The ozone hole is shrinking. The planet’s biggest wound is on the road to recovery
Gli ultimi dati relativi al buco dell’ozono indicano un netto miglioramento rispetto al 2000. Dipeso dalle decisioni ecologiste prese trent’anni fa.
Andrea Barolini
Contributor
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69 million children risk dying from preventable causes, according to UNICEF
UNICEF’s annual report shows progress, yet overall figures remain unacceptable. The UN agency calls for immediate action.
Brexit: Britain votes to leave the European Union
Dopo 43 anni, la bandiera dell’Ue smetterà probabilmente di sventolare sul suolo del Regno Unito. Il “Brexit” dato vincente col 51,5% dei voti.
CO2 emissions in Europe have been plunging by 24% since 1990
Renewable sources, energy saving and the economic crisis have contributed to curbing CO2 emissions by a quarter compared to 1990 levels.
There are 65 million displaced people worldwide. 2015 broke all records
L’allarme dell’Alto commissariato delle Nazioni Unite per i rifugiati: il numero di persone in fuga dalle loro terre non è mai stato così alto.
Norway will cut its greenhouse gas emissions to zero by 2030
La “carbon neutrality” verrà raggiunta in Norvegia entro il 2030, ovvero venti anni prima rispetto a quanto previsto inizialmente.
Europe will be 70% renewable by 2040 (but it won’t be enough)
Bloomberg’s “New Energy Outlook 2016” confirms the advance of renewable energy. But it also explains that the road ahead is still steep and uphill.
Niger Delta, the oil spill clean-up has started. It will take 30 years
After decades of legal battles, the government of Nigeria announced the launch of a huge clean-up plan in the Niger Delta, which was once destroyed by oil drilling activities. It’s an unprecedented operation that will take 25 to 30 years to be completed and will have an estimated cost of a billion dollars. The victory comes 20 years
What could happen if we burn all the world’s fossil fuels
A Canadian study shows that if the world consumes all its reserves of oil, gas and coal, average temperatures would skyrocket.
Who is Alexander Van der Bellen, Austria’s new President
Alexander Van der Bellen took his revenge in a sense on the 22nd of May. Indeed, Van der Bellen ran for the vice-presidential elections of the National Assembly, the Austrian Parliament, in 2008. His aim was curbing the growth of the Freedom Party of Austria (FPO), the right-wing, anti-European and anti-migrant Party. However, nationalist Martin Graf