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23 February

Carbon offsets. Valid strategy or greenwashing?

The debate on climate action has recently been invaded by the term “Carbon Offsetting”. Peggada explains to you what is this thing of creating a market to exchange carbon and why this has been such a hotly debated measure in the latest climate negotiations. What is Carbon Offsetting? As the term indicates, Carbon Offsetting is […]

21 February

These 6 kids have ideas to save the planet

The contests and science fairs held in schools around the world challenge youngsters to look for and develop solutions to problems that affect our planet. Peggada highlights some children’s ideas designed to help the environment and create a better world. Eco-Hero, the edible water bottle The idea comes from Madison Checketts, a 12-year-old American who, […]

10 February

The Arctic is full of garbage and a third of it comes from Europe

The study reveals that from all the trash found in the Arctic over five years, 80% was plastics, much of it coming from fishing activity. A study coordinated by the Alfred Wegener Institute, which was named “Citizen Science,” collected and analyzed plastic wrecks littering the beaches of Svalbard between 2016 and 2021. The results showed […]

09 February

Portugal and Cape Verde convert debt into climate fund

Ulisses Correia e Silva, Cape Verde’s prime minister, and António Costa, prime minister of Portugal, signed on January 23 a memorandum of understanding that formalizes the decision to convert Cape Verde’s debt to Portugal into an Environmental Climate Fund. The Portuguese and Cape Verdean governments have formalized the decision to convert the African country’s debt […]

02 February

6 free courses you can take to learn more about climate change

If you are interested in the topic of sustainability and want to be a change agent when it comes to climate change, take a look at these suggestions of online courses and get started. The climate crisis has a lot going for it, and these digital classrooms are the perfect tools to learn from the […]

30 January

GreenTok. If you want to do more for the planet, there are 4 Tiktok accounts you should follow

Tiktok is not only about viral dancing, some are using the platform as a weapon for climate action. Find here the accounts you must follow. Tiktok was one of the digital windows that invaded several houses, especially during quarantine. This is a social network where, like all the others, you can find everything: hymns to […]

10 January

Good news! The hole in the ozone layer is closing

And there is more! The hole in the ozone layer may even be fully closed in 43 years, in 2066. The year begins with positive news. According to the report of the UN Montreal Protocol’s Scientific Assessment Panel, now released, if current policies continue, by 2066 the Antarctic ozone layer will have recovered to 1980 […]

22 November

The shy COP27: the protagonists, speeches and conclusions

COP 27 ended lukewarm and without any breaking news. Peggada gives you a summary of the main conclusions. Climate change has been on the table for the past two weeks in Egypt. The COP 27 in Sharm El-Sheikh was marked by certain consensus but also by a lack of ambition on the part of several […]

19 November

Butts, masks and wood scraps: The climatic weapons that Bordalo II uses

The pieces on display are made from wasted materials, but also butts and even trash associated with the pandemic, such as masks and tests. Bordalo II presents “Evilution”, his new solo exhibition, at Edu Hub Lisbon. The exhibition is a kind of retrospective, which includes works already known, but also three new series. In this […]

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