Global investments in coal-fired power plants collapse
Annual investments in coal production are about halved globally, compared to the average of 2011 – 2015, forecasting the creation of new power plants for about 40 GW. The biggest reduction occured in China, that still remains, hower, the world’s leader in the industry. Even in India, country where coal still plays a central role, […]
USA: The “Pledges of America” in support of the Paris Agreement
The political battle continues in the US to counter Trump’s decision to discard the Paris Agreement. The main characters are the Governor of California Jerry Brown, recently nominated by States and regions as special advisor for COP 23, and former New York Mayor Micheal Bloomberg. Both very active at international level to demonstrate the existance […]
Guiness World Record and Paris Agreement: 66 million of plants in 12 hours.
The Paris Agreement begins to make room also in the pages of the Guinness World Record. In the state of Madhya Pradesh, 1.5 million volunteers managed to plant nearly 66 million plants from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. The record for the previous year is then exceeded, when 50 million plants were planted in India […]
Trump administration: a threat or an opportunity for Earth’s climate?
Trump’s announcement on June 1st has discouraged political analysts of climate change and a multitude of citizens on the planet, fearing that this could undermine the Paris Agreement, built with great difficulty and considered as much important as being fragile. After the end of the G20 in Hamburg, just over a month after that announcement, […]
G20: do subsidies to renewables drug the energy market? The opposite is true
The claim that energy production from renewable sources is not economically viable without public financing is to be relegated among urban legends. Also because the opposite is true: fossil sources are not economically competitive without public subsidies! This is what emerges from a recent study published in occasion of the G20 meeting that opens tomorrow […]
A hot G20 for Trump in Hamburg
A very combative Angela Markel, in view of the upcoming G20, which will open next Friday in Hamburg. The landlord has announced that she is unwilling to take a step back on climate change, no matter how Trump will since, as it is known, he announced about a month ago the intention to abandon the […]
DANI Leather has achieved the EPD Process Certification
The verification and validation process by SGS ended successfully for the Environmental Product Declarations Process of DANI Leather, with the support of Aequilibria. The “EPD® International” program allows, in fact, the possibility to develop and certify the EPD Process, in accordance with an articulated system of rules and binding and addressing documents, called EPD Process. In this […]
Change in the leadership of ISO/TC 207
The Plenary Meeting of ISO/TC 207, the ISO technical committee dedicated to environmental management, ended last friday in Halifax, Canada. Hundreds of experts, representing developed and developing countries, have formed dozens of working groups dedicated to the development of standards for environmental management, auditing, environmental communication, environmental indicators, life cycle assessment of products and mitigation […]
First qualified course in Italy for “Carbon Footprint of Product expert”
Aequilibria gets the CEPAS qualification for its course “Carbon Footprint of Product expert”, first in Italy to get this important award. CEPAS is a certification body of professionalism and training, accredited by Accredia.
CLIMATE CHANGE AND WORLD CONFLICTS: A CRITICAL LINING
An interesting analysis of the Center for Climate & Security, published on “Scientific American” last week, highlights one of the least-debated consequences of climate change, but with the greatest potential for man-global security. The study identifies 12 epicentres in the world where the impacts of climate change can trigger conflicts. This is mainly related to […]