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A pioneer project to create the first eco-friendly urea fertilizer from CO2 and nitrogen compounds
17 Jan 2024
ICTA-UAB is participating in a project that will develop a device capable of electrochemically converting carbon dioxide (CO2) and nitrogen (N2) into urea...
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90% of textile waste generated by Catalonia's population ends up in landfill or incinerators
12 Jan 2024
A total of 90% of the municipal textile waste generated in Catalonia ends up in landfills or incinerators, according to a study by ICTA-UAB, which shows that...
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Joan Martinez Alier reviews the movements for environmental justice in a book
11 Jan 2024
“Land, Water, Air and Freedom. The Making of World Movements for Environmental Justice” is the title of the new book written by ICTA-UAB ecological economist...
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Low economic growth can help keep climate change within the 1.5°C threshold
19 Dec 2023
A new study shows that economic growth rates make a big difference when it comes to prospects for limiting global warming to 1.5 °C, as per the Paris Agreement.
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Jeroen van den Bergh: "We cannot keep expecting COPs to solve the climate crisis"
18 Dec 2023
Following the completion of COP28, held earlier this month in Dubai, ICTA-UAB climate policy researcher Jeroen van den Bergh says we cannot keep expecting...
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La emergencia climática, teatralizada por científicos del ICTA-UAB
14 Dec 2023
Los investigadores del ICTA-UAB implicados en el programa "Jóvenes, Ciencia y Ética" de la Fundación Catalana para la Investigación y la Innovación (FCRI)...
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ICTA-UAB to organize Growth vs Climate Conference 2024
30 Nov 2023
Human activity is irreversibly changing our planet, especially our climate. The voracious demand for fossil fuels and natural resources has led us to an...
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Green growth loses weight as a consensus position in the European Parliament
17 Nov 2023
Politicians in the European Parliament are supportive of post-growth and ecosocialist positions to tackle the climate crisis, and not only green growth.
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All aquatic species in river mouths are contaminated by microplastics
15 Nov 2023
All aquatic species in the river mouths flowing into the Mediterranean Sea and Atlantic Ocean are contaminated with microplastics, with molluscs being the...
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Ocean acidification in the Mediterranean is already affecting the calcification of marine plankton
10 Nov 2023
The acidification of the oceans caused by human activity is already altering the production of marine plankton shells in the Mediterranean Sea. This is the...
