The first global review presented and approved in Yerevan shows little measurable progress in the fight against biodiversity loss. According to UNEP report State of Finance for Nature 2026, pri...
A coastal factory can tell you almost everything about the water leaving its premises: volumes, water-quality parameters, permits and monitoring results. Ask it about the sea that water flows into, ...
Rimini - The 29th edition of Ecomondo was, as always, a success. The Rimini exhibition centre was packed to bursting point, exhibitors were satisfied, and there was an ever-increasing range of conte...
President Trump, giving a speech in an Atlanta suburb in summer 2026, mentioned communism or communist fifteen times, starting less than a minute into an hour -long speech. The Secretary of State, M...
Texas has elected Democrat James Talarico to the Senate for the first time in 38 years, Keisha Lange has become the first Black woman to serve as governor, Abdul al-Sayer is the first Muslim senator...
For the Think Tank section of Renewable Matter #65, we spoke to representatives from the two distinct yet interdependent sides of the world of interior design: on one hand, creativity, design a...
Between declared circularity and the marginal role of health, the furnishing and interior design sector has not yet come to terms with what it produces and the air it leaves behind in our homes. Tod...
Throughout history, furniture has represented a category of material consumption. Just consider the contribution of Egyptian culture, which, as early as its first dynasties, was producing furnishing...
Yerevan - COP17, the Conference of the Parties responsible for implementing the Global Biodiversity Framework, the global roadmap for protecting nature and the ecosystem services on which the human ...
In Europe, less than half of the rivers are currently in good condition. Various factors are to blame: municipal and industrial wastewater, agricultural fertilisers, waterway fragmentation, climate ...
With just four years left to the2030 deadline, global biodiversity negotiations are seeking to move beyond promises and addressing implementation and international finance. From 19 to 30 October, th...
Istanbul - As Turkey prepares to host COP31 in Antalya, criticism is growing over companies that are harming the environment, while sponsoring the summit and having prominent roles in it. The roles ...
Yerevan - Finance for biodiversity is at the heart of COP17, both in the political negotiations and in the growing role of private finance. The latter was discussed primarily at side events hosted i...
On a map, the waters of the Tyrrhenian Sea off Tuscany and of the Ionian Sea off Apulia are designated under Natura 2000, the EU network meant to protect vulnerable habitats and species. Underwater,...
Yerevan - Perhaps the Kunming-Montreal Global Agreement on Biodiversity should have been called the ‘Agreement on Food Security and Nature’s Services to the Economy’. Brutal and Ca...
Yerevan - With the high-level segment of the United Nations Conference on Biodiversity (COP17) now underway, attention is turning to a key issue: financing for nature, including the mobilisation of ...
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 hundred and ten European citizens; not a...
More than 7 trillion dollars a year flow into activities that damage nature, compared with roughly 220 billion for nature-based solutions: a ratio of more than 30 to one, according to UNEP's State o...
Yerevan - Monday, 26 October marked the start of the second week of COP17, the UN negotiations on biodiversity. The Meridian Expo in Yerevan, Armenia, is ready to welcome ministers from member count...
Lula has been elected president of Brazil for the fourth time. Yesterday, Sunday 25 October, at the end of a gruelling election campaign marred by irregularities, he beat his right-wing opponent Fla...