Environment

Climate Change
UN High Seas Treaty set to take effect in January 2026
In Nice, delegations from 120 countries, including more than 50 heads of state and government, gathered with the goal of saving the ailing ocean.
Editorial Team•11 June 2025

Climate Change
AI fuels 150% surge in indirect…
Amazon leads the ranking with a 182% increase in indirect emissions between…
Editorial Team•9 June 2025

Climate Change
UN: record-breaking marine heatwaves in 2024…
Marine heatwaves 2024 scorched over 10% of global ocean surface, with record…
Editorial Team•6 June 2025

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

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

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

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,…
Editorial Team•5 November 2024

Climate Change
Climate and health, 2023 has brought us ‘concerning’ records
The 2024 edition of the Lancet Countdown outlines a noticeable worsening of indicators on the climate-health…
Editorial Team•31 October 2024

Scientific Reports
IEA, Clean Technology Market: It Will Reach the Value of Oil
nergy Technology Perspectives 2024 Published. Based on current policy settings, the global clean energy technology market…
Editorial Team•30 October 2024

Climate Change
Respecting 1.5°C is still ‘technically feasible’: data from the Emissions Gap Report…
The annual report from the UN Environment Agency updates the key indicators to assess our remaining…
Editorial Team•25 October 2024

Climate Change
Gold, smartphones, and renewables fuel mining-driven deforestation
Since 2001, 14,000 km² of forests have been lost due to mining activities and related operations—an…
Editorial Team•24 October 2024

Climate Change
Since 2001, forest fire emissions have increased by 60%
Warmer, drier climates and higher forest growth rates are factors—linked to the climate crisis—that fuel forest…
Editorial Team•23 October 2024

Pollution
Whales mistake plastic waste for squid and unintentionally poison themselves
Hunting using acoustic signals to navigate in the deep sea, cetaceans mistake plastic waste for their…
Editorial Team•22 October 2024

Climate Change
Global carbon capture capacity remains stalled: only 51 million tons of CO2…
The CCS Institute has updated its global monitoring of carbon capture and storage (CCS) projects. While…