Poverty is deeply entrenched in Afghanistan. This can be attributed in part to the country’s physical isolation, rugged terrain and often harsh climate; to underlying cultural norms, especially with regard to the rights of women; and to its recurring...
by Rita Murgese (Press Officer for Legambiente National for the Atlas of Wars)
Italy’s coastlines and marine environments are increasingly threatened by environmental crimes, as shown by a sharp rise in offenses in 2023, a ‘red-alert’ year for the Mediterranean.
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“We are only halfway through the monsoon season, yet the rainfall, damage and destruction have been devastating,” Sanjay Wijesekera, Unicef Regional Director for South Asia, said in a news release.
In Nepal, 109 people, including children, have died due to...
by Anna Violante
After a year of proposals, discussions, a parliamentary approval (early November) and numerous trips by Ms Meloni to African Countries, the Mattei plan was officially launched in the Italian Senate, where ordinary senators were temporarily barred from...
by Raffaele Crocco
As the war in Ukraine enters its 100th week, the intricate global risk game is unfolding with escalating complexity. The conflict has sparked a wider clash with potential repercussions in every corner of the globe. A week...
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 Alessandro Graziadei - Unimondo*
In a study entitled “Coevolution of Extreme Sea Levels and Sea-Level Rise Under Global Warming”, published in the American Geophysical Union’s (AGU) Earth’s Future, Hamed Moftakhari, Georgios Boumis and Hamid Moradkhani of the University...
by Alessandro Graziadei - Unimondo*
Despite two referendums against nuclear power, Italian MPs, both in Government and in opposition, in line with the ‘nuclearist’ Countries at COP28 (with the announcement of the commitment signed by 22 Countries to triple nuclear...
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...
by Anna Violante
A delegation of 11 students from Trento, accompanied by experts, has been attending the climate negotiations in Dubai since 30th November to report on the events and discussions of COP28 for the Youth Press Agency, the online...
