Energia per l’Europa: Sfidare la cooperazione transfontaliera

Che cosa implica la cooperazione transfrontaliera  per i paesi UE, per i paesi dell’Europa orientale e del Nord Africa ? Che cosa è la finanziarizzazione e quali impatti può avere nel contesto delle infrastrutture energetiche? Come questi temi si legano alla giustizia climatica e alla democrazia ? E come la popolazione dei diversi paesi può cooperare al fine di istituire una rete di attivismo transfrontaliero  e promuovere “lo...

[By drafting on Internal-displacement.org] The report of the UN Secretary General for the World Humanitarian Summit outlines a series of actions states are encouraged to take with a view to addressing displacement in a responsible way. In this framework the Agenda for Humanity, attached to the Report, stresses the need for law and policy making efforts at regional and national level. This paper provides a reflection on the...

[By Caroline Zickgraf, Sara Vigil, Florence de Longueville, Pierre Ozer and François Gemenne on Knomad.org] From the Sahel to the coast, West Africa is experiencing a variety of environmental change impacts, whether resulting from slowonset changes or sudden shocks. They are significantly influencing migration patterns in and out of West Africa. In this region where natural resources form the foundation of livelihoods and food...

[By Marco Armiero e Anna Fava on “Capitalism Nature Socialism”] In the last few years, Acerra, a town in the Neapolitan hinterland in Italy, has become the epicenter of a waste crisis that has engulfed the entire Campania region since 1994 (see Figure 1). According to the corporate/governmental plan, the construction of a gigantic incinerator in Acerra should have definitely solved the so-called waste emergency, bringing progress to...

[By Eniko Horvath on Business-humanrights.org] Now is the time to secure a fast and fair transition to a low-carbon economy by ensuring renewable energy does not compromise the lives and rights of local communities. Earlier this year Berta Cáceres, a prominent indigenous community leader opposing a hydropower project (Agua Zarca) in Honduras, was killed in her home, eliciting an international outcry from government leaders and civil...

[By editing on Scienze20.com] In a new study, environmental pollutants found in fish were shown to obstruct the human body’s natural defense system to expel harmful toxins. The Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego-led research team suggests that this information should be used to better assess the human health risks from eating contaminated seafood. The study was published in the April 15 issue of the journal...