Trade wars with China, an assault on the European Green Deal, the future of UN Earth negotiations, energy challenges, the revival of the global circular economy, anti-ESG campaigns, the restructuring of multilateral development banks, the Trump-Musk duo's at the White House...what an agenda for 2025

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Urban biodiversity adventures in #BANGKOK

The Italian journalist Cecilia Sala, is detained in Iran since Dec. 19th. Our job is often exposed to risks of sort. But this is clearly a political movement that shows the reality of the iranian government #FreeCeciliaSala

20 years ago a major tsunami hit SE Asia , included the Phuket (pic) and Phi Phi, I came to see the long term aftermath. We cannot imagine sometimes the magnitude of disaster and the worse we are prepared higher the losses & damages. A telltale for the next #climatechange mega-catastrophic event

President Biden announced the United States will cut emissions by 61-66% below 2005 levels by 2035. This is the headline target for the United States’ new Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC), which will inform how the nation reduces its greenhouse gas emissions.

PFAS, European water is becoming increasingly polluted: the data from the first EEA briefing traces of forever chemicals found in 59% of rivers and 35% of lakes analysed: EU working on possible restrictions www.renewablematter.eu/en/pfas-euro...

The world will have to wait two more years to finalize the negotiation of a new framework or legally binding drought protocol. 12 US$bl allocated for project. Record presence. Thus ends COP16 Desertification, the third U.N. negotiation in a very intense year for environmental diplomacy.

15 milioni di km² di terre sono degradati, con un’espansione di un milione di km² all’anno. Da oggi al 12 in Arabia Saudita, 197 nazioni rafforzeranno la roadmap per fermare il degrado della terra. Questo è l'auspicio. ➡️leggi @emanuelebompan.bsky.social qui: www.renewablematter.eu/cop16-desert...

BREAKING ! La Conferenza delle Nazioni Unite sulla Biodiversità si riunirà nuovamente dal 𝟮𝟱 𝗮𝗹 𝟮𝟳 𝗳𝗲𝗯𝗯𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗼 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱 a #Roma presso la FAO Continua COP 16 per affrontare 𝗶 𝗽𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗶 𝗿𝗶𝗺𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗶 𝗶𝗿𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗼𝗹𝘁𝗶 𝗱𝗼𝗽𝗼 𝗹𝗮 𝘀𝗼𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗲 di Calia 𝗰𝗮𝘂𝘀𝗮 𝗱𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗮 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗮 𝗱𝗲𝗹 𝗾𝘂𝗼𝗿𝘂𝗺 𝗻𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗺𝗲 𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗱𝗲𝗹 𝟮 𝗻𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗿𝗲.

Ieri il governo ha presentato la "strategia nazionale sull'idrogeno", un documento che prevede molte alternative e scenari ipotetici. Gli obiettivi non sono particolarmente sfidanti, e la domanda è tutta da inventare. Racconto tutto su #materiarinnovabile www.renewablematter.eu/presentata-s...

Oggi al Festival della Scienza Medica!

Approved art. 6 on carbon market. It will be the only positive result at #Cop29?

Sta succedendo: il negoziato COP29 sta lentamente collassando , piccole isole e paesi meno sviluppati sono usciti per protesta dalle camere negoziali. Per la prima volta da Copenhagen nel 2009 rischiamo un clamoroso stop. Vacilla il multilateralismo climatico #cop29 @renewablematter.bsky.social

Mandato d’arresto per due criminali di guerra dalla Corte Penale Internazionale : @netanyahubsky.bsky.social e @gallant . Come reagiranno i governi? Si allineeranno a @unitednationsbk.bsky.social o con #Israel?

Ok, we need a new global climate finance goal. But how money has been spent so far?

My bet was Sunday 8.40AM

Se non ci sarà uno sforzo sulla mitigazione e sull’inclusione del GST dello scorso anno (ricordate il triplicare le rinnovabili e raddoppiare l’efficienza energetica?) negli NDC di TUTTI i paesi difficilmente EU mostrerà le carte sulla cifra che è disposta a mettere

The #Mediterranean is a global hotspot of #climatechange and the time to act to counter the crisis is now: tomorrow there may not be a ‘lifeboat to take us back to safety’ Read Grammenos Mastrojeni's article here: www.renewablematter.eu/en/an-inconv...

Ottimo riassunto dell’ultimo testo #NCQG

What are the negotiating goals at COP29? NCQG: the focus on goal’s structure, quantum, and contributor base; mitigation outcome: how could look like and where it could be placed; Global goal on adaptation (GGA); Articles 6.2 (cooperative approaches) and 6.4 (mechanism), the focus registries.

Visiting Jeddah has been an interesting insight on the development of Saudi Arabia, and the not-so-slow cultural transformation that is undergoing there

On the road to #COP16: progress on DSI, digital sequencing information revenue sharing for #biodiversity . Read it on @renewablematter.bsky.social #CBD #nature #journalism

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#China adjusts climate targets to accelerate #decarbonisation From reducing energy consumption to targets based on total #CO₂ emissions, how China plans to reach peak emissions by 2030 Read all the details here 👇 www.renewablematter.eu/en/china-adj...

JPMorgan e State Street hanno lasciato il 15 febbraio Climate Action 100+, una coalizione di investitori globali che spinge le aziende a ridurre le emissioni climalteranti. Inversione di rotta della finanza sul clima? Leggi il pezzo su @MateriaRinnovabile www.renewablematter.eu/articoli/art...

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