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The Energy Transition Opens the Doors to the Humanistic Engineering of the Future

The Energy Transition Opens the Doors to the Humanistic Engineering of the Future

Like a contemporary industrial revolution, the energy transition will change the global approach to the working world. More jobs, new roles, but most importantly, an innovative way of studying and t...

Air quality networks can also monitor biodiversity around the world

Air quality networks can also monitor biodiversity around the world

Sixth mass extinction and climate crisis, unfortunately, go hand in hand, but they are not the same thing. When we speak of mass extinction, we are referring to the massive loss of biodiversity on a...

Electricity grids at the heart of the energy transition

Electricity grids at the heart of the energy transition

The energy transition is accelerating rapidly. In Italy, according to the proposed update to the National Integrated Energy and Climate Plan (Piano Nazionale Integrato Energia e Clima – PNIEC)...

From Europe to the Global South, circular cooperation comes through Brussels

From Europe to the Global South, circular cooperation comes through Brussels

(Brussels)  Cooperation, connections, social justice, sustainable futures: in a world increasingly at war, the circular economy stands today as a tool for peace and equitable development. This ...

The Strasbourg Court has reshaped the horizon of climate litigation in Europe

The Strasbourg Court has reshaped the horizon of climate litigation in Europe

On the 9th of April, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) delivered a decision that scholars already consider a milestone for climate litigation. There are more than 2,500 lawsuits worldwide t...

Ecomondo Mexico, circular economy waiting to be built

Ecomondo Mexico, circular economy waiting to be built

(Guadalajara) There is a need for circular economy in Mexico. Among the 12,500 registered visitors at Solar + Storage y Ecomondo México in the city of Guadalajara, Jalisco, the interest in EP...

Planet vs Plastic, the Hidden Cost of an Unwise Use

Planet vs Plastic, the Hidden Cost of an Unwise Use

The industrial production of plastic began around 1950 and has increased exponentially in the years since, substantially exceeding that of any other manufactured material.  A 2020 study publish...

Panamericana and biodiversity, empathy can save the world

Panamericana and biodiversity, empathy can save the world

It has been almost 2 years since the 15th of July 2022 when I took the plane that allowed me to verify with my own eyes, how much and in which form human activities are changing, sometimes irreparab...

Startup, Zupply: automation platform for circular building projects

Startup, Zupply: automation platform for circular building projects

Zupply is a Danish startup that supports companies in the construction industry in transitioning to circular economy models. They do so by using data and automation to initiate workflows to efficien...

Urban Food Policy can revolutionise food consumption. Interview with Peter Defranceschi

Urban Food Policy can revolutionise food consumption. Interview with Peter Defranceschi

There is a world of meanings and connections behind two simple words like "food" and "city," spanning across cultures, economies, stories, and social interactions. In urban contexts, food is an elem...

PFAS, at Waste Management Europe a conference on

PFAS, at Waste Management Europe a conference on "forever pollutants"

An acronym standing for Per and Poly-Fluorinated Alkylated Substances, PFAS constitute a large family of chemical compounds used in a wide variety of industrial applications and consumer produc...

Digital Twins for Water Resource Management

Digital Twins for Water Resource Management

The need to manage vast quantities of data, simultaneously improving operational and invested capital efficiency, is increasingly driving integrated water service managers to use advanced digital in...

The shadow of consulting firms (and Tony Blair) on climate negotiations

The shadow of consulting firms (and Tony Blair) on climate negotiations

The government of Azerbaijan seeks help for COP29. In recent weeks, proposals to collaborate with the government of Baku in managing the 29th UN climate conference, to be held in November in Azerbai...

Startup: Cloov, the rental and second-hand platform for fashion brands

Startup: Cloov, the rental and second-hand platform for fashion brands

By using proprietary software, the Cloov startup enables apparel and accessories brands to create an online platform for rental and second-hand sales. Through its Software-as-a-service (SaaS), in ju...

"Biodegradable" tableware violates plastic pollution regulation

This is the second article of the three-part series Bioplastic: green innovation or another plastic problem? an international investigation jointly published by Renewable Matter ‒ a...

Climate doesn't need nuclear power: new EEB report says so

Climate doesn't need nuclear power: new EEB report says so

Everyone's crazy about nuclear power, but the climate doesn't need it. So says a new report by the European Environmental Bureau, unsurprisingly released on March 21, the same day world leaders...

Sustainability Report, the ESRS E5 Standard on resource use and circular economy explained

Sustainability Report, the ESRS E5 Standard on resource use and circular economy explained

In the past few months, the European Union has made significant advancements towards transparency and comparability of sustainability data. Especially for what concerns the goal of standardising the...

Gaza, impending famine: hunger and thirst as improper weapons against the population

Gaza, impending famine: hunger and thirst as improper weapons against the population

“The IPC's analysis of acute food insecurity conducted in December 2023 in the Gaza Strip signaled the risk of famine by the end of May 2024 if an immediate cessation of hostilities was not im...

Startup: RECO2, sustainable cobblestones out of industrial waste

Startup: RECO2, sustainable cobblestones out of industrial waste

Metallurgic, mining and glass scraps are transformed by a patented production process into Vytreum, a material used for outdoor flooring with characteristics comparable to current ceramic and c...

Motonormativity: underestimating cars' risks and pollution

Motonormativity: underestimating cars' risks and pollution

The car: an extraordinary means of transportation whose danger we have forgotten. Of course, driving implies possessing a driving licence, but it has become an everyday act to such an extent that it...

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