Richard Heinberg, one of the most important American environmental thinkers of this century, died on Sunday, July 19, at the age of 75, from pancreatic cancer diagnosed just two weeks earlier. It wa...
For most of its history, the recycling industry has been a business of steel and motion: conveyor belts, ballistic separators, screens, magnets. STADLER is a German family firm now in its eighth gen...
For issue 63 of Renewable Matter, we invited three experts to the Think Tank roundtable discussion who could offer us a broad picture of the beverage sector, ranging from wine production t...
Water is the invisible infrastructure behind all beverages. We hardly ever see it, as we prefer to look at the colour of a wine, the foam on a beer, the design of a label, the transparency of a bott...
In contemporary Western society, the ritual and spiritual dimension of the act of drinking is often reduced to mere material consumption or, at best, hedonism. And yet, our human history is peppered...
“Europe is falling behind the US and China while energy prices continue to rise. One of the reasons for this decline is climate policy, with the Emissions Trading System (ETS) being one of the...
On Friday 17 July, the European Commission presented its proposal to revise the Emissions Trading System (ETS), the EU’s carbon market, which since 2005 has helped halve emissions from th...
In just a few years, critical raw materials (CRMs) have become the true bottleneck for Europe’s green and digital transition. Lithium, cobalt, rare earths, gallium, germanium – without t...
The Hormuz Strait energy crisis has reignited the debate over fossil fuel subsidies: should governments pitch in to limit the cost of fuel – and risk reinforcing their countries’ depende...
“Restoring underground networks means ensuring the success of tree planting, creating ecological and economic value, and opening up new markets for our technology”, says Toby Parkes, CEO...
This article is part of the thematic channel The Carbon Observer: subscribe to the newsletter Despite adverse political headwinds and a general global retraction from climate action and m...
When the World Resources Institute tasked American researcher Marx Trexler with overseeing the world’s first CO₂ offsetting project, carbon credits were seen as little more than a philanthro...
This article is part of the thematic channel The Carbon Observer: subscribe to the newsletter Mundys, a leading Italian holding company managing airports and motorways primarily in E...
In July 2023, powerful winds swept through the Ticino Park with a force unusual even for an ecosystem accustomed to floods, erosion and the natural rhythms of a river landscape. Gusts exceeding 100 ...
NATO leaders used the 32nd summit in Turkey’s capital, Ankara, to showcase the alliance’s growing military ambitions, reaffirming higher defence spending targets, fresh support for Ukrai...
In recent years, the effects of weather and climate phenomena in Latin America and the Caribbean have rippled across the region—from the Andes to Patagonia, from cities to coastal towns—...
This article is part of the thematic channel The Water Observer: subscribe to our newsletter and receive exclusive contents from the world of water One year after the presentation of the Europ...
"Energy security will always be our priority." Wang Hongzhi, head of China's National Energy Administration, wasted no time in getting to the point when presenting the details of the country's 15th ...
Soils feed us, filter our water and support most of the food chain on Earth. But they are also among Europe’s most neglected resources –quietly degrading beneath our feet while we look e...
When Chilean ambassador Julio Cordano was elected the new President of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC) tasked with drafting an international plastics treaty, on 7 February in Genev...