Nature’s Rights: Ecosystems that Had to Become People
Why does it seem easier for companies to have legal rights than living ecosystems? The case of the Mar Menor lies some questions about our relationship with Nature.
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Green Literature: Confessions of a Recovering Environmentalist
Is this an environmental manifesto or something closer to anti-environmentalism? This thought-provoking book questions everything we assume about saving the planet, and might leave you rethinking about it as well.
Green Literature: Sci-Fi, Cli-Fi, and Solarpunk
When every story about the future ends up in collapse, imagining a better future becomes harder. But now, a new type of storytelling is emerging: what if the most radical thing to do is not to save the world, but to live gently in it?
Eco-Emotions: How to Use Them Against the Ecological Crisis
Between awe and sorrow, the vanishing glaciers leave us with a choice: be frozen by eco-anxiety or turn our anger into action for the planet.
Environmental Education for the Future
Environmental education raises awareness, fosters critical thinking, and promotes sustainability. It empowers people to make informed decisions and take action to protect the planet for future generations.
The Political Identity of the Climate Crisis
Climate change is political at its core. Progress demands bold policies, strong institutions, and social action to turn science and tech into real change for a sustainable future.
The “Climate Finance” COP29 in Baku
Climate finance was discussed at COP29 in Baku. Yet, geopolitical tensions and uncertain outcomes dominated the scene, slowing down necessary action to combat the effects of global warming.
EU Takes Decisive Action Against Greenwashing and Misleading Environmental Claims
The EU started to tackle greenwashing and increase consumer awareness. This follows a trend of growing environmental awareness to ensure that ecological claims match genuine efforts to protect our Planet.
The Dark Side of AI
We are slowly becoming familiar with the possibilities of artificial intelligence. We ask Siri about the weather or have ChatGPT type our work emails. But what lies behind the innovation? This article sheds light on the dark sides of AI, revealing the potential dangers, ethical dilemmas and societal consequences of the widespread use of AI. Is it worth the price?
Drinking Water from the Sea: the World’s Next Edge?
Desalination by reverse osmosis is the most common method of obtaining potable water from the sea. Already widely used in the Middle East, the Pacific Countries, America and even Europe, it ensures water security in many countries. However, it is too early to call this method “what will save us from global water shortage” because it is still too energy inefficient.
The Alpine Drought Observatory
Eurac Research launched ADO, a drought observatory capable of monitoring precipitation and water shortages all over the Alps.
Drought in Italy: Perception and Reality
The severe winter drought left most of Italy with critically low levels of water. Yet, for most Italians droughts are still seen as a temporary problem.
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.
Brazil’s 2023 Environmental Agenda: First Steps towards Reintegration
Lula is Brazil’s new official president. At COP 27 he delivered a strong environmental message to the world: “Brazil will stand for the Amazon and the indigenous people living in there”
Extreme Environmentalism: The Other Side of the Coin
Clashing with art is the new controversial form of environmentalism.
Climate-Friendly Bolivian Urban Agroecology to Achieve Local Food Security and Sovereignty in Bolivia
Implemented by certified communities, Bolivian urban agroecology is a future-proof form of farming that can be scaled up to help achieve local food security and sovereignty in the country.
Italy’s Wood to Fight against the Energy Crisis: Economic and Environmental Sustainability
Thanks to its well-developed forestry sector, Italy can use its wood-energy industry to tackle today’s energy and economic crisis and pave the path towards a true “Forest Sovereignty”.
Extreme events happen. What can we do about it?
In the Anthropocene, natural and human-induced extreme events are hitting the world more frequently than in the past. How can we handle them?”
The Aftermath of Exceptional Droughts
This year’s exceptional drought caused such a dramatic reduction of groundwater levels that it will be hard to recover. Water scarcity might become a real issue also in Germany and the Netherlands.
Even Plants Climb Mountains
How do plants travel? And how much is climate change contributing to their migrations?
The Provincial Environmental Energy Plan 2021-2030 of the Autonomous Province of Trento.
Trentino has approved a cutting-edge Environmental Energy plan for 2021-2030, focusing on actions to save energy, increase the efficiency of homes and industries, and boost electricity generation from renewable sources.
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.
War in Ukraine. What about the environment?
The environment is the silent casualty of war. What are the effects of the war in Ukraine on the environment?
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.
Agroecology and social tree-planting to tackle the climate crisis. The story and view of a Bolivian agroecological producer
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.
Eco-Battles: Red Skies episodes
The Eco-Team is sent on another mission. Read “Red Skies”, the new Eco-Battles against the raging wildfires of the Italian peninsula.
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.
A school, windstorm Vaia and Alpine forests restoration
A tree planting activity in Trentino has taught secondary school students about extreme events, reforestation and the human impact on Alpine forests.
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.
Carbon banking to tackle the climate crisis
Rabobank and Microsoft join forces to help achieve the climate crisis targets.
