COP Troika increases fossil fuels production despite promises
This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano At COP28 in Dubai, all delegations agreed on the phrase “transitioning away”, calling ...
COP29, carbon market standards approved (with no negotiations)
This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano After a troubled launch, as countries scrambled to discuss a few of the trickier points of the neg...
Ecomondo, the water supply chain increases its presence in the Mediterranean
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 The 2024 edition of Ecomondo s...
COP16, DSI mechanism for benefit sharing from the use of digital sequence information approved
This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano From Cali - In a significant development at the 16th Conference of the Parties (COP16) to the Conv...
Half-time at COP16, where do negotiations stand?
This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano From Cali - On Saturday morning, 27 October, puffy rain clouds loomed over the Pacific Valley Exhi...
Climate geoengineering needs ethics
This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano Large-scale experimentation with geoengineering, or climate engineering, could entail risks and un...
PFAS, EU Commission restricts use of the ‘forever chemical’ PFHxA
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 Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances...
Greek government announces €5.9 billion plan to address water crisis
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 September 11, the Greek governme...
Water Integrity Global Outlook, corruption hinders right to water
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 11 September 2024, the internati...
UN, Guterres appoints Retno Marsudi as Special Envoy on Water
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 Friday, September 13, UN...
Renewable Matter launches the newsletter “The Water Observer”
The editorial staff of Renewable Matter is pleased to announce the launch, on Thursday 5 September, of the first issue of The Water Observer, the paper's new thematic newsletter dedicated exclusivel...
PFASs can be absorbed through the skin and reach the bloodstream
PFAS can penetrate the skin and reach the bloodstream, according to the paper Dermal bioavailability of perfluoroalkyl substances using in vitro 3D human skin equivalent models, published in June 20...
The first Euro Mediterranean Water Forum will be held in Rome in 2026
In 2026, Italy will host the first Euro Mediterranean Water Forum in Rome. The Forum, which has previously focused solely on Mediterranean countries, will for the first time include all European and...
Introducing the new ISO standards for the circular economy
The International Organization for Standardization (ISO), which is responsible worldwide for setting technical standards, has published, after a five-year effort, new international standards aimed a...
Global plastics treaty, the 4th negotiation ended amid stonewalling and misinformation
The fourth round of negotiations of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC-4) for the development of an international legally binding instrument (ILBI) on plastic pollution was held in Ott...
Rising emissions, over 80% produced by only 57 companies from 2015
From the Paris Agreement to the present, climate-changing emissions have continued to increase rather than decrease. Even those related to coal — the most polluting of fossil fuels, which is w...
Green ammonia and hydrogen storage, a partnership between NextChem Tech and Vallourec
NextChem Tech's proprietary technology dedicated to green ammonia will be integrated with Vallourec's Delphy technology for hydrogen storage. Disclosing the collaboration is an April 4, 2024 press r...
Fashion Crimes: 'Zara and H&M use cotton linked to violence and environmental devastation'
“Back in the days when we used to swim in the river we were afraid of alligators. Now it is difficult to find even a small geko." Marcos Rogério Beltrão dos Santos is a Brazilian...
Tomra separates food-grade plastic from non-food-grade plastic with deep learning
* from Koblenz An intelligence capable of making decisions within milliseconds, based on information learned gradually over time, improving day by day the ability to distinguish a waste. Th...
Nature Restoration Law stalled again: Italy among opponents
It appeared that the Nature Restoration Law, a key piece of the Green Deal, was a done deal. Yet a minority of EU members, including Italy and Hungary, once again prevented the adoption of legi...