Rewilding: Meaning and Benefits of Active Ecological Restoration

This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano On January 7th 2025 and for several following weeks, Scotland found itself at the center of a nati...

Startup, High-purity Recycled Lithium for Industrial Use with Tozero

This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche italiano Founded in 2022 by entrepreneur and mechanical engineer Sarah Fleischer and metallurgy researcher Kse...

USAID dismantled as US withdraws from development cooperation

This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano Mission accomplished. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced on Monday, the 10th of March, th...

The future of mobility: interviews from RM55

This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano The Think Tank section of issue 55 of Renewable Matter, focused on transport and sustainable mobil...

The Future is Public Transport

This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano I am often asked: what does the city of the future look like? If we succeed in overcoming the clim...

Gate 15

This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano Ever since the beginning of time, humans have travelled, harnessing animals and carving logs, buil...

Biodiversity and Health: A Vital Alliance for Our Future

This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano Nature is fundamental to the health of people and communities. But when the word “biodiversi...

Giving New Life to Furniture with Extended Producer Responsibility

This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano The Italian National Furniture System Consortium (Consorzio Nazionale Sistema Arredo), launched in...

Every last drop: zero-waste water builds water resilience

This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano The 34 dairy cows chewing the cud on a floating platform in the port of Rotterdam probably aren&rs...

Startup, Kuori: Bioplastics from Olive Pits and Nut Shells

This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano Founded in 2022, Kuori is a Swiss cleantech company that uses food byproducts such as olive pits a...

What is the impact of the climate crisis on banks? An interview with Rong Ding

This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano Floods, fires, and other extreme events: the climate crisis is not only an emergency for people an...

India-Bangladesh dispute over the Teesta River. Menga: a crisis for international law

This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano Last February, Bangladesh saw protests over a long-standing dispute with India over the exploitati...

China, Two Sessions: deficit increases, but the government focuses on AI and clean tech

This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano Widely anticipated, awaited, discussed, and analysed, the 2025 Two Sessions (Lianghui) were formal...

Andritz, technologies for sustainable substrates made from recovered wood

This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano Nowadays, the use of wood fibres in specialised substrates is supporting new soil regulations and ...

All the Benefits of a Bamboo Forest

This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in Italiano Forever Bambù is an Italian company that combines environmental restoration and circular ec...

Agriculture, Cristina Guarda: Europe needs a more ambitious vision

This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano In mid-February, the European Commission unveiled its Vision for Agriculture and Food, a document ...

COP16 biodiversity Rome: 200 billion dollars for nature and how to mobilise them

This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano From Rome – A roadmap to mobilise at least 200 billion dollars from public, private, philant...

Corporate renewable procurement: greenwashing or key driver of the EU’s clean industrial deal?

In 2023, the amount of renewable energy purchased by businesses and corporations in Europe grew by over 52%, reaching 20 GWs. However, several academic papers like Bjorn, A. et al. (2022) have ...

Omnibus Package: does the EU still have sufficient power to enforce its vision?

This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano On the 26th of February, the European Commission will unveil the much-debated Omnibus Package, an ...

Climate-Biodiversity-Water Nexus: the protection of ecosystem services in South America

This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano In recent years, major and historical-record wildfires have devastated regions worldwide, includin...

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