China burns more coal than it reported: a whole Germany’s worth of emissions
Il New York Times rivela i nuovi dati ufficiali di Pechino: il carbone utilizzato è almeno il 17 per cento in più di quanto affermato in precedenza.
From Oslo to Hamburg. The cities giving up on cars
Una rivoluzione verde quella che sta coinvolgendo i centri di molte città europee. Puntando su trasporto pubblico, ciclabile e sullo sharing.
Witness the most unique sporting event of the year. It’s the 2015 World Indigenous Games in Brazil
Sandwiched between the 2014 World Cup and the 2016 Olympics, Brazil is hosting the first ever World Indigenous Games. From the 23rd of October to the 1st of November 2,000 athletes from 50 ethnic groups and 23 countries compete in events ranging from football and tug of war to indigenous disciplines such as xikunahity, a football-style game
31 October is World Cities Day
La giornata è stata istituita per sensibilizzare la comunità internazionale sul tema dell’urbanizzazione e contribuire allo sviluppo urbano sostenibile in tutto il mondo.
The truth about nuclear power: NGOs reveal CO2 “omissions”
Uno studio realizzato per conto di alcune associazioni francesi smentisce l’idea che le centrali nucleari non producano CO2.
Bike-friendly Poland: the highs and lows of an unexpected success
Poland has surprised everyone as regards the use of bicycles and cycling infrastructures: in the 2014 edition of the European cycling challenge the top five cities were exclusively Polish and Italian. Rome thought to be the favourite even if it isn’t exactly a bike-friendly city, still, it ranked third after two Polish cities: the
Watch the 2 minute guide to COP21
The climate change conference COP21 Paris is ever nearer. This two minute video compares the journey to reach a global agreement on CO2 emissions to a bus that is stuck and needs someone to get it out of its predicament. If no one calls the tow truck, the passengers themselves will have to get off
A flood of tweets is helping a megacity deal with extreme weather
Etienne Turpin is a philosopher specialised in complex urban systems, aesthetics and visual culture. He believes that the only meaningful way to approach the problem of “urban flooding in the context of climate change is honest, open science with open source software and open data that can be reviewed by a community of users”.
The Persian Gulf will become a ghost town by the end of the century
Alla fine del secolo le temperature dell’area del Golfo Persico potrebbero essere insopportabili per gli esseri umani.
Salvaiciclisti becomes an association aimed to defend cyclists and the GRAB
On Saturday 10 October, Salvaiciclisti, the movement that managed to gather thousands of cyclists on 28 April 2012 crowding with bikes via dei Fori Imperiali, Rome, decided to take the big step of becoming an association, a formally and legally recognised reality that dialogue with institutions but has its voice heard to the sound of