Environment

Climate Change

Rinnovabili • Climate action impact on GDP: +3% by 2050 with stronger policies
Climate Change
SStronger climate policies could boost global GDP by 3% by 2050

Climate action impact on GDP: ambitious policies today mean +3% by 2050 and +13% by 2100, says OECD and UNDP report.

Rinnovabili • Global greenhouse gas emissions: 36 companies behind 50%
Climate Change
36 companies behind half of global…

The Carbon Majors report by InfluenceMap outlines the corporate giants most responsible…


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…

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

The carbon intensity of every euro spent on tourism is four times higher than the average…

Rinnovabili • Insurance Costs: The Role of Climate Change
Climate Change
Insurance costs rise as climate-related damages amount to 567 billion euros

Climate change is having an increasing economic impact, but insurance companies continue to play a contradictory…

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 • 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 • 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 • 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 • 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…

Rinnovabili • State of the Cryosphere 2024: Only 1.5°C Minimizes the Damage
Climate Change
The Future of the Cryosphere in 3 Global Warming Scenarios

This is the warning issued by the State of the Cryosphere 2024 report, coordinated by the…

Rinnovabili • Climate Commitments by Companies at COP29
Climate Change
COP29, the Private Sector and the Climate Challenge: Where Do We Stand?

The Elephant in the Room Remains the Exit from Fossil Fuels. While more companies are drafting…

Rinnovabili • In 20 years, dozens of
Climate Change
In 20 years, dozens of “impossible” extreme events have occurred

Carbon Brief updates the global map of attribution studies, scientific works that quantify the role of…