The Urban Nature Atlas (UNA) is a wide opensource database funded by European Union’s Horizon 2020 which “aims to inform, inspire and enable everyone interested in bringing their transformative power to bear on the cities of the future”. Started in 2017 by the Central European University in collaboration with the Ecologic Institute and the Durham … Read more
According to the World Bank, trends show that the world generates 2.01 billion tonnes of municipal solid waste annually, with at least 33% of that not managed in an environmentally safe manner. The food we throw away create many by-products, and methane is one of the worst offenders – responsible for as much as 16% … Read more
If you are interested in urban design, you have probably already stumbled across one of Not Just Bikes’ Youtube videos. Jason Slaughter decided to open this channel in 2019, after a decisive work trip to Houston (USA), which made him realize how cities’ urban planning shapes people’s habits and culture, and how leaving Canada for … Read more
With the kick-off of COP27[1] in Sharm el-Sheikh this week, it is a new opportunity for policy makers and civil society worldwide to gather and present their different achievements, targeting the reduction of more than 50% of CO2 emissions by the year 2050. Although, there is still much to be done despite the many crises … Read more
The YFTAs policy recommendations presented at the European Parliament From the 10th to the 13th of October, I participated to the Fair Trade Advocacy Marathon in Brussels. Above all, it has been a unique opportunity to present and discuss the document containing 45 policy recommendations targeting the EU institutions to act in accordance with existing … Read more
Atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations reached 422 ppm between May and June of this year – 142 ppm above pre-industrial levels – and even in Europe we begin to see the devastating impacts of climate change. The IPCC Sixth Assessment Report tells us that, to stay within the goal of the Paris Agreement, emissions must peak … Read more
By Vera Brocchieri, Daniela Floris As the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) reports, large-scale commercial agriculture remains one of the main causes of deforestation and forest degradation. Starting with a legislative-initiative resolution addressed to the Union’s executive, the European Parliament has been pushing, since 2020, for a legal framework to halt and reverse EU-driven global … Read more
As skeptical as the title of this article may sound, the content goes in the opposite direction, and we will try to expose how. Let’s start by rewinding time and discover how the environmentalist movements, the eco-friendly policies, the whole green transition was initiated. Although the word “green” is very trendy at the moment, it … Read more
Over the last 30 years, fossil fuel companies have been ignoring the scientific consensus, fighting against climate action in order to maintain their profits. In 2019, it was found that the major oil companies ExxonMobil, Shell, Chevron, BP and Total had spent over $1 billion on climate lobbying in the three years following the Paris … Read more
From 15th to 18th September an innovative online event took place: the European Vegan Summit, the very first of his kind organized in Europe. Under the patronage of the European Parliament and set up by various vegan and environmentalist organizations, it hosted 12 different talks in 4 days with more than 70 speakers, among activists, … Read more