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Worldwide, only 57 companies belonging to the energy and cement sectors are responsible for 80% of climate-changing gas emissions.Among these, there is also the Italian Eni.This was demonstrated, with data in hand, by research based on the "Carbon Majors" platform - a database created in 2013 by Richard Heede of the Climate Accountability Institute in the USA -, carried out by the London-based non-profit think tank InfluenceMap.The statistics cover a very broad time period, ranging from 1854 to 2022, but the report places a particular focus on the period between 2016, when governments around the world signed the Paris climate agreements, until 2022.In fact, in this phase alone, 251 billion tons of CO2 were released into the atmosphere. Historically, investor-owned companies account for 31% of all emissions tracked by the database, with America's Chevron and ExxonMobil and Britain's BP taking center stage.State-owned companies are linked to 33% of the total database:here Saudi...

In Switzerland 25% of participants in an experiment he sold his car after finishing it.The experiment involved 100 people selected throughout the Canton of Bern, who had to leave the keys to their car for a month, receiving in exchange a free and unlimited bus and train pass, an electric bike and access to the car sharing.The objective of the pilot test was to encourage the population to opt for gentle mobility:an aim achieved with surprising results, since over a quarter of the families who participated sold their cars.In detail, 12 families have completely given up on four wheels, while 6 have decided to do without one of the two cars they used before the experiment. The start-up ÖV42 di started the experiment 42hacks, a Swiss-registered non-profit cooperative of climate hackers and entrepreneurs that “aims to bridge the gap between climate promises and protests.”Switzerland has a very modern public transport network but, despite this, people still tend to prefer the...