Which country works hardest for climate
No country holds the top three positions in the 2014 edition of the Climate Change Performance Index (CCPI).
Yaya Touré stands up for African elephants
Côte d’Ivoire and Manchester City football player Yaya Touré has become UNEP Goodwill Ambassador to protect elephants, disappearing because of poaching.
Towards the status of climate refugee
The status of refugees should be updated to include all those people who are forced to migrate because of climate change.
World’s most polluted cities
Dopo la notizia sui livelli di polveri sottili fuori controllo rilevati a Pechino, l’Economist ha pubblicato il grafico delle città più inquinate al mondo.
Vietnam, climate crisis
In Vietnam il cambiamento climatico costerà circa quattro miliardi di dollari, mentre il costo del lavoro aumenterà per via della riduzione della produttività causando perdite per 8 miliardi.
What are carbon credits?
Imagine a stock exchange where a multitude of brokers scream to sell and buy. Calls, handshakes, shouts. But there’s something different. Brokers do not exchange stocks, but… trees.
The history of climate change conferences, also known as COPs
The year was 1992, and the world was beginning to see global warming as a serious threat. Below we recount the history of the UNFCCC Conferences of the Parties (COPs), without forgetting those who haven’t lost hope that even the staunchest climate change deniers can change their minds.
How to embed a social media post
Learn how to insert a social media post in your article.
Deepwater Horizon disaster: the names of the guilty parties
The news agency Reuters has published the factbox including the companies involved in the Deepwater Horizon rig construction and management, all co-responsible for the environmental disaster in the Gulf of Mexico.
What is the Kyoto Protocol
The Kyoto Protocol, signed in 1997 and which entered into force in 2005, is the global agreement on climate that binds industrialised countries to limiting their CO2 emissions.