On June 16, 1985 the Stava Onlus 1985 received the Alexander Langer Award.
The prize, financially supported by the Ethic Bank (Banca Etica), aims to promote the associations which work in the context of the Sustainable Development , civil rights and the ecological conversion of economy and work.

A recent policy paper published by the EU Commission argues that the costs of moving from a 20% emission reduction target in 2020 to a potential 30% have significantly lowered.

This report by Lorenzo Fioramonti argues that an innovative approach to the environmental challenge must take seriously the question of economic reform and the inescapable connection between environmental and social justice.

To students in Architecture and in Sustainable Development: What solutions to improve the urban conditions for all of us? What proposals for the sustainable architecture of the future?

The UN Conference on Climate Change which took place in Copenhagen between the 7th and 18th of December 2009 ended in failure. The EU has not been an important player during the Summit. Catherine Ashton, Van Rumpoy and Barroso cannot represent the EU.

The UN Conference on Climate Change has started yesterday (7th of December 2009) in the Danish capital. As the Kyoto protocol will terminate by the end of 2012, this summit will be fundamental in order to find a new agreement on climate change. This article analyse the firs two days of the Copenhagen Summit.

20 leaders meeting in Singapore cannot steal a decision from the world. Climate change is the most spectacular of demonstrations of the desperate need for a new paradigm of global decision making, intrisically based on multilateralism and reasoning across national interest.

Next December the United Nations Climate Change Conference will take place in Copenhagen. This will be a fundamental summit to find a new international agreement on climate change. The US and the European Union have a central role to play in the negotiations, and a particular responsibility towards developing countries. But political short-sight might transform the appointment into the living proof of the incapacity of today’s leaders to stand up to the global challenges they face.