Environment

Climate Change

Rinnovabili • Wildfire insurance: premiums cut by 39% for prevention efforts
Climate Change
A new wildfire insurance model rewards resilience in climate-stricken California

On the California insurance market—battered by wildfires that have slashed coverage and driven up costs—a new wildfire insurance model has just emerged. The twist? Premiums and deductibles…

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

Climate action impact on GDP: ambitious policies today mean +3% by 2050…

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 • Mining-driven deforestation: 14,000 km² lost in 20 year
Climate Change
Gold, smartphones, and renewables fuel mining-driven deforestation

Since 2001, 14,000 km² of forests have been lost due to mining activities and related operations—an…

Rinnovabili • Since 2001, forest fire emissions have increased by 60%
Climate Change
Since 2001, forest fire emissions have increased by 60%

Warmer, drier climates and higher forest growth rates are factors—linked to the climate crisis—that fuel forest…

Rinnovabili • Carbon capture: +60% projects in 2024
Climate Change
Global carbon capture capacity remains stalled: only 51 million tons of CO2…

The CCS Institute has updated its global monitoring of carbon capture and storage (CCS) projects. While…

Rinnovabili • Climate change adaptation: 4 out of 10 EU projects are useless.
Climate Change
For Europe, adaptation to climate change is still a black hole

Report from the European Court of Auditors on actions for climate crisis adaptation. States provide generic…

Rinnovabili • Vital parameters of the Earth, 25 out of 35 reach extreme records
Climate Change
Vital parameters of the Earth, 25 out of 35 reach extreme records

The “2024 State of the Climate” report highlights a deterioration, with 20 red-alert indicators in 2023.…

Rinnovabili • The LNG imported from the United States pollutes 30% more than coal
Climate Change
The LNG imported from the United States pollutes 30% more than coal

A study by Cornell University calculates the carbon footprint of liquefied natural gas by including all…

Rinnovabili • What would life be like in cities if global warming exceeded 3 degrees?
Climate Change
What would life be like in cities if global warming exceeded 3…

A report from the World Resources Institute (WRI) shows what would happen in cities if global…

Rinnovabili • Planetary boundaries: the 7th (out of 9) has almost been exceeded as well
Climate Change
We have almost exceeded another Planetary boundaries

The global indicator for ocean acidification, the aragonite saturation state, has worsened and is very close…

Rinnovabili • Amazon and Pantanal fires: record high, the most in 20 years
Climate Change
The year 2024 will be the worst for fires in the Amazon…

Half of the fires have devastated areas of old-growth forest. Emissions are on track to surpass…

Rinnovabili • Extreme events in Italy in the data released by Anbi. Cloudbursts account for more than half of the total. A particular concentration of events occurred in the first two weeks of September.
Climate Change
In 2024, nearly 1,900 extreme events in Italy

The data released by Anbi. More than half of the total are cloudbursts. A particular concentration…

Rinnovabili • Climate change: the degradation of the cryosphere generates tsunamis
Climate Change
Climate change: the degradation of the cryosphere generates tsunamis

The glacier retreat caused by rising temperatures led to a rockslide of 25 million cubic meters…

Rinnovabili • Antarctic Glaciers
Climate Change
Antarctic Glaciers: Decisions Today Will Shape Their Fate in 300 Years

We are making decisions today that will determine the future of Antarctica's glaciers 300 years from…