A world in a glass: the interviews of RM63
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...
Every sip is a system
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...
Nunc est Bibendum
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...
The Warsaw Enterprise Institute’s links to climate denial and the oil and gas industry
“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...
ETS reform: the EU is going along with the most polluting industries
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...
Critical raw materials, Luca Meini: “It’s urgent to move from strategy to execution”
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...
Underused power plants, high costs: EU pays the price for its dependence on gas
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...
Startup: forest restoration with Rhizocore’s RhizoPellets
“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...
Pricing carbon beyond ICAO and IMO: a “sovereign” experiment from Africa
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...
Where do we stand with CO₂ removal technologies?
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...
Neya, Mundys’ model for a high-integrity carbon credits market
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...
Forest regeneration is underway on Isola dell’Ochetta after the 2023 storm
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 ...
At the NATO Summit, Energy Security Got a Word: Climate Got None
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...
The role of women in Latin America and the Caribbean in facing the climate crisis
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—...
EurEau presents the state-of-the-art of european water services in 2026
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, China puts security first: more renewables, but coal remains
"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 ...
Why restoring soil health is a win-win for farmers and the environment
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...
Plastic treaty: civil society and science excluded from Nairobi talks
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...
Nextchem expands into strategic metals recycling with ETEK acquisition
Maire has announced that its subsidiary Nextchem, through Cirqlar Tech S.r.l., has acquired a 70% stake in the Italian technology company ETEK S.r.l., which fully owns SISEMTEK S.r.l. The transactio...
Applications Now Open for the Ecomondo International Press Tour 2026
There is a precise moment, every November, when Rimini stops being an off-season seaside town and becomes the European capital of the circular economy. The exhibition halls fill with optical sorting...