By Carlotta Zaccarelli
A medal for indigenous merit. This is the recognition awarded to the Brazilian president on 15 March. It was awarded by the Ministry of Justice and Public Security for his "important selfless services in favour of the...
By Alice Pistolesi
The situation in the Horn of Africa has now become dramatic. Due to the lack of rainfall in three consecutive seasons, four countries in the region are facing one of the worst droughts in forty years. The...
by Ambra Visentin
Wars and armies are accelerating the climate crisis. And as the major powers gather in Egypt for COP27 on climate, their political representatives are reluctant to talk about the elephant in the room: the decisive impact of...
by Antonio Michele Storto
It was, as always, an obstacle course that threatened to turn into an open farce by the end. But in the end, a solution was found at COP 28 (the UN climate conference) in Dubai: on...
Rome, July 7th 2022. In the Chapter House of the Cloister of the Convent of Santa Maria sopra Minerva, was presented the 2022 Report on Land Grabbing: "The Owners of the Earth. Report on land grabbing 2022: consequences on...
By Anna Molinari
It took me a while to decide whether or not to write this piece. With just a few weeks stretching an infinite amount of time since the war began, I still don't know if I should. Because...
More and more energy is being consumed, the costs of raw materials are rising, and so are the investments of the large oil and gas industries. This dossier takes stock of how much energy is consumed in the world,...
by Ambra Visentin
The world’s population is impoverishing at an unprecedented rate, while wealth remains in the hands of a very small elite. The latest Oxfam report predicts that at this rate we will have the first trillionaire in history within...
By Ambra Visentin
Near Bristol, 150 km west of London, the source of the river Thames has temporarily disappeared. The reservoirs have gradually emptied and since this week gardens watering is forbidden. At the centre of the debate are...
By Anna Bisignano
Chad is a country rich in oil and raw materials, but it is also rich in renewable energy (read our country file here). The country has in fact on average a level of solar irradiation between 2,000...
