Cambiamento climatico

The weekly round-up on the climate crisis and data on carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere. April 2024 marked a potentially momentous turning point for climate lawsuits:for the first time a transnational court specializing in human rights explicitly supported the right to climate protection.The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruled in favor of the request presented by KlimaSeniorinnen, a group of Swiss women over 64 who had brought a lawsuit against the Swiss government for its climate policies deemed ineffective.On the same day, the ECHR rejected two other similar requests. There victory of KlimaSeniorinnen could set a precedent:from now on citizens, associations or informal groups know that they can turn to the ECHR to ask for an account of state climate policies.It is now clear that the courts are becoming yet another battlefront on climate change.The number of climate litigation is constantly increasing:Legal actions against governments, institutions and b...

They are our future, the future of mobility, with a fundamental role for the necessary ecological transition, or "they are madness that has no environmental, economic, social, industrial explanations", as claimed by the Minister of Infrastructure and Transport, Matteo Salvini? One thing is certain.Since 2035 it will no longer be possible to purchase new petrol and diesel cars within EU countries.Car manufacturers will have to reduce the carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions of new cars sold by 100%, with the aim of encouraging the transition to the sale of electric cars. Yet the transition to electric cars is encountering a certain resistance, not only in public opinion but also among those who should support and accompany this transition.Always Minister Salvini he said that electric cars "are rubbish from Europe that is giving a huge gift to China". His position is not isolated. In short, even on electric cars the debate has been polarized, especially by those who, in t...

The study led by the Potsdam Institute redraws the impact of efforts to limit climate change:«The mix of measures, taxes and incentives is functional»

The weekly round-up on the climate crisis and data on carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere. For the first time since 2007, Google said it is no longer a carbon neutral company.In the last one environmental report, the technology giant has marked a turnaround in its climate strategy, essentially for two reasons:the development of the artificial intelligence sector, highly energy intensive, That it cost to Google a 48% increase in emissions (+13% only between 2022 and 2023);the decision to abandon the practice of purchasing carbon credits to offset the emissions produced. To maintain the goal of climate neutrality by 2030, Google has decided to change its strategy and focus "on accelerating a series of solutions and partnerships for carbon emissions".This is an important turning point because it is the first time that a large company has renounced the compensation of emissions produced through the acquisition of carbon credits. Carbon offsetting is the di...

The weekly round-up on the climate crisis and data on carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere. A “silent killer”.This is how doctors defined heat waves because they claim many more victims than most people realize.And they have impacts on bodies and mental health. According to the United Nations, 2.4 billion people worldwide are under threat by “increasingly severe heat waves, caused largely by a fossil fuel-induced climate crisis.” A study recently published on Nature Medicine found that in 2023 – the warmest year on record although scientists they predict that 2024 will soon take its place – heat waves, worsened by carbon dioxide pollution, have killed almost 50 thousand people in Europe.And the death rate would have been 80% higher if people had not adapted to rising temperatures over the past two decades.This means that efforts to adapt societies to heat waves are effective, explains to Guardian Elisa Gallo, environmental epid...