by Andrea Zinzani and Enrico Curzi An analysis of the socio-environmental conflict in the course of the regeneration process of Prati di Caprara in Bologna (Italy): how urban political ecology can help us framing the politics and nature of urban forests. At the end of November the first World Forum on Urban Forests, promoted by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and organized by local institutions and academic organisations,...

30 mamme NOPfas parleranno ai 30 Ministri Europei dell’Ambiente

E’ previsto per gennaio 2019 presso il Parlamento Europeo l’incontro tra i Ministri dell’Ambiente dei 30 Paesi dell’Unione Europea. Fra le varie tematiche in discussione, vi è la Rifusione della Direttiva Europea concernente la qualità dell’acqua destinata al consumo umano. Dopo essere state a Bruxelles (19 giugno 2018) e a Strasburgo (22-23 ottobre 2018), le Mamme No Pfas delle tre Province del Veneto (Padova, Verona e...

We subscribe and disseminate the petition for a Global Moratorium on Gene Drives, in view of the XII Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity.   Gene drives are a new tool that force genetically engineered traits through entire populations of insects, plants, animals and other organisms. This invasive technology represents a deliberate attempt to create a new form of genetic pollution. They may drive...

[posted by Arthur Neslen on The Guardian, October 9, 2018] A court in The Hague has upheld a historic legal order on the Dutch government to accelerate carbon emissions cuts, a day after the world’s climate scientists warned that time was running out to avoid dangerous warming. Appeal court judges ruled that the severity and scope of the climate crisis demanded greenhouse gas reductions of at least 25% by 2020 – measured against 1990...

[posted by Thomas Johnson, Anna Lora-Wainwright, Jixia Lu on Sustainability Science, May 2018]   Environmental distribution conflicts (EDCs), defined as “mobilizations by local communities against particular economic activities whereby environmental impacts are a key element of their grievances” (Temper et al. 2015: 261–2), have become widespread in China. Whilst they are often centred on community efforts to uphold social...

[posted by Cecilia Erba on Politheor, September 29th, 2018]   National efforts to reduce emissions and fight climate change are still largely inadequate. Citizens and organizations are taking action and bringing governments to court to push for more ambition.   Over the last years, the number of lawsuits related to climate change has dramatically increased. The Climate Change Litigation Database currently counts more than...