The Climate Change Committee (CCC) says UK government is falling short on adapting for climate change. CCC has published its report on the third National Adaptation Programme (NAP3) published by ministers last July,
A couple of days ago I attended the 2024 ITS UK Conference in Manchester (UK), organised within the larger “Interchange” event. The conference had excellent speakers and discussed challenging topics that made the
The “2024 World Economic Forum (WEF)” has recently ended and the Special Address by António Guterres, UN Secretary-General, hopefully generated some concerns in the participants (video). He said that, although 2023 was the
The sixth-century C.E. (aka BC) Plague of Justinian was “a pestilence, by which the whole human race came near to being annihilated”, according to the Byzantine historian Procopius. Up to half the population
We spend on average over six hours a day on the Internet. This could be a very productive use of your time or an infuriating experience, depending on whether your Internet connection is
When Hurricane Otis smashed into Acapulco, Mexico, in October, the Category 5 storm left a trail of devastation in its wake. Because weather models had predicted that Otis would make landfall as a
As usual for this season’s holidays, I returned to my hometown, Turin, which is the capital of the Piedmont region (NW Italy). The name means at the foot of the mountains. I remember
Following the news on 7th Sept 2023 the UK and EU had found an agreement about the UK re-joining the Horizon Europe and Copernicus programmes, on 4th Dec 2023 the agreement was sealed.
In the last two days we have lost two milestones of the 20th century: Henry Kissinger, 100, and Charles T. Munger, 99. While the first person – the most experienced and appreciated diplomat
