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13 January 2021

THE GUARDIAN: Top scientists warn of 'ghastly future of mass extinction' and climate disruption

The planet is facing a “ghastly future of mass extinction, declining health and climate-disruption upheavals” that threaten human survival because of ignorance and inaction, according to an international group of scientists, who warn people still haven’t grasped the urgency of... Read More

13 January 2021

THE CONVERSATION: Worried about Earth’s future? Well, the outlook is worse than even scientists can grasp

Anyone with even a passing interest in the global environment knows all is not well. But just how bad is the situation? Our new paper shows the outlook for life on Earth is more dire than is generally understood. The... Read More

22 December 2020

FOCUS ITALIA: Quanto è verde la tua impronta?

I suoi abitanti vantano un alto tasso di benes-sere. Vivono in case ricoperte da legno di quercia isolante e coi pannelli fotovoltaici sui tetti. Le finestre hanno tripli vetri e gli appartamenti sono rinfrescati da convogliatori d’aria collegati a camini... Read More

2 November 2020

PUBLICO: Portugal tem a maior pegada alimentar do Mediterrâneo

Portugal importa 73% dos alimentos e é o país mediterrânico com a maior pegada alimentar per capita, conclui um estudo da Universidade de Aveiro (UA), divulgado esta segunda-feira. “A alimentação pesa 30% na pegada ecológica dos portugueses, mais do que os transportes ou... Read More

23 October 2020

SDGS: BUILDING BACK BETTER: Biodiversity for survival

I am proud to be a sack of ocean water walking on land. After all, life started to evolve in our planet’s oceans. Some life forms bagged up that water, added legs, and started to live on land. We, people,... Read More

22 October 2020

THE ECONOMIST: Human beings are wreaking havoc on the Earth’s biodiversity

“HUMAN BEINGS have overrun the world.” So laments Sir David Attenborough, a world-famous nonagenarian naturalist, in his new film, “David Attenborough: A Life on our Planet”. The film charts the “devastating changes” that humans have wrought on the planet’s biodiversity.... Read More

18 October 2020

EXPRESSO: Mais de 70% dos alimentos que comemos vêm de fora

Comemos em excesso, importamos demasiado e desperdiçamos muito. Tudo isso leva-nos a ultrapassar os limites da capacidade de regeneração dos recursos naturais do território e do mar que nos circunda. Para satisfazer tanta “gula”, importamos 73% dos alimentos, e só... Read More

22 August 2020

KOMMERSANT: Вирус обеспечил природе передышку

По данным GFN, международной экспертной организации, с 2006 года на ежегодной основе подсчитывающей нагрузку, оказываемую мировой экономикой и отдельными странами на экосистемы планеты, к 22 августа человечество использует такое количество природных ресурсов, какое Земля способна восстановить только в течение целого... Read More

21 August 2020

THE GUARDIAN: Human consumption of the Earth's resources declined in 2020

The rate at which humanity is consuming the Earth’s resources declined sharply this year as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic, according to researchers. Consequently, Earth Overshoot Day, the point at which human consumption exceeds the amount nature can regenerate... Read More

19 August 2020

THE NEW YORK TIMES: ‘Earth Overshoot Day’ Is This Week

Saturday is Earth Overshoot Day, the date when humanity will have used “all the biological resources that Earth can renew during the entire year,” as calculated by Global Footprint Network, an environmental research organization. The group has been doing this... Read More