Cambiamento climatico

The weekly round-up on the climate crisis and data on carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere. The “window” to meet the commitments of the Paris Agreement “is closing rapidly”, he warns the latest report of the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) on the "emissions gap" compared to the objectives to keep the increase in temperatures within 1.5°C of the pre-industrial era. Despite ambitious commitments, progress has been "limited" in the year since the last United Nations Climate Conference in Glasgow.The drop in emissions associated with the Covid-19 pandemic proved to be "short-lived". In 2021 CO2 emissions have returned to 2019 levels and global coal emissions have exceeded 2019 levels.While emissions of methane and nitrous oxide have remained relatively stable, emissions of fluorinated gases continue to grow. While there has been some progress in reducing the growth rate of emissions, global greenhouse gas emi...

The weekly round-up on the climate crisis and data on carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere. Eleven dead, two missing, over fifty injured, enormous damage to homes and infrastructure.It is the sad balance of severe floods which devastated the Marche between 15 and 16 September.In two or three hours about 400 mm of rain fell, he said the Civil Protection, a third of the rain that usually falls in a year.The provinces of Ancona, Pesaro and Urbino were the most affected.In Senigallia the Misa river broke its banks and invaded the city center. Yes question on the real possibility of predicting an event of this severity, on the effectiveness of the Civil Protection weather warning systems and on the state of the prevention measures adopted in recent years by the Region and Municipality to limit the impact of extreme events, which unfortunately are increasingly frequent now at all latitudes. In the meantime have been opened two investigations, one by the Ancona Prosecutor's Offic...

The weekly round-up on the climate crisis and data on carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere. “Loss and Damage” is the term used to describe how climate change is already causing severe and, in many cases, irreversible impacts around the world – particularly in vulnerable communities. As he explains to Carbon Brief the Prof.Saleemul Huq, director of the International Center for Climate Change and Development (ICCCAD) and pioneer of loss and damage research: “The term ‘loss and damage’ refers to the impacts of human-induced climate change affecting people around the world.Damages refer to things that can be repaired, such as damaged homes, while losses refer to things that have been completely lost and will not come back, such as human lives.” “We are losing infrastructure, agricultural land – and we are losing what we can call a hope of having sustainable economic growth and a future for all,” adds Ineza Umuhoza Gra...

The weekly round-up on the climate crisis and data on carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere. The European Commission he presented on 18 October another series of emergency measures to combat the increase in energy prices, without however setting a ceiling on the price of gas since member states are still divided on the matter.Over 15 EU countries are in favor, including Italy, Poland, Greece and Belgium, but there is no agreement on how to structure the proposal.Germany and the Netherlands are against this, according to which a cap on gas prices could make it difficult for individual countries to attract fuel from global markets at a time when Russian supplies are in short supply.France would instead like to extend the scheme used this summer locally by Spain and Portugal to the entire EU. The proposals will now have to be approved by European Union member states.Among these, the idea of ​​fixing a temporary "maximum dynamic price" to trade on the Euro...

I declare, I was irritated by the gesture of a person who throws a tomato on a shrine or defaces monuments, even if not irreparably.Then I decided to delve deeper into the reasons and try to understand.I spoke at length with my twenty-year-old daughter, climate activist, Carlotta Sarina aka Struggle  who, introducing me to his activist friends from Extinction Rebellion, Fridays for Future, Ultima Generazione, made me reflect. I talked to them, I went to the their meetings, I tried to take off the weight of the presumption of truth, of the judgmental approach and I was literally left speechless by the depth of their ideas, their ability to network, their openness to discussion and their incredible ability to communicate and inform oneself. My initial approach was that of a person who professionally deals with communications and therefore I imagined I could help them communicate by making my experience available.A somewhat paternalistic approach that I gradually toned down until it...