Oliver Hart and Bengt Holmström won the Nobel Prize in Economics 2016 The two winners of the Nobel Prize in Economics 2016 Oliver Hart and Bengt Holmström have been studying how contracts and incentives influence business decisions and relationships since the ‘70s. “This year’s laureates have developed contract theory – the Royal Swedish Academy explains – a comprehensive framework for
Il primo ministro dell’Etiopia Hailemariam Desalegn ha annunciato l’instaurazione dello stato d’emergenza, dopo mesi di violente proteste.
Orange peels and avocado skins have been used to create a cheap, natural and super-absorbent material. Kiara Nirghin, 16-year-old South African girl of Indian origin, has developed a polymer made of polysaccharides from food scraps that can hold water more than 100 times their weight. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FFrdZjIDwAU Combatting drought in South Africa In 2016 South Africa
Sweden’s Ministry for financial markets and consumer affairs has proposed to introduce tax breaks to citizens who repair broken objects and appliances instead of buying new ones. The proposal represents an incentive to reduce the use of resources while cutting CO2 emissions. Sweden will slash taxes The Value-added Tax (VAT) rate will be reduced from
With the plundering of most of the world’s land-based mineral deposits, the new frontier for the global mining industry is seabed mining. Almost every government with rights over marine areas are currently clambering to enable this destructive practice, still in its experimental phase, to take place in their waters and the scale of what is
By a vote of 610 in favour to 38 against, with 31 abstentions, the European Parliament has approved the ratification of the Paris Agreement on the 4th of October. With the European Union’s ratification, the Paris Agreement can now enter into force, given that the 55 per cent emission threshold has been crossed and at
Il land grabbing, la deforestazione e altri crimini ambientali sono entrati a far parte della lista dei reati classificati come crimini contro l’umanità, secondo la Corte penale internazionale.
Before the flood è incentrato sulla più grande minaccia che il nostro pianeta si trova a dover fronteggiare: i cambiamenti climatici.
La Convenzione sul commercio internazionale delle specie a rischio ha intensificato la protezione dei pangolini, i mammiferi più venduti illegalmente.
Italian artist Maria Cristina Finucci created an art installation in the Island of San Pantaleo, Sicily, to raise awareness on the problem of plastic pollution in world’s oceans.
