SubjectEcology and environment
![Jordi Sabater Pi al llindar de la selva guineana](https://www.barcelona.cat/metropolis/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/sabater_pi_web.jpg?itok=Rld7sKDx)
Every day, Dr. Jordi Sabater Pi (1922-2009) remembered the rainforest in Equatorial Guinea, ever since he had to leave the country, forced by circumstances and accompanied by his family...
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We are beginning to see results after 30 years of policies to reduce emissions. Fossil fuel disinvestment is a reality, although...
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The city, as a great guzzler of energy produced outside its borders, is committed to an energy transition that will allow for its decarbonisation. The first pillar is to move the...
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Besides energy prices, one of the main public concerns, there is another unresolved issue: the opposition generated by the location of energy infrastructures, particularly renewable...
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The economic, social and political model developed over the last 150 years simply cannot be sustained for physical, geological and...
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Low-income households are those most affected by the rising prices of basic utilities and are also those with the fewest tools to help them cope with the situation. The measures that...
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Faced with the current situation of soaring energy prices, cooperative and public electricity suppliers can contribute enormously to the energy transition to bring about a sustainable,...
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Energy is a right. Although local government does not have powers in the major domains of energy regulation, it can...
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