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Waste-to-Chemical: Chemistry in the Service of Circularity

Waste-to-Chemical: Chemistry in the Service of Circularity

Plasmix, SRF, non-recoverable demolition waste, garden waste and cuttings, medical waste, and biomass residues: in the world of waste, there are many examples of materials that cannot be easily reus...

Alien Entities: How Chemical Pollution Threatens the Global Ecosystem

Alien Entities: How Chemical Pollution Threatens the Global Ecosystem

Since 2009, the Planetary Boundaries have been one of the most effective displays of the main drivers of global ecosystem crises, their “progress”, and their interconnections. In this fr...

Water and sanitation (WASH), there is more to it than climate

Water and sanitation (WASH), there is more to it than climate

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 According to the World Health Organ...

Andrea Battaglia: ‘Open source accelerates ecological transition by reducing costs’

Andrea Battaglia: ‘Open source accelerates ecological transition by reducing costs’

Open source technologies linked to sustainability are one of the main drivers for accelerating the digital and ecological transition. Ahead of the FIWARE Global Summit to be held in Naples on 18-19 ...

Apple and iPhone 16: artificial intelligence or sustainability?

Apple and iPhone 16: artificial intelligence or sustainability?

The moment Apple brand aficionados were expecting has finally arrived. The new iPhone 16 was unveiled on Monday 9 September at the American technology giant's headquarters in Cupertino, California. ...

Methane, the forgotten emissions

Methane, the forgotten emissions

Methane (CH₄) is a powerful greenhouse gas that attracts far less attention than its big sister, carbon dioxide, also known to everyone by its chemical formula, CO2. To date, there is no global ta...

Startup, Urban Machine: robotics and AI for recovering waste wood

Startup, Urban Machine: robotics and AI for recovering waste wood

Urban Machine is a start-up leading the way in sustainable wood recovery. The US-based company uses artificial intelligence and robotics to remove metal fasteners from waste wood generated by constr...

SDG6, UN: Half the world’s countries have degraded freshwater systems

SDG6, UN: Half the world’s countries have degraded freshwater systems

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 28 August, during World Water We...

Water supply in Ukraine: merging humanitarian response with development

Water supply in Ukraine: merging humanitarian response with development

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 From Stockholm – “Bridg...

Early Warning Systems: Tackling New Glacial Dangers through Prevention

Early Warning Systems: Tackling New Glacial Dangers through Prevention

In the unpredictable mountains, there is no such thing as zero risk. We have always known this. But now, because of global warming, the dangers have grown more severe. This can be understood by look...

Sustainable Mining Practices: A Look at New Innovations

Sustainable Mining Practices: A Look at New Innovations

The most pioneering concept in green mining is the development of eco-friendly extraction methods. Traditional mining processes usually use dangerous chemicals and carry out broad-scale environ...

Virtual water and climate, Taikan Oki awarded with the Stockholm Water Prize 2024

Virtual water and climate, Taikan Oki awarded with the Stockholm Water Prize 2024

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 from Stockholm - In Stockholm, Swed...

Eco-anxiety, turning distress into an ally for action

Eco-anxiety, turning distress into an ally for action

"I feel frustrated. The scientific evidence is overwhelming. We know what's going on, we know why it's happening, we know how serious things are going to get and still, after so many years, we are s...

The alliance between Trump and the fossil fuel industry to win the US election

The alliance between Trump and the fossil fuel industry to win the US election

Mar-a-Lago Club, 11 April, 2024. The exclusive resort in Palm Beach, Florida, is hosting a very important fundraiser for Donald Trump.  The final rush of the election campaign requires money an...

In the Mountains, Nature Can Take Care of Water Treatment

In the Mountains, Nature Can Take Care of Water Treatment

Even in the mountains, where we naturally associate water with purity, the most pressing issues that water service managers need to solve concern untreated wastewater, the lack of sewerage systems, ...

What we know about the billion-dollar dispute between Kazakhstan and big oil

What we know about the billion-dollar dispute between Kazakhstan and big oil

The Kashagan offshore oil field, located in the northeastern portion of the Caspian Sea, is at the center of a major legal dispute between Kazakhstan and some of the largest oil companies in the wor...

China adjusts climate targets to accelerate decarbonisation

China adjusts climate targets to accelerate decarbonisation

China, the country with the biggest impact on climate, is changing the way it sets its climate targets. Beijing will gradually shift from an energy consumption reduction system that penalises renewa...

Startup, Mykor: building insulation from mushrooms

Startup, Mykor: building insulation from mushrooms

Mykor uses biotechnology to produce insulation from industrial residues and mycelium, aiming to decarbonise the construction industry. The startup's first product, MykoFoam, is an acoustic and therm...

Electric cars, Europe reacts to Chinese subsidies with tariffs

Electric cars, Europe reacts to Chinese subsidies with tariffs

More than nine months have passed since the investigation into China's subsidised electric car batteries, a month since Europe imposed provisional tariffs on Chinese carmakers, and weeks since offic...

COP16 Biodiversity, progress on DSI, the mechanism for sharing genetic resources

COP16 Biodiversity, progress on DSI, the mechanism for sharing genetic resources

How can territories be rewarded for the commercial exploitation of plant and animal biodiversity in the fields of medicine, chemistry, food or materials, using these economic resources to protect bi...

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