Energy
Fully organic solar cells: efficiency doubles
Thanks to a transparent polymer electrode and a new lamination method, fully organic solar cells have achieved a record power conversion efficiency of 8.7%—more than double the…
Editorial Team•29 April 2025
ESG
Deforestation Risk: 34% of Global Corporations…
The 2025 Forest 500 report by Global Canopy highlights a troubling gap:…
Editorial Team•29 April 2025
ESG
ESG funds: ESMA finds ESG fund…
ESG funds can boost inflows by 8.9% through ESG fund names, ESMA…
Editorial Team•28 April 2025
COP
The COP29 has begun in Azerbaijan. What will happen at the climate…
Today marks the start of two weeks of international climate negotiations in Baku, Azerbaijan. Until November…
Editorial Team•12 November 2024
Water Management
In 30 years, Italy has lost 16% of its water resources
The ISPRA report on the national water resource balance shows a strong recovery compared to 2022,…
Editorial Team•11 November 2024
ESG
ESG Disclosure: 2024 Sustainability Trends for Major Corporations
The annual survey by Boston Consulting Group and CO2 AI shows a flat trend. Sustainability reporting…
Editorial Team•11 November 2024
Energy
Sustainable Batteries Made from Fruit and Wine Acids
An electrode has been developed that can significantly increase the storage capacity of lithium-ion batteries. The…
Editorial Team•11 November 2024
Energy
IEA: Energy efficiency investments must be tripled by 2030
In 2024, the global energy efficiency growth rate will be just 1%. It should reach 4%…
Editorial Team•8 November 2024
Environmental policies
EU: A Greener and More Competitive Industry, the Priority of Designated Commissioner…
Hoekstra firmly rejects revisiting the 2035 ban on diesel and gasoline vehicles or reopening the door…
Editorial Team•8 November 2024
Environment
Decoupling too slow; half of the planet will not reach net zero…
The PIK Potsdam study analyzes the trend of decoupling GDP-emissions in 1,500 regions worldwide, which account…
Editorial Team•7 November 2024
Climate Change
2024 will exceed 1.5°C of global warming
Compared to the pre-industrial era, October 2024 was 1.65°C above average. This year will almost certainly…
Editorial Team•7 November 2024
Environmental policies
Current National Climate Plans exhaust the carbon budget for 1.5°C by 2032
It slightly increases the level of ambition compared to a year ago, from -2% to -2.6%…
Editorial Team•6 November 2024
Climate Change
Anthropogenic climate change has worsened the flooding in Valencia
The World Weather Attribution analysis estimates that the global temperature increase has made events like this…
Editorial Team•6 November 2024
Recycling
With this ecological sponge, extracting gold from electronic waste is more efficient
A material made of graphene oxide and chitosan allows for the extraction of gold from electronic…
Editorial Team•6 November 2024
Pollution
An unprecedented decrease: in 2023, Europe reduced emissions by 8.3%
Last year, greenhouse gas emissions in the EU dropped almost as much as during the pandemic,…