The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) published its 6th Assessment Report on the physical science of climate change on 9 August 2021. The latest report builds on 5-years of research which considers over 14,000 scientific papers and has been reviewed by 234 leading scientists from 66 countries.
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On 26 February 2021, the Italian Council of Ministers decreed the creation of the Ministry of Ecological Transition (MiTE). This is the first time that Italy fully embraced the notion of environmentalism as a top-level and inter-ministerial priority.
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In 2018, the United Nations published a special report on the impacts of global warming of 1.5°C and above. As global warming continues to accelerate, it is important to revisit the UN special report and answer why it is crucial to stay below 1.5°C global warming target.
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