“It was like we were on Mars”. Taking stock of recent wildfires across the world
From the Mediterranean to Finland, from Canada to Siberia, wildfires have wiped out thousands of hectares of land. The climate crisis also plays its part.
Patrick Bracelli
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It’s not true that the Amazon rainforest emits more CO2 than oxygen
It may be true that some parts of the Amazon rainforest are slowly being turned into a savannah, but it’s crucial not to throw in the towel.
Blooming in the Desert documentary portrays the women rewriting history in Raqqa
After having told the story of the women fighting against ISIS, director Benedetta Argentieri returns to Syria to document the revolutionary transformation happening in Raqqa.
Ercan Ayboga, from Kurdistan to Rojava, defending rivers and the right to water
Committed to the struggle for the right to water, in Hasankeyf and in the Syrian region of Rojava. This is the story of water defender Ercan Ayboga.
Bargny, a city fighting for its life against industrialisation and climate change
In a municipality on the outskirts of Dakar, Senegal, threatened by climate change and unchecked industrialisation, activists are fighting to not disappear.
The Tokyo 2020 Reconstruction Games start from tsunami-hit areas
Tokyo hosts the Olympics but Tohoku, the region hit by the 2011 disaster, also takes centre stage. Its symbol is a miracle pine.
The European Commission launches major climate plan to aid the European Green Deal
Ursula von der Leyen’s European Commission has unveiled its climate plan, which aims to decarbonise the Continent by 2050.
Water defender Andrea Goltara fights to save Italy’s rivers
Italy needs more space for its rivers and for them to be managed more naturally. Water defender Andrea Goltara knows this well.
Wood. Can we still call it that?
The new generation of high-performance wood materials offers unexpected hi-tech possibilities to the worlds of design and architecture.
Andrea Crosta on how documentaries and intel will decide the Earth’s future
Andrea Crosta, founder of Earth League International (the first intelligence agency at the service of the planet), discusses media’s key role in environmentalism.