Francesca Clemente

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.

Pico de gallo, a traditional recipe from Mexico

Here is the traditional recipe of pico de gallo, a Mexican sauce that is very easy to prepare and should be served as an antipasto.

Brazil, Guaraní tribe attacked by ranchers who want their land

Attacks on indigenous people by armed gunmen working for ranchers continue: a slow genocide, the result of the occupation of indigenous ancestral lands.

The first mammal has become extinct due to climate change

The Bramble Cay melomys was the only mammal endemic to the Great Barrier Reef. The rodent has gone extinct because of rising sea levels.

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.

Israel cuts water supply to Palestine during Ramadan

“Water is life”. June Kunugi, UNICEF’s special representative to Palestine, reaffirmed it during the opening of the first water desalination plant in Gaza. Exactly while Israel decided to cut water supplies to West Bank, leaving tens of thousands of Palestinian people without water during the Islamic holy month of Ramadan. In the first