Japan ignores international bans and starts whaling again
Il Giappone ha annunciato la ripresa della caccia ai cetacei nell’Antartico per “scopi scientifici”. Nei prossimi dodici anni saranno uccise circa 4mila balenottere.
Bosnia-Herzegovina. Hydropower plant threatens one of Europe’s rarest fish
Il progetto della società austriaca Kelag potrebbe compromettere un habitat unico e la sopravvivenza del salmone del Danubio.
All you need to know about the beginning of climate talks at COP21
COP21 has begun and over 100 leaders from all over the world have met at Le Bourget, Paris, to bring their enthusiasm and their pledges to reduce CO2 emissions, in preparation for a landmark, binding deal. Once again, the speech that hit the nail on the head the most has been delivered by Barack Obama. He
Air pollution. Italy is Europe’s most polluted country
Secondo il rapporto dell’Aea solo in Italia sono 84400 le morti premature causate dalle polveri fini. La più colpita è la Pianura Padana.
COP21. India leads Solar Alliance of 121 countries
L’iniziativa è stata lanciata alla Cop 21 dal governo dell’India. L’obiettivo è permettere lo sviluppo del solare nelle nazioni situate tra i due tropici.
Naomi Klein and her documentary on climate change
Earlier in 2015, the Canadian writer and journalist Naomi Klein has published a book that became a manifesto on climate change and capitalism, entitled This Changes Everything. She starts with the basic assumption that without a radical change in the way world population lives, produces and manages its economic activities, there is no way to avoid environmental destruction.
Brazil, the sweet river becomes river of death
Il disastro minerario avvenuto in Brasile tre settimane fa ha devastato il bacino del Rio Doce e dei suoi affluenti, seminando morte tra gli animali e disperazione tra i pescatori.
COP21: artists united to make their voices heard in Paris
A few days before the beginning of COP21, the conference on climate to take place in Paris from 30 November, more than 300 artists and leading personalities in the international creative industry signed an open letter addressed to the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs and President of COP21 as well as to the UNFCCC (United Nation framework
The COP21 has begun. Alongside promises and arrests, one certain fact: it can’t fail
Atmosfera tesa a Parigi alla vigilia della Cop 21: la polizia ha reagito ad una manifestazione non autorizzata in place de la République. Decine di arresti.
People marched from the Netherlands to Paris to protect the environment
L’associazione olandese Urgenda ha organizzato The Climate Miles: una marcia lunga 580 km, dall’Olanda alla Francia, per chiedere di salvare la Terra.