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It's true, happiness doesn't cost much
06 Feb 2024
Many Indigenous peoples and local communities around the world are leading very satisfying lives despite having very little money. This is the conclusion of...
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Big oil companies continue to expand fossil fuel extraction worldwide
02 Feb 2024
Despite the growing social and political discourse in favor of energy transition and the greening of the industry, big oil companies continue to rely almost...
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Networked media and information ocean literacy: a transformative approach for UN ocean decade
31 Jan 2024
The United Nations’ Ocean Decade calls for co-designing transformative science, ocean networks, and learning strategies to address ocean health decline and...
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What do researchers on carbon pricing really think about it?
26 Jan 2024
Climate policy researchers feel that carbon pricing can achieve effective emission reductions.
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Laura Talens to participate in the «Smart education for innovative teaching» challenge
26 Jan 2024
From 31 January to 2 February, the University of Stavanger, Finland, is offering a challenge-based course entitled «Smart education for innovative teaching»,...
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Prehistoric human remains from South-America help to uncover the origins of treponemal diseases
25 Jan 2024
One of the biggest mysteries in historical epidemics is whether syphilis was introduced in Europe by Columbus’ first voyage to the Americas. A new...
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Project aims to reduce nutritional and health poverty in Barcelona
23 Jan 2024
A new project led by ICTA-UAB will tackle the problem of nutritional and health poverty in the city of Barcelona, with the aim of designing and implementing...
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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...
