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European First.It could be summarized like this the agreement on asylum and migration reached on 20 December after all-night negotiations between representatives of national governments, the European Parliament and the European Commission. After years of clashes and fractures, the European Union is consolidating, strengthening the walls of his fortress, erecting walls, elevating migrant people for a moment to a role that is difficult to maintain and then letting them fall.In the middle of the sea. We have been waiting for the reform of the European asylum and migration system for some time.There has been talk for years about the reform of the Dublin Regulation and, in particular, its key principle:that the country of entry be responsible for all asylum procedures even if those arriving do not intend to stay in the country where they arrive.There was great anticipation for this pact on asylum and migration because it will define the direction of EU migration policies for many yea...

The weekly round-up on the climate crisis and data on carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere. According to new research published on February 14th on Nature, nearly half of the Amazon will face several “unprecedented” stressors that could push the forest toward a major tipping point by 2050.The largest rainforest in the world he's already under pressure due to climate change, deforestation, biodiversity loss and extreme weather conditions. About 20% of the Amazon it has already been deforested and another 6% are “highly degraded.” According to several studies, the Brazilian section of the Amazon is now a net “source” of carbon, rather than a “sink,” due to a number of factors including deforestation. The scholars have long warned that climate change and human-driven deforestation could push the Amazon forest beyond the “tipping point,” a threshold that, if exceeded, would see the “disappearance&rdquo...

The weekly round-up on the climate crisis and data on carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere. April 2024 marked a potentially momentous turning point for climate lawsuits:for the first time a transnational court specializing in human rights explicitly supported the right to climate protection.The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruled in favor of the request presented by KlimaSeniorinnen, a group of Swiss women over 64 who had brought a lawsuit against the Swiss government for its climate policies deemed ineffective.On the same day, the ECHR rejected two other similar requests. There victory of KlimaSeniorinnen could set a precedent:from now on citizens, associations or informal groups know that they can turn to the ECHR to ask for an account of state climate policies.It is now clear that the courts are becoming yet another battlefront on climate change.The number of climate litigation is constantly increasing:Legal actions against governments, institutions and b...

They are our future, the future of mobility, with a fundamental role for the necessary ecological transition, or "they are madness that has no environmental, economic, social, industrial explanations", as claimed by the Minister of Infrastructure and Transport, Matteo Salvini? One thing is certain.Since 2035 it will no longer be possible to purchase new petrol and diesel cars within EU countries.Car manufacturers will have to reduce the carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions of new cars sold by 100%, with the aim of encouraging the transition to the sale of electric cars. Yet the transition to electric cars is encountering a certain resistance, not only in public opinion but also among those who should support and accompany this transition.Always Minister Salvini he said that electric cars "are rubbish from Europe that is giving a huge gift to China". His position is not isolated. In short, even on electric cars the debate has been polarized, especially by those who, in t...

It works like this.A proposal is made that is inadmissible from many points of view, requiring the proposer to be kicked out, closing the door rudely behind him.Or throwing it in his face, if he is at the door. The advantage of making it so big?Simple.The subsequent proposal, purged of the most inadmissible aspects, will at that point seem much more reasonable or acceptable.It will seem the result of a happy and constructive common sense mediation.Let's be clear:it cannot be ruled out that the other party is not so smart as to accept the first proposal.But this would only demonstrate how useful it is to shoot big on the first try. This dynamic is now repeated for the security package just announced by the government.Which aggravates crimes that did not need to be aggravated, or creates them for dangers that are non-existent.However, trampling on rights, as for those who are moved by a clear contempt for the categories affected.A contempt that is reserved for enemies;not to citiz...