The European Council has approved on October 24th, the 2030 Climate and Energy Policy Framework, that includes goals and targets to be achieved by 2030, as follows: reduction of greenhouse gas emissions by 40% compared to 1990 level 27% of energy consumption covered by renewable energy sources 27% of energy efficiency improvement in 2030 compared […]
Adapting to climate change is high on the political agenda of most European Governments. While extreme weather events have triggered adaptation responses, and pushed EU countries to study measures and define risk mitigation strategies to protect their territories and economies, few are the cases where there are already signs of concrete actions. The report ‘National […]
In this video (in Italian), published by the experts of CMCC (Euro-Mediterranean Center on Climate Change), an alarming overview of Climate Change evidence and expected trends is very clearly presented and commented. If GHG emissions are not curbed decisively by 2030, it will be very difficult to keep the average annual earth temperature increase below 2°C; a trend which threatens ever more dire consequences for our […]
In Natural Capitalism: Creating the Next Industrial Revolution, published in 1999, authors Paul Hawken, Amory Lovins and Hunter Lovins describe the essential relationship between capitalism, natural resources and ecosystem services through which economic dynamics and profit are possible. Amory Lovins explores the topic of the Natural Capitalism in the video below. Available in English with […]
Al Gore, joint winner of the 2007 Nobel peace prize, together with the IPPC (Intergovernal Panel on Climate Change) “for their efforts to build up and disseminate greater knowledge about man-made climate change, and to lay the foundations for the measures that are needed to counteract such change”, gives a new way of looking at the climate crisis.
Al Gore, joint winner of the 2007 Nobel peace prize, together with the IPPC (Intergovernal Panel on Climate Change) “for their efforts to build up and disseminate greater knowledge about man-made climate change, and to lay the foundations for the measures that are needed to counteract such change”, introduces the challenge of the new millennium: The causes, […]