The Alpine Drought Observatory
Eurac Research launched ADO, a drought observatory capable of monitoring precipitation and water shortages all over the Alps.
Posts
Drought in Italy: Perception and Reality
/in Blog /by Lorenzo BarbieriThe 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?
/in Blog /by Etienne HoekstraYou 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
/in Blog /by Matteo GecchelinFlowers 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
/in Blog /by Etienne HoekstraTowards 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
/in Blog /by Sarah Santos FerreiraLula 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
/in Blog /by Lorenzo BarbieriClashing with art is the new controversial form of environmentalism.
Climate-Friendly Bolivian Urban Agroecology to Achieve Local Food Security and Sovereignty in Bolivia
/in Agrecol Trees, Blog /by adminImplemented 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
/in Blog /by Matteo GecchelinThanks 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 Blog /by Lorenzo BarbieriIn 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
/in Blog /by Etienne HoekstraThis 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
/in Blog /by Matteo GecchelinHow 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.
/in Blog /by Barbara CentisTrentino 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
/in Blog /by Lorenzo BarbieriWith 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?
/in Blog /by Lorenzo BarbieriThe 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
/in Blog /by Etienne HoekstraThe 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
/in Agrecol Trees, Blog /by adminOur 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
/in Blog /by Barbara CentisThe climate crisis has broken the delicate balance of fire-prone Australian ecosystems, thus threatening the life of animals, plants, and humans.
Trentino Clima 2021-2023: Countermeasures to mitigate the climate crisis in Trentino
/in Blog /by Barbara CentisProviding 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
/in Blog /by adminA 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
/in Blog /by Michele ClausGreen 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
/in Blog /by Lorenzo BarbieriLooking 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
/in Blog /by Etienne HoekstraRabobank and Microsoft join forces to help achieve the climate crisis targets.
Ecologisti incoronati
/in Blog /by adminDetto e fatto
/in Blog /by adminA short COP24 review
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