Greenpeace Italy, ReCommon, and twelve citizens launched the country’s first climate lawsuit against ENI, accusing the company and Italian public authorities of worsening climate change and ignoring scientific warnings. In July 2025, the Court of Cassation ruled that Italian courts can hold ENI accountable for its global climate impacts, paving…
The Just Transition Mechanism is a European Union’s policy framework, a part of the Green Deal, designed to mitigate the worst socio-economic effects of the transition into a climate neutral economy, which can prove difficult for regions highly dependent on carbon-intensive industries. The Just Transition Mechanism aims to invest in…
Energy supply chain needs water. Water supply chain needs energy. The connection between water and energy could intensify because of climate change and population growth impacting both sectors. Water for Energy The world has a water problem: repeated droughts, floods. The energy sector needs to deal with it. In fact,…
Gender inequality in energy transition Cara Daggett is a professor in the Department of Political Science at Virginia Tech. Her research focuses on feminist political ecology, with a particular interest in fossil fuels. In 2018, she coined the term "petro-masculinity," which she argues helps to better understand how the…
Renewable energies are a sector with a bright future. Awareness of energy issues and the need to reduce dependence on fossil fuels has led to an acceleration in renewable energy projects. This sector is emerging as a field of unprecedented opportunity. Not only does it contribute to environmental protection, it…
It is an alarming fact, but for years, stars are less and less visible to the naked eye, and some regions never see the stars at night. But beyond this aspect, light pollution is a major environmental problem and increasingly worrying, since it now concerns almost the entire planet. Light…