Timeless Matera, a journey into Italy’s city of stone
Timeless Matera is a journey into the fascinating, eternal Sassi of Matera. Watch the video of Italy’s city of stone.
Azraq is the world’s first refugee camp powered by solar energy
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
Leonardo DiCaprio: a life for the life of our Planet. What he has done for the environment
Come nei ruoli che interpreta, anche nella vita ha più e più volti. C’è il grande attore, finalmente premiato con l’Oscar. Quello delle modelle bionde. E quello impegnato per salvare il mondo. Ecco le tappe più belle della sua vita di ambientalista.
The status of the world’s native peoples: what was said at the UN Forum on Indigenous Issues
Over 1,000 indigenous peoples’ representatives from the North Pole to New Zealand reflected on the progress and challenges in safeguarding indigenous rights during the 16th session of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues held at the international organisation’s headquarters in New York between the 24th of April and 5th of May. Calling for concrete action,
Ocean plastic. Billionaire Kjell Inge Rokke donates high-tech vessel to the scientific community
La nave sarà varata nel 2020 e ospiterà le strumentazioni più all’avanguardia per la ricerca di plastica nel mare. Il progetto realizzato con il Wwf.
Earth Day, on 22 April we celebrate our home
One of Earth Day’s ambitious aims is to plant over a billion trees worldwide. To give something back to Mother Earth.
Two years of war in Yemen. People are starving because of the embargo, NGOs say
A due anni dall’inizio del conflitto, le ong accusano l’embargo imposto dall’Onu nell’aprile del 2015: “Si è trasformato in un blocco sul cibo”.
2017 is the International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development
The United Nations General Assembly declared 2017 as the International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development, to foster environmental conservation and economic growth.
20 March is the International Day of Happiness
La ricerca della felicità è un obiettivo fondamentale dell’uomo. Per questo l’Onu ha deciso di celebrare in tutto il mondo la Giornata mondiale della felicità.
India, ending child marriage by making young girls the agents of change
Once shy, the adolescent girls of Gumma Block in India Gajapati district now speak out, laugh and dance to live the life upto their expectation.