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COP29: with Trump's return, will China be the new climate hero?

This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano COP29 in Baku opened against the backdrop of Donald Trump’s re-election. While the announcem...

Decarbonising Cement Thanks to Carbon Capture: interview with Sergio Tortelli

This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano According to the International Energy Agency, the intensity of carbon dioxide emissions in cement ...

Jeff Opperman (WWF): "Protecting nature is not enough; we must restore it"

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 Wildlife populations have decl...

Bertrand Millot on decarbonizing a multi-billion dollar portfolio

This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano Can a portfolio worth hundreds of billions of dollars be decarbonized? And under what conditions c...

All together at Ecomondo, here we accelerate the ecological transition

This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano From the 5th to the 8th of November, the entire world of the green, circular and low-carbon econom...

Sponge cities: are they really working? Interview with Professor Kongjian Yu

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 concept of sponge cities, ...

Alien Entities: How Chemical Pollution Threatens the Global Ecosystem

Since 2009, the Planetary Boundaries have been one of the most effective displays of the main drivers of global ecosystem crises, their “progress”, and their interconnections. In this fr...

Water and sanitation (WASH), there is more to it than climate

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 According to the World Health Organ...

Andrea Battaglia: ‘Open source accelerates ecological transition by reducing costs’

Open source technologies linked to sustainability are one of the main drivers for accelerating the digital and ecological transition. Ahead of the FIWARE Global Summit to be held in Naples on 18-19 ...

Virtual water and climate, Taikan Oki awarded with the Stockholm Water Prize 2024

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 from Stockholm - In Stockholm, Swed...

Kamala Harris is ready to push forward the Inflation Reduction Act

The American clean energy sector has a new champion, the presidential candidate, Kamala Harris. Yet the issue of electric car and solar panels divide very much the country in two distinctive fields....

COP16 Desertification, interview with Alain-Richard Donwahi

Desertification is one of the main drivers of migration and food crises. Along with the UN negotiating processes on Climate (UNFCCC) and Biodiversity (CBD), since 1992 there has been a dedicated tra...

Hera Group’s Solutions for Circular Decarbonisation

EU climate targets require businesses to undertake rather complex industrial decarbonisation. This radical transformation in the way companies manufacture products and consume energy necessitates th...

Decarbonising steel: An interview with Andrew Purvis (World Steel Association)

Steel is one of the materials with the highest carbon footprint in the world. For every tonne produced, two tonnes ofCO2 are released into the atmosphere. This is a critical climate balance, but one...

Three Perspectives on Mountains: MR51 Interviews

The Think Tank section of issue 51 of Renewable Matter, dedicated to the Mountain, features an all-female panel. We have once again brought together some of the most authoritative voices at the...

E.ON: How Energy Service Companies Can Become Community Organisers

In the age of the green transition, the core business of Energy Service Companies is expanding. Created to provide energy services and offer solutions for efficiency and usage management, some of th...

Garry Cooper: From Circular Economy to Quantum Computing, Collaboration is the Key to Success

At Circularity 24, the leading circular economy conference in the United States, one of the central themes was collaboration as a tool for promoting sustainability and innovation. Among the spe...

The Evolving World of Energy Storage Systems

Progetto Manifattura, the historic Trentino-based cleantech incubator, has been part of the birth of many companies in the renewable energy sector. However, few of these have achieved the same degre...