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Ο καθηγητής Αρχιτεκτονικής Ματθαίος Σανταμούρης ασχολείται εδώ και δεκαετίες με το φαινόμενο της αστικής θερμικής νησίδας, που χειροτερεύει όσο προχωρά η κλιματική αλλαγή και απειλεί ακόμα και τη ζωή των κατοίκων στις πόλεις όλου του πλανήτη.

Dr. Avgerinopoulou at the 2nd Leirion MUN on climate crisis and energy autonomy

The institut

America's gun culture - in seven charts

A school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, involving young children has r

UK finance ‘faces £340bn in losses’ without action on climate change

Warning follows first Bank of England climate stress tests on seven largest lenders  

Greenhouse gas pollution trapping almost 50 percent more heat than 30 years ago

Planet-warming gases are trapping more and more heat in the atmosphere, holding in significantly more heat than they were in previous decades, a new assessment has found. 

‘It seems this heat will take our lives’: Pakistan city fearful after hitting 51C

Residents of Jacobabad say loss of trees and water facilities makes record-breaking temperatures unbearable  

Egypt says climate finance must be top of agenda at Cop27 talks

Host of November’s summit wants focus to be on ‘moving from pledges to implementation’

Exxon must go to trial over alleged climate crimes, court rules

The ruling, and another crucial court decision this week, will force the company to face charges it lied about global heating  

Sinking Maldives plans to reclaim land from the ocean

Vulnerable island nation split over project to dredge millions of tonnes of sand to create land for resorts and industry on Unesco reserve  

Enel CEO says burning gas to produce electricity is ‘stupid’

The CEO of Italian power firm Enel has cast doubt on the continued benefit of using gas to produce electricity, telling CNBC it is “stupid” and that cheaper and better alternatives are now available.

Canada’s major banks continue funding oil and gas companies despite growing concerns over decommissioning liabilities

Unregulated Liabilities and Opaque Financial Reporting Last Seen in Mortgage-backed Securities During the 2008 Financial Crisis

Queensland utility signs deal for first EdF wind farm in Australia

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BlueFloat plans 1-gigawatt floating wind project for Taiwan

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Imagine an economy of peace

Be it the climate emergency, the pandemic, the war in Ukraine or any of the multiple other intersectional challenges the world is facing today, we are, inexplicably, in a crisis of imagination.

The political and media establishment ignored climate – but voters didn’t

The 2019 election sticks in my memory very well, even though I wasn’t even in the country when it happened. The reason was simple.

ALPHA MISSION - ΔELOS this coming Monday, 30th of May, Live from Delos

Its finally happening. Commencing countdown, Engines on... for ALPHA MISSION - ΔELOS this coming Monday, 30th.

UNSW BE High Performance Architecture Webinar Series #1: Recent Progress on Mitigation Technologies

THE FOSSIL FUELLED 5

New paper exposes five wealthy countries whose fossil fuel production threatens chances of keeping 1.5ºC hope alive.

Rainfall across Europe disrupted by climate change

Fingerprint of human influence found on European winter rainfall patterns.

Now is the time to accelerate renewable hydrogen and replace fossil fuels

Today, CEOs from leading companies across the value chain, top EU decision-makers, and hundreds of stakeholders gathered at the Renewable Hydrogen Summit organised by the Renewable Hydrogen Coalition (RHC) to discuss the necessary policies to accelerate the renewable hydrogen uptake in Europe, an