El Super Niño Está Llegando
En el Pacífico se está gestando un potente fenómeno de El Niño. Varios sectores se ven expuestos a sus efectos, pero las previsiones, cada vez más precisas, dan tiempo a los países para prepararse con antelación.
Blue Water, Clear Water… Ever Rarer, Ever Dearer
Calor, sequía y escasez de agua. ¿Cómo afrontan las zonas de montaña estos problemas? ¿Qué soluciones existen para hacerles frente y quién acaba pagando el precio más alto? Los refugios y las explotaciones alpinas sufren… y quizá, en cierta medida, también sufrimos todos nosotros.
Cambio Climático: ¿Qué pasó en el pasado?
El clima ha cambiado siempre, pero no siempre ha cambiado de la misma manera. La pregunta aquí no es si el clima ha cambiado, si no cuánto, cómo de rápido, y bajo qué mecanismos lo hace.
Hilda: La Vaca Baja en Emisiones
La emisión de gases de efecto invernadero en el sector agrícola es un reto para el futuro. La investigación genética, la agricultura de vanguardia y la gestión de los piensos pueden ser clave para lograr cero emisiones, incluso en la industria ganadera. La vaca Hilda es solo el primer gran ejemplo, resultado de una innovadora selección genética.
Cambio climático: Escenarios de futuro
¿Cómo será el clima del futuro? ¿Cómo podemos determinar lo que se viene? ¿Y cómo podemos usar esta información para planificar un desarrollo sostenible en nuestros territorios?
Un Valle Lleno de Turba y Retos para el Futuro
Once dominated by peatlands, the Adige Valley now faces the challenge of balancing economic interests with environmental restoration. In this conflict, design plays a key role in sparking dialogue and driving change through creative solutions.
La Identidad Política de la Crisis Climática
El cambio climático es esencialmente político. Lograr avances requiere políticas audaces, instituciones sólidas y acción social para convertir la ciencia y la tecnología en un futuro sostenible.
DANA en Valencia: Eventos Extremos en la época del Cambio Climático
Valencia’s floods show how climate change intensifies extreme weather, with rising temps making heavy rainfall more frequent. Nature-based solutions, like sustainable urban drainage, offer hope for resilience.
La COP29 de la financiación del clima, en Baku
En la COP29 de Bakú se debatió sobre la financiación de la lucha contra el cambio climático. Sin embargo, las tensiones geopolíticas y los resultados inciertos dominaron la escena, ralentizando las medidas necesarias para combatir los efectos del calentamiento global.
Béisbol y Calidad del Aire
Mejorar la calidad del aire es en una prioridad para proteger la salud de los atletas y optimizar el rendimiento deportivo de los equipos de la Major League Baseball (MLB).
Primer Aeropuerto Ecológico de Sudamérica y el Caribe se Encuentra en Las Islas Galápagos
The Galapagos Islands, with their unique landscapes and biodiversity, host the world’s first sustainable airport built from recycled materials and powered by renewable energy, blending sustainability with natural beauty.
El Cambio Climático Cambiará La Frontera Suizo-Italiana
Switzerland and Italy’s decision to shift their borders due to climate change marks a pivotal moment, as melting Alpine glaciers reshape national boundaries and demonstrate the urgent need for cooperation.
Revolución Renovable en la UE
La UE alcanzó un hito importante en 2024: las energías renovables superaron por primera vez a los combustibles fósiles en la generación de electricidad. Sin embargo, la transición no ha estado exenta de dificultades.
El Dilema Etico del Aire Acondicionado
El verano viene acompañado por el intenso calor, y el aire acondicionado se hace vital, pero contribuye al calentamiento global debido a su alta demanda energética y refrigerantes nocivos. La innovación en cuanto a tecnología de ennfriamiento es esencial para romper el círculo
Tres iniciativas medioambientales que marcan la diferencia en Brasil
Climate-related news is not just bad news. Today we look at three environmental projects being carried out in Brazil. A river pollution barrier, a nature restoration project and a children’s education initiative.
26M Día Internacional del Clima
Han pasado 32 años desde que el 26 de marzo se proclamó el Día Mundial del Clima. ¿Cómo ha cambiado el clima en estos años y qué tenemos que hacer en los próximos?
How the EU is Revising its 2040 Climate Targets amid Farmers’ Strikes
Behind the EU’s ambitious 2040 climate targets lurks a controversial omission of agricultural emissions and a heavy reliance on unproven carbon capture and storage technologies.
A Battle in the Alps: A Story of Climate and Men
Ecological tensions in the Alps appear as intense today as never before. Are the mountains we have always believed immutable so indifferent to the shared actions of man and nature?
