Streams of dirty water overturning cars like toys and destroying houses translated live, and on the opposite side of the continent – the infernal heat and forest fires, which firefighters did not have time to extinguish physically. July 2021 was marked by natural disasters in many countries around Europe and the world. The first days […]
Eco-problems and eco-challenges are things that can unite humanity, not separate. In political science jargon, a devoted love of environment is called “sub-societal” ideology. In simpler words, it goes beyond the “highly specialized” and traditional ideologies that emerged in the West after the Great French Revolution in the XVIII century. This state of mind means […]
Since January 2020, reality is more and more like the plot of a science fiction action movie. No wonder the Madrid creative agency “Brother,” amid the pandemic, published a creative: it highlights that the actual events accurately conveyed the spirit of the series “Black Mirror.” To declare this, they installed mirrors in public places. “Season […]
I can almost hear the palm trees drinking the rain, Hear the villages moaning and emigrants With oar and sail fighting the Gulf Winds of storm and thunder, singing ‘Rain… rain… Drip, drop, the rain… A verse from ‘Rain Song’ by Iraqi poet Badr Shakir al-Sayyab (1926-1964) Water has been Iraq’s lifeline since the birth […]
A new European temperature record was set on the Italian island of Sicily. The previous highest figure was recorded in Athens, Greece, in 1977. On Wednesday, August 11, a temperature of +48.8° C was recorded on the island of Sicily. This is a new record for Europe, the Kharkiv Regional Center for Hydrometeorology states, citing […]
Qatar Food Systems National Dialogue, organised by the Ministry of Municipality and Environment, kicked off on Tuesday in the run-up to the preparation for the UN Food Systems Summit 2021 to be held in September with the participation of leaders of the member states of the United Nations, Qatar-tribune reports. The two-day dialogue will review […]
Greece will send €500 million to help residents of the Attica region and the island of Evia (Euboea), who lost their homes and property during large-scale fires this week. In a televised address on July 8, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis announced additional funds to money from the EU Reconstruction Fund, which will go directly to […]
Swedish environmental activist Greta Thunberg has accused the fashion industry of having a “huge” impact on climate change. She did it on the pages of Vogue Scandinavia fashion magazine. According to Greta Thunberg, fashion brands should take some responsibility for how their products affect the environment. And in her Twitter, she accused some brands of […]
Today, the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change presented a thorough report analyzing what is happening to the planet due to human activity and what consequences we can expect from climate change. Experts have based on five scenarios – with the expectation that the world will either stop producing CO2 or emissions will double. What […]
NFT will help the UN to fight global warming. The organization will promote eco-approaches together with digital artists using the Digitalart4climate platform. NFTs are non-fungible tokens, basically virtual property, anything from art to sneakers. They made a splash throughout the turbulent 2020. We’ve explained complicated issue are NFTs eco-friendly here. The art will promote sustainable […]
