YOUTH7, THE CONTRIBUTION OF YOUTH TO THE G7 AGENDA
The Youth7 (Y7) delegates met in Berlin to finalize their recommendations to the G7 Leaders and handed them over to the Federal... Read More
AUSTRALIAN COURT AGAINST THE FUTURE OF THE YOUNGER GENERATION
In a recent ruling, the Australian Federal Court ruled on the state’s responsibility to protect young people against climate challenge. While the... Read More
ENVIRONMENTAL CONSTITUTIONS: AN ANALYSIS FROM ITALY TO THE REST OF THE WORLD
The strong impact of climate change on the environment has highlighted the relationship between ecosystems and the realization of human rights. National... Read More
COP26 WOUNDS STILL STING – AND WAR DOESN’T HELP
Two weeks of interim climate negotiations come to an end and with them, arguably, a middle era between COP26 and what the world will be like in November between conflicts in Europe, elections in Brazil and mid-term elections in the United States. All leading up to a COP27 that now, with less than five months to go before the whistle blows, is shaping up to be -whatever the outcomes of the aforementioned dynamics -the world premiere of a certainly unprecedented geopolitical scenario.
GLOBAL STOCKTAKE: A TENTATIVE START, THE NEED FOR MORE EFFORT AT THE END OF THE FIRST TECHNICAL REVIEW
The first technical assessment session of the Global Stocktake (GST) of greenhouse gas emissions concluded yesterday at the UN Interim Climate Negotiations. The GST is the process under Article 14 of the Paris Agreement for the five-yearly review of the commitments made by nations party to the agreement to reduce their climate-changing emissions. During these two weeks, negotiators have been meeting together with members of civil society, including scientists and experts called upon to support the assessment of the emissions data collected so far with presentations and technical opinions on their areas of expertise.