Cambiamento climatico

The weekly round-up on the climate crisis and data on carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere. The fire emergency repeats itself every year, in July there is the peak of attention, but then in winter there is not enough work on prevention.In Italy, after almost 160 thousand hectares of land were burned in 2021, an improvement was recorded in 2022 with "only" 68,510 hectares affected by fires, and the summer of 2023 also begins with a low risk level thanks to the abundant rains in recent months.Like every year, the race started in mid-June Aib campaign (forest firefighting) on ​​tasks, responsibilities and initiatives that the various bodies and administrations must undertake in the event of an emergency.But before the emergency, what was done in winter to prevent fires?According to many observers, not enough.“In Italy there is still a lot of focus on active fire fighting and not so much on prevention,” explains a Blue suitcase L...

The weekly round-up on the climate crisis and data on carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere. “My generation betrayed Greta Thunberg's.”The words are of Pete Betts, “a legend of climate diplomacy and of the United Nations Climate Conferences”, as Simon Sharpe, a former British civil servant, defined him in his recent book Five Times Faster.  Whereas Betts was the UK Government's International Director for Climate and Energy for ten years, lead negotiator at COPs for the European Union and for the United Kingdom at the United Nations on climate, and has managed international climate finance for a worth approximately 3.5 billion euros, his words are more than a bitter personal observation, they are a political message that calls the international community into question.They almost sound like an admission of the collective failure of a generation of political leaders, journalists and social partners, incapable of grasping the crucial importance of...

The weekly round-up on the climate crisis and data on carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere. A new relationship of the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP), “Turning off the Tap:How the world can end plastic pollution and create a circular economy” (“Turn off the tap:how the world can end plastic pollution and create a sustainable circular economy”), outlined a roadmap to dramatically reduce plastic pollution. According to the report – which outlines the scale and nature of the changes needed to create a sustainable, human- and environmentally-friendly circular economy – plastic pollution could be reduced by 80% by 2040 if countries and companies used existing technologies to make significant policy and market changes. Plastic pollution could reduce by 80% by 2040 if governments and companies make policy and market shifts using existing technologies.OUT NOW – UNEP’s new report provides a pathway for nations to...

The Jagalingou Aboriginal tribe in Australia, the indigenous communities of the Philippines and the Brazilian and Colombian Amazon.A article by DW told how these groups are fighting to preserve their territories.All over the world, indigenous peoples must fight for their fundamental rights.The defense of their rights coincides with better protection of the environment and climate.However, although they are considered custodians of natural resources, indigenous tribes often face repression, discrimination and mass racism. And they pay with their lives. Between 2012 and 2021, human rights groups and organizations documented the deaths of more than 1,700 environmental and land defenders in approximately 60 countries.According to data published by the environmental and human rights organization Global Witness, more than 35% of those killed were indigenous. At the heart of conflicts are often large mining projects, agricultural logging, reservoir dams and oil, gas and coal extraction...

The weekly round-up on the climate crisis and data on carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere. Is called "The Just Cause”.It is the campaign that promotes the legal initiative that ReCommon and Greenpeace and twelve Italian citizens - coming from areas already affected by the impacts of climate change, such as coastal erosion due to rising sea levels, drought, melting glaciers – have filed against ENI, the first of its kind against a private company in Italy.The two organizations and the citizens involved they filed a civil lawsuit against the energy company "for the damages suffered and future, both financial and otherwise, resulting from climate change to which ENI has significantly contributed with its conduct in recent decades, despite being aware of it". In short, according to ReCommon and Greenpeace, although ENI has been aware since 1970 that the combustion of fossil fuels is the main cause of climate change and the "catastrophic" r...