After Pantelleria, Italy in 2014, the Republic of Malta in 2015, and Gran Canaria, Spain in 2016, this year the Italian island of Favignana, off the coast of Sicily, will host the fourth edition of the Greening the Islands International Conference on the 3rd and 4th of November. The event marks an important opportunity to tackle the topic of
On 23 October in Paris the mayors of London, Paris, Los Angeles, Copenhagen, Barcelona, Quito, Vancouver, Mexico City, Milan, Seattle, Auckland, and Cape Town committed to a series of ambitious targets to make their cities greener, healthier and more prosperous. By signing the C40 Fossil-Fuel-Free Streets Declaration, the pioneering city leaders pledged to procure only
Indian coal giant Adani’s Carmichael project, worth 16.5 billion Australian dollars, in the Galilee basin in Queensland is projected to be the largest mine in Australia and one of the largest in the world. After an international campaign to block it, Gautam Adani, the Indian billionaire founder of the conglomerate of the same name, announced
Un panda gigante è la forma del nuovo impianto fotovoltaico costruito in Cina ed entrato in funzione in questi giorni. Una centrale bella da vedere ma che vuole soprattutto parlare di sostenibilità ai giovani.
Trump annuncia l’uscita dagli accordi sul clima di Parigi. La risposta della California è l’approvazione di un disegno di per abbandonare i combustibili fossili e arrivare al 100 per cento di energia rinnovabile.
L’8 giugno si tengono le elezioni in Regno Unito per scegliere chi guiderà il paese nei negoziati per la Brexit. Theresa May è favorita, ma il suo vantaggio è in calo.
The solar plant in Jordan’s Azraq refugee camp has started to produce energy, allowing Syrian refugees in the camp to have electricity in their tents. It’s the world’s first refugee camp to be powered by renewable energy: a 2MW plant managed by the UNHCR and financed thanks to the Brighter Lives for Refugees campaign launched
L’oleodotto voluto da Donald Trump, il Dakota access pipeline, non è ancora entrato in funzione e già sta perdendo petrolio.
Solar farms are architectural and engineering masterpieces that aren’t only functional but can also be beautiful. They can thus become tourist attractions, creating jobs and boosting the clean energy economy, as well as satellite activities. Here are some of the boldest and most beautiful projects that combine the drive towards green energy with respect for the environment. Disney solar farm
AXA Investment Managers, a France-based investment service provider, has pledged to divest 165 million euros (175 million dollars) of its fixed-income portfolios and 12 million euros (13 million euros) of equities portfolios as a result of its new coal policy. It announced that it won’t invest in companies that derive more than 50 per cent of their
