Arctic is in full climatic emergency. It has been over a month now that the fires are devastating vast areas of Siberia and Alaska, beyond the Arctic Circle. Greenland is also involved to a lesser extent.
The worst situation is...
Ethiopia plants over 350 million trees in 12 hours to fight deforestation, climate change and recurring droughts. The African state beats the record held by India thanks to the initiative launched by the Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed. The...
On July 29, humanity will have used nature’s resource budget for the entire year, according to Global Footprint Network, an international sustainability organization that has pioneered the Ecological Footprint. The Ecological Footprint adds up all of people’s competing demands...
Circular
economy: plastic bottles in exchange for free bus or metro tickets. In Rome all
this is reality thanks to the initiative launched by Atac for the collection
and recycling of plastic bottles.
The "+ Ricicli + Viaggi" campaign will last 12 months...
Today the European Commission adopted a comprehensive Communication setting out a new framework of actions to protect and restore the world's forests, which host 80% of biodiversity on land, support the livelihoods of around a quarter of the world's...
Networks
representing more than 7,000 higher and further education institutions from six
continents have announced that they are declaring a ‘climate emergency’, and
agreed to undertake a three-point plan to address the crisis through their work
with students.
The
declaration came in a letter —...
Ice on fire is the new documentary produced by Leonardo DiCaprio on climate change. It is a journey around the world to discover innovative solutions to slow down global warming, in particular reducing CO2 emissions. From Norway to Alaska,...
Plastic waste that pollutes beaches, seas and depths: an emergency that shows no sign of abating and, for this reason, Greenpeace has made available Plastic Radar, a tool that allows us to report the presence of plastic simply by...
Together
for the environment. Actor Leonardo DiCaprio joins billionaires and
philanthropists like Laurene Powell Jobs, widow of Apple founder Steve Jobs,
and Brian Sheth, co-founder and president of the private equity fund
"Vista Equity Partners", to launch "Earth Alliance".
Launched in response to a...
Plastic is a great resource for its properties but, those qualities that make it so versatile and widely used, become a real problem when it comes time to dispose of it. A recent study showed that 40% of the...
