Environment

Rinnovabili • Climate Change: New Study Reveals Its Impact on Earthquakes
Climate Change
Climate Change Increases Earthquake Activity

Melting glaciers can destabilize active faults in mountain ranges, amplifying seismic activity by up to five times

Rinnovabili • Tourism Emissions: Growing Twice as Fast as the Rest of the Economy
Climate Change
The Other Side of Overtourism: The…

The carbon intensity of every euro spent on tourism is four times…

Rinnovabili • Insurance Costs: The Role of Climate Change
Climate Change
Insurance costs rise as climate-related damages…

Climate change is having an increasing economic impact, but insurance companies continue…


Rinnovabili • Saltwater Intrusion: By 2100, Saline Water in 77% of Global Aquifers
Water Management
Saltwater Intrusion: By 2100, Saline Water in 77% of Global Aquifers

In the scenario accounting for both reduced aquifer recharge and rising sea levels, saltwater intrusion in…

Rinnovabili • Arctic tundra: now emits more CO2 than it captures
Climate Change
Even the Arctic tundra now emits more CO2 than it captures

After the Amazon, this key biome in the Arctic also becomes a net emitter. Global warming…

Rinnovabili • Solar Radiation Modification: The EU must reject geoengineering
Scientific Reports
The EU must say no to geoengineering (but yes to research)

The opinion of the scientific advisors to the EU Commission has been published on solar radiation…

Rinnovabili • Global Warming 2024- Copernicus, First Year Above 1.5°C
Climate Change
2024 is the first year in which global warming exceeds 1.5 degrees

At this rate, we will surpass the Paris Agreement's target of 1.5 degrees in the first…

Rinnovabili • Rising Sea Levels: Risks in the Mediterranean
Climate Change
4 Solutions to Better Address Rising Sea Levels

The first European assessment report on rising sea levels outlines the risks and proposes four approaches…

Rinnovabili • Drought is a global reality
Water Management
Drought is a global reality

Drought has become a reality affecting the entire world, driven by climate change and human activities.…

Rinnovabili • Europe's Energy Transition: Wind Power, EVs, and CCS
Scientific Reports
Wind power, electric cars, and CCS are slowing down Europe’s energy transition

Europe has reduced emissions by 30% since 1990, but without further action, it risks missing its…

Rinnovabili • Extreme Heat: How Does It Affect Worker Productivity and Health?
Climate Change
The impact of extreme heat on workers is also increasing in Europe

In Europe, with the current trajectory of global warming, by 2050 we will have half a…

Rinnovabili • Global Plastic Pollution Treaty: INC-5, Decision in 2025
Pollution
Global Treaty on Plastic Pollution: The Meeting is Set for 2025

In Busan, South Korea, the latest round of negotiations decided to go into "extra time." The…

Rinnovabili • Climate Tipping Points: Prevention Costs Four Times Less
Climate Change
With climate tipping points, prevention costs four times less than remediation

Exceeding climate tipping points multiplies the costs of combating climate change. A study reveals that acting…

Rinnovabili • Global Plastic Treaty: Negotiations are Failing in Korea
Pollution
The “Plastic COP” is about to fail: the global plastic treaty is…

On Sunday, December 1st, the INC-5, the 5th and final round of negotiations that began in…

Rinnovabili • Peak greenhouse gas emissions in China: no later than 2025
Climate Change
China will reach its peak greenhouse gas emissions by 2025 at the…

Coal, renewables, and electric cars fuel experts' optimism. But China will miss its carbon intensity target…