United Nations aim to reverse the cycle of decline affecting our seas by making the ocean healthy and resilient, safe, clean, productive, ...
The London Climate Technology Show 2024 is coming in November
Following two successful inaugural editions, the London Climate Technology Show, the most important and innovative event for climate technology and corporate sustainability, comes back this November...
Kamala Harris picks Tim Walz, a vice-presidential candidate committed to climate
At first glance, he could look like a confirmation of the anticipations that emerged in recent weeks: he is white, middle-aged, and a man. However, this is a characterization that does not do justic...
Startup: inks and pigments from algal waste with Living Ink
Living Ink is on a mission to make pigments and inks more sustainable by transforming waste from algae grown in the United States into renewable, value-added colour solutions. Based in Colorado...
Boland (EESC): the future labor market must overcome skills poverty
There are two megatrends that will affect (and already are affecting) the European labor market in the next decade: on one hand, the double transition, ecological and digital, requiring new and incr...
Innovatec, a Single Player for the Various Challenges of the Energy Transition
The CO₂ emissions generated by the energy sector are constantly growing: in 2023, they reached a new record high of 37.4 billion tonnes. However, without renewable energy, the increase in emission...
COP16 Desertification, interview with Alain-Richard Donwahi
Desertification is one of the main drivers of migration and food crises. Along with the UN negotiating processes on Climate (UNFCCC) and Biodiversity (CBD), since 1992 there has been a dedicated tra...
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...
Circular economy stimulates responsible finance and provides lower default risk
Published in mid-July by the UN Environment Programme, as part of a single framework of principles for responsible banking in line with the SDGs and the Paris Climate Agreement, the two reports ...
Gruppo CAP: Decarbonising the Water Sector
For a long time, the integrated water sector was considered naturally sustainable due to its intrinsic relationship with water as an element. This approach, however, is a thing of the past, especial...
FIWARE Global Summit: the tenth edition is about to start
On September 18 and 19, 2024, the FIWARE Global Summit, one of the leading business and open-source technology conferences, will be held. It will be convened by the FIWARE Foundation in collabo...