China will ban disposable plastic. The transition will take place gradually and will affect some products before others, big cities before small towns. The announcement was made by the National Commission for Development and Reforms and the Ministry of...
The European Commission has announced an ambition to
generate €1 trillion to finance its European Green Deal.
The commission threw down the gauntlet to EU member states
and the European Parliament yesterday by emphasizing the urgency of pushing
through the climate change funding...
94% of Italians say they want to stop using plastic bottles and 66% have already done so. Italy is in first place in Europe for sensitivity towards sustainability issues, together with Spain, Portugal and Malta. Equally high is the...
University of Cincinnati geography researchers have identified a tipping point for deforestation that leads to rapid forest loss. Geography professor Tomasz Stepinski used high-resolution satellite images from the European Space Agency to study landscapes in 9-kilometer-wide blocks across every...
WWF-Australia is greatly saddened by the loss of life in the
bushfire tragedy gripping Australia. The fires have also been devasting for
Australia’s wildlife and wild places, as massive areas of native bushland,
forests and parks have been scorched. “Our hearts go...
In Italy it is possible to use electric scooters in the
city: the Official Gazette makes law 160 of 27 December 2019 operational. The
amendment of the maneuver changes the rules for these widespread two-wheeled
vehicles, agile in traffic and with a...
2020 is coming and it's time for analysis. For us, 2019 was
the year zero, the one in which we decided to make our small contribution to
the environment by putting ourselves at stake with what we know how to do:
write...
While the media headlines have rightly focused this year on
the many warning signs of a planetary emergency, WWF would like to end the year
on a more hopeful note. So here are some of their biggest success stories in
2019 from...
Waste is not a problem that affects only the planet Earth.
Even in space, with its many scientific missions, debris is starting to
accumulate. For this reason, the European Space Agency (ESA) has announced that
it has chosen the consortium that will...
Switzerland says goodbye to nuclear power and shuts down the
Muehleberg power plant, one of five plants operating on Swiss territory. The
shutdown took place on live TV on 20 December and was hailed by
environmentalists as a green milestone. It certainly...
