The Young Fair-Trade Advocates, a group of young activists linked to the Fair-Trade Movement, have organized a four-encounters online event called “International Youth Dialogues” aimed at discussing the impact of European Union Trade Agreements in the Global South, namely in the field of labour rights, prices, gender issues, and environment. What are EU Trade Agreements? … Read more
Look up! This always counts as an invitation to enjoy and be amazed by the charm of the remote and unknown. However, it should also come as a warning sign to detect a lack in our eyes as we look beyond our usual sight. The lack of stars. Sometimes, having ‘the head in the clouds’ … Read more
Solar power along with wind power are the most consolidated sources for renewable energy. In addition to biomass and hydropower, these two have the best dissemination potential with low costs in energy production today, in the expectation of introducing other technologies, such as green hydrogen to generate electricity, while always being based on the sources … Read more
When last summer journalist Akshat Rathi started a Twitter thread asking people who left their job to fight climate change to share their stories, he was flooded with thousands of comments and DMs from professionals who did so and had zero regrets. Bloomberg Green calls them ‘climate quitters’ and they represent a growing segment of … Read more
The 2030 Agenda, adopted by all UN Member States in 2015, has at its heart the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which are an urgent call for action by all countries in a global partnership. To end poverty and deprivations all around the world, it is necessary to foster strategies that improve health and education, … Read more
Vanessa Nakate from Uganda, Greta Thunberg from Sweden, Helena Gualinga from Ecuador, Luisa Neubauer from Germany. Those women are the first signers of a worldwide climate action directed to CEOs of fossil fuels companies with the aim to stop the opening of new extraction sites. Today the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, is coming to … Read more
The Climate Game – Can you reach net zero by 2050? is the Financial Times’ format that asks players to save the world from the worst effects of climate change through an innovative gamified setup. It is open to everyone, for free. What if world leaders appoint you the global minister for future generations to … Read more
During this festive moment, some of you might think of their resolutions for the coming year and as a celebration of a fresh start, Power to X appears more and more to be the kick-off of a new and concrete era of renewable power supply. Power to X (Ptx or P2X) refers to the conversion … Read more
The Urban Nature Atlas (UNA) is a wide opensource database funded by European Union’s Horizon 2020 which “aims to inform, inspire and enable everyone interested in bringing their transformative power to bear on the cities of the future”. Started in 2017 by the Central European University in collaboration with the Ecologic Institute and the Durham … Read more
According to the World Bank, trends show that the world generates 2.01 billion tonnes of municipal solid waste annually, with at least 33% of that not managed in an environmentally safe manner. The food we throw away create many by-products, and methane is one of the worst offenders – responsible for as much as 16% … Read more