Cambiamento climatico

The weekly round-up on the climate crisis and data on carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere. According to preliminary data from the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), the first week of July was the world's hottest ever recorded since global temperatures have been recorded with "potentially devastating impacts on ecosystems and the environment".At least three series of data indicate this, explains the WMO:those managed by the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA), those collected by the University of Maine and those by the European Union climate monitoring service, Copernicus.With a global average temperature of 17.24°C on July 7th has been overcome the previous record, reached on 16 August 2016, was 0.3°C.Then, as today, the El Niño climate phenomenon influenced global temperatures. The month of June had already been the hottest month on record and this week Italy could touch levels never reached in Europe, writes the Guardian. &ldqu...

After the publication of our article on the essay signed by Italian physicists withdrawn by the scientific publishing house Springer Nature, one of our readers reported to us the reply of the first signatory of the study, the nuclear physicist Gianluca Alimonti.In response to Retraction Watch, Alimonti linked a post by Roger Pielke Jr which - explains our reader - "provides a view of the facts from the other side and questions the process that led to the withdrawal of the paper".The comment ends like this:“I mention it for completeness, not because I agree with it.” The scientific publishing house Springer Nature has withdrawn the study by four Italian physicists which denied the impacts of the climate crisis Precisely these last words give us the opportunity to state that the time has probably come to leave no room for arguments that stage a scientific debate on climate change that is actually over.In the case of climate change, "providing multiple...

The weekly round-up on the climate crisis and data on carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere. Last week, a summit was held in Paris on how to enable low-income countries most exposed to the impacts of the climate crisis to grow their economies by reducing their dependence on fossil fuels [we'll talk about it in detail later]. What can the 54 countries of the African continent do to contribute to the decarbonisation of the world?Can Africa make a leap in quality and combine energy transition and economic growth?These are the questions that the journalist of New York Times, Somini Sengupta, he addressed to Wanjira Mathai, director general for Africa and global partnerships at the World Resources Institute (WRI), and Rebekah Shirley, senior environmental researcher and deputy director for Africa at WRI. These two simple questions opened up deeper questions having to do with the financial sustainability of the energy transition, the capacity of the electricity grid and...

Last October 3rd the workers of Magneti Marelli's Crevalcore plant went on strike against the intention, declared by the managers, to close the plant.After the mobilization of both the unions and local and national politicians, the company decided to suspend the closure procedure. Although Magneti Marelli mainly deals with batteries, the Crevalcore plant still works on internal combustion engine components.For this reason, the managers claim, there has been a decline in turnover in recent years which has made the closure of the plant essential. The crisis of Crevalcore's Magneti Marelli, in fact, cannot be seen as an isolated case, but as a failure of our country's strategy in keeping up with electric mobility.This while the rest of the world has decided to take the challenge seriously, even if more for geopolitical rivalries and electoral opportunities. What we talk about in this article:China's leap and America's responseThe USA, Biden and the electric car as a symbol of re...

The weekly round-up on the climate crisis and data on carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere. Do citizens have the right to a healthy environment?In Montana yes, by Constitution.THE'article II of the State Constitution in fact it reads:“The State and every person must maintain and enhance a clean and healthy environment in Montana for present and future generations.” Sixteen young people, aged 5 to 23, supported Our Children's Trust, a nonprofit advocacy organization based in Eugene, Oregon, relied on this article to sue the state for putting the interests of the fossil fuel industry before it and violating constitutional law to a “clean and healthy environment”.If they win, the case could become a precedent in other states where similar lawsuits have been filed. The case “Held vs.Montana” is named after Rikki Held, the daughter of a farmer who saw her family's livestock killed due to drought and floods.Rikki was the only adult when...