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
This is how you embed a social media post. [frame] Aung San Suu Kyi’s party wins absolute majority in #Myanmar https://t.co/sd5mN0cHtM pic.twitter.com/OXKmthOhDJ — LifeGate Intl (@lifegate_intl) November 13, 2015 [/frame] Remember to space the post in between the text.
Deepwater Horizon disaster: the names of the guilty parties
Transocean Ltd (RIGN.S) (RIG.N) – The company based Switzerland, is the owner of the oil platform Deepwater Horizon. The rig went into service in 2001 for a geophysical survey in the area of Macondo, starting from 40 miles off the coast of Louisiana. BP Plc (BP.L) (BP.N) – British Petroleum hired the oil rig from Transocean
What is the Kyoto Protocol
The Kyoto Protocol is the first international agreement to mandate reductions in gas emissions that caused the greenhouse effect, climate change and global warming. It is based on the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) treaty, signed in Rio de Janeiro in 1992 during the famous Earth Summit. During the 1997 Kyoto Conference,
1987 Brundtland Report
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