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CSRD and small business, somewhere between fears and a desire to grow

CSRD and small business, somewhere between fears and a desire to grow

The countdown has begun: even small and medium-sized businesses will have to apply sustainability reporting, just as large companies have already been doing for some time. They are going to have to ...

COP29 presidency pushes climate funding and energy storage goals

COP29 presidency pushes climate funding and energy storage goals

Less than two months before the highly anticipated COP29 United Nations Climate Summit in Baku, on Tuesday, 17 September, the Azerbaijani presidency laid out its plan to enhance ambition and enable ...

How Sustainable Marketing Narrates the Mountains

How Sustainable Marketing Narrates the Mountains

Synonymous with free and uncontaminated space since forever, mountains have been confronted with the transformations imposed by climate change, pollution, and mass tourism. In response, the eff...

Startup, Olombria: pollination with hoverflies and precision technology

Startup, Olombria: pollination with hoverflies and precision technology

In a scenario where bees are declining due to industrial agriculture, pathogens, biodiversity loss, pesticide use, and climate change, the London-based Olombria offers farmers solutions for pollinat...

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...

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