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The Trump avalanche on the economy, energy, and climate: what will change and what will remain

The Trump avalanche on the economy, energy, and climate: what will change and what will remain

This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano A flurry of measures and proclamations marked Donald Trump's inauguration as the 47th President of...

Climate and Trump: uncertainty looms over global food prices

Climate and Trump: uncertainty looms over global food prices

This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano After a 2.1% decline in global agricultural commodity prices in 2024, the outlook for the year ahe...

Startup, NARA Climate: Restoring Productive Ecosystems with Saltwater

Startup, NARA Climate: Restoring Productive Ecosystems with Saltwater

This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano Founded in 2021, NARA is a Scottish agro-ecology company that works all over the world to restore ...

CONOU and the Circular Economy: A 40-year Story

CONOU and the Circular Economy: A 40-year Story

This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano CONOU has been collecting and regenerating used mineral oils in Italy for exactly forty years. Thr...

China in 2025: What to Watch

China in 2025: What to Watch

While the year marking the transition to the second quarter of the century carries symbolic weight for many, for China, 2025 stands as a critical moment of assessment and trial by fire. The tariff w...

Journey through the material world: RM54 interviews

Journey through the material world: RM54 interviews

This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano The Think Tank section of issue 54 of Renewable Matter offers an in-depth exploration of the ...

Uranium: Kazakhstan-Russia Axis Holds Europe in Check

Uranium: Kazakhstan-Russia Axis Holds Europe in Check

This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano Whether one likes it or not, nuclear fission power plays a central role in the global decarboniSat...

Startup, Keep IT Cool: Solar-Powered Refrigeration Tackling Food Waste

Startup, Keep IT Cool: Solar-Powered Refrigeration Tackling Food Waste

This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano Nigerian startup Keep IT Cool (KIC) delivers sustainable refrigeration and smart distribution solu...

COP16 between biodiversity and food to reform the agribusiness sector

COP16 between biodiversity and food to reform the agribusiness sector

Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano / This article is also available in Italian In recent years, the Conferences of the Parties on Biological Diversity (CBD) have seen intense an...

Biomethane, energy from circularity

Biomethane, energy from circularity

This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano In recent years, driven by the decarbonization goals of the Fit for 55 package and the energy cris...

Henkel: Accelerating the Energy Transition

Henkel: Accelerating the Energy Transition

This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano To become climate-positive by 2030 means to go beyond carbon neutrality and generate more clean en...

Novamont’s Bioeconomy for Farming

Novamont’s Bioeconomy for Farming

This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano Although vital for certain purposes, some plastics used in farming can be sources of micro and nan...

The circular economy of grapes

The circular economy of grapes

This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano From grapes we naturally derive vinegar; it is the art of man that turns it into wine. But it is t...

Climbing for human rights: interview to Nasim Eshqi

Climbing for human rights: interview to Nasim Eshqi

This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in Italiano “I’m an Alpinist and a passionate advocate for women’s rights using my platform ...

Grosseto (Italy): the Green Pioneer that enchanted Europe

Grosseto (Italy): the Green Pioneer that enchanted Europe

This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano Amid the vivid hues of the Maremma and the waves of the Tyrrhenian Sea, the city of Grosseto aston...

Roasting chestnuts, recycling walnuts: turning festive treats into sustainable new materials

Roasting chestnuts, recycling walnuts: turning festive treats into sustainable new materials

This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano Dr Notburga Gierlinger, an Austrian researcher specialising in the study of the structure and...

Startup, NatureMetrics: Scalable Biodiversity Metrics Powered by e-DNA

Startup, NatureMetrics: Scalable Biodiversity Metrics Powered by e-DNA

This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano NatureMetrics is accelerating the use of molecular methods for species and ecosystem monitoring, t...

COP16 Desertification Saudi Arabia, UN negotiations close in Riyadh

COP16 Desertification Saudi Arabia, UN negotiations close in Riyadh

This article is part of our thematic channel The Water Observer. Click here to subscribe to our newsletter and receive exclusive contents from the world of water The world will have to wait two mor...

PFAS, European water is becoming increasingly polluted: the data from the first EEA briefing

PFAS, European water is becoming increasingly polluted: the data from the first EEA briefing

This article is part of our thematic channel The Water Observer. Click here to subscribe to our newsletter and receive exclusive contents from the world of water On 9 December 2024, just a few week...

Circular economy and sustainability: how do we measure them?

Circular economy and sustainability: how do we measure them?

This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano Measurement and reporting are crucial to the success and growth of the circular economy, requiring...