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Implement policies aimed at combating climate change without accompanying them with incentives, price interventions or specific tax policies it could prove essentially useless:is what emerges from new peer-reviewed research led by the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) and the Mercator Research Institute on Global Commons and Climate Change (MCC) and published in magazine Science.The study used an innovative approach and a new database to analyze more than 20 years of climate policies, finding that only 63 cases out of approximately 1,500 were actually effective in significantly reducing greenhouse gas emissions.«Our data shows that many policies do not necessarily equate to better results:what is fundamental, however, is the right mix of measures", explain the authors of the study. The research used a new databases of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and a innovative approach that combined machine learning methods with...

Of Rita Cantalino Ioane Teitiota is a man originally from the island of Tarawa, in the Republic of Kiribati, a dot on the map in the center of the Pacific that represents a small constellation of coral atolls and islets.A paradise of white beaches and crystal clear sea whose islands are the first on the planet, every day, to see the sunrise, the first to celebrate every new year, but which could soon disappear because the sea is swallowing them. For this reason, in 2015 Teitiota he decided to leave.Coastal erosion was making his home unlivable:the lands were becoming salinised, cultivating or raising animals was impossible because there was less and less fresh water.With the water, the land on which to stand, to have a home, to live also decreased:the sea was eating everything, causing discontent to grow and, with it, a climate of violence due to the scarcity of land. Teitiota goes to New Zealand where he applies for international protection:his and his family's lives are put at risk b...

From the assumption that COP28 will never lead to concrete solutions to the climate crisis, in Colombia, the Earth Social Conference, a sort of protest counter-conference which, however, could have some interesting implications.“We call on all climate 'realists' to decline our invitation to COP28 and join us for the first Earth Social Conference in December,” so over 50 environmental and human rights organizations from around the world have invited to participate at their social climate conference and asked to boycott the disputed Dubai summit.The objective is therefore an alternative conference, which is also broader in scope given that topics such as the conflict in the Middle East and new forms of colonization will be covered.The event is taking place in the Casanare area and will last until December 10th. Most of those who organized or will participate in the social conference in Colombia had already taken part in previous climate conferences, protesting or in the secti...

In the end, agreement was found at COP28.The 198 delegates to the United Nations Climate Conference they approved the so-called Global Stocktake, where, for the first time, we talk about the “transition away from fossil fuels”.The objective would be to achieve climate neutrality by 2050, but it is not made clear whether the definitive abandonment of gas and oil will actually have to take place by that date.In fact, the text did not include the expressions "phase out" or "phase down" (gradual elimination), which the oil-producing nations had opposed, starting with the host Saudi Arabia.The term chosen was instead the less demanding "transitioning away", to be implemented in an unspecified "fair, just and orderly" way.However, the wording adopted is overall vague and, above all, non-binding given the only and weak appeal "calls on", ("countries are called to...").«It is a historic agreement and I am proud of it...

It had been clear for some time that the United Nations climate summit was a farce, but nevertheless it was difficult to believe that it could have been done even worse.This year, however, the contradictions and potential conflicts of interest have even been put out in the open, in plain sight, before everyone's eyes.The result is, to put it simply, decisions that are supposed to solve the climate crisis they were placed in the hands of those who caused it.The 28th Climate Conference of the Parties (COP28) will take place in the United Arab Emirates and will be chaired by the head of the nation's oil giant.Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber, CEO of the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC), will have the task of defining the agenda of the main international conference on climate issues, playing a central role in the negotiations aimed at reaching, in theory, a consensus on points such as the reduction of CO2 emissions and the progressive abandonment of fossil fuels.An absurdity signed by the Unite...