Principales resultados de la COP 28
La 28ª Conferencia de las Partes de las Naciones Unidas sobre el Cambio Climático (COP28) ha tenido lugar entre el 30 de noviembre y el 12 de diciembre, en Dubai. Aquí están algunos de los principales puntos, decisiones importantes, declaraciones y resultados.
Dutch Cities to Hit 50 Degrees?
The Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute (KNMI) has released new climate scenarios that provide insight into what weather changes await the Netherlands in the coming decades as a result of climate change.
Extreme summer heat as the ‘new normal’?
Never such a hot day. Never such a hot week. Never such a hot month. Chances are that 2023 will be the warmest year on record.
Forest fires, tourist evacuations, crop failures and floods are the “new normal” you will hear people say. We show you why it’s not.
What time is it? It’s summer heatwaves time
Summer heatwaves turn out to be a predictable phenomenon for Italy. It is in recent weeks that the Ministry of Environment and Energy Security published the new National Climate Change Adaptation Plan. Will this be a definite turning point for our Country? In the meantime, heat persists, and even small provincial towns far from urban centers are affected by global climate dynamics.
What are Companies’ Green Claims Built On?
You have most likely seen internationally renowned companies’ claims that their products are “carbon neutral”. But what are these green claims built on?
Plants Know Their Way Forward: Alpine Species Migrate to Escape Environmental Changes
Flowers and plants are moving unexpectedly in the Alps to survive. By escaping environmental changes they will somehow make it. Are we also ready to deal with the environmental changes that we are facing?
The EU Climate Agreement: Making the Polluter Pay
Towards a more ambitious European climate policy: To achieve a 55 % emission cut by 2030, the EU wants to make the polluter pay for its emissions.
Who Compensates for Forest Fires?
Many companies and countries offset their greenhouse gas emissions by planting trees. But are forest fires included in national carbon budgets?
2035: the death of fuel-burning cars?
Will all Europeans be driving an electric car by 2035. Will all fuel-burning cars be demolished? Other ways can help reach zero-emissions targets. Biofuels can already assure savings and fewer emissions.
A hungry game: climate change, COVID-19, and the Ukraine war
With the climate crisis, the Covid-19 pandemic and the war in Ukraine the risk of a global food crisis has become very real.
Transparency in the Voluntary Carbon Market
The voluntary carbon market offers compensation for carbon dioxide emissions. To work properly, however, it must be more effective and transparent.
Agroecología y plantaciones sociales de árboles para abordar la crisis climática. La historia de una producción agroecológica en Bolivia
Our Agrecol Trees project in Bolivia is also a place for sharing authentic environmental stories. Read the story of Nelly: a farming community leader, a true land guardian and climate crisis fighter.
“This Continent of Smoke”. Australia’s bushfires exacerbated by the climate crisis
The climate crisis has broken the delicate balance of fire-prone Australian ecosystems, thus threatening the life of animals, plants, and humans.
Adapt or burn. A look at the dramatic increase of wildfires in Italy to get ready for summer 2022
Droughts and high temperatures have raised the number of forest fires in the Alps. Unlike the fire-adapted Mediterranean environment, Alpine ecosystems are not ready for these events.
Trentino Clima 2021-2023: Countermeasures to mitigate the climate crisis in Trentino
Providing the provincial administration with guidelines to contrast the climate crisis locally, the Trentino Clima 2021-2023 Plan is an excellent example of virtuous engagement between public and private bodies.
Green Rooftops: old-school solutions for today’s problems
Green rooftops cannot replace real forests and parks but they can create small biodiversity oases in highly urbanized areas and contribute to the fight against the climate crisis.
The climate crisis and the floods in Central Europe
Looking back at last summer’s dramatic floods in Central Europe, it is clear that natural disasters linked to the climate crisis are no longer events of only Mediterranean regions.
Eco-Battles: The TurmOIL Army
Follow the adventures of the Eco-Team and their breathtaking Eco-Battles against the TurmOIL Army!
Carbon banking to tackle the climate crisis
Rabobank and Microsoft join forces to help achieve the climate crisis targets.
Applying the European Green Deal. Is the Netherlands Fit for 55?
The new “Fit for 55” legislation aims to reach 55 % net emissions reduction target by 2030, making Europe the first emission-neutral continent. Is the Netherlands ready for “Fit for 55”?
Royal Dutch Shell forced to drastically reduce CO₂ emissions
Shell lost the trial against Friends of the Earth – Netherlands and will have to drop their CO2 emissions by 45 % by the end of 2030. For the second time, a Dutch Jury has charged an oil company for climate responsibility.
