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Roberta Fabbrocino

Circular economy and sustainability journalist. Specialized in environmental issues, her work has been published on several publications that tackle these topics such as Lampoon Magazine, Luxiders and Sustain the Mag. She also works as a content writer for sustainable companies.

Carbon offsetting aviation industry
CORSIA stabilizes net CO2 emissions from international civil aviation at 2019 levels
By 2050, the aviation sector intends to cut its net CO2 emissions to half of what they were in 2005, while exploring strategies to reach net zero emissions by 2060-65
The catalyst for the decarbonization of the energy sector in Berlin: Berliner Stadtwerke
Clients know where their electric power comes from. Although Berliner Stadtwerke is not a large company using eco certificates to provide green power, it’s one-hundred percent solar and wind powered
Controversial: the carbon market is growing, but cheap credits can undermine its utility
Purchasing carbon credits can be part of a corporate climate strategy when a company isn’t able to neutralize its emissions due to technological limitations or prohibitive costs
The state of paper recycling – challenges and opportunities for a circular industry in Europe
In Europe, Fibre-based packaging is contributing to the circular biobased economy, as eighty-four point six percent of paper and board packaging is recycled
Planned obsolescence – the obsolescence of a product is planned, designed, and built into it by its manufacturer
In a circular economy context, an EU measure banning planned obsolescence is needed, as measures targeting it are insufficient to handle
Cinderela project is testing the way Circular Economy can be implemented in wastewater management
In Europe, the construction sector accounts for one-third of all EU waste, one-third of all water consumed, makes up for the largest share of the total EU final energy consumption
Lampoon
The Doomsday Clock – pessimism does nothing for the Earth, but resistance and cooperation do
Corporations emphasize people's role in the climate crisis. Yet, 100 fossil fuel producers are responsible for seventy-one percent of the industrial GHG emissions since 1988
Lampoon
What’s the future of plankton? The link between these creatures and the air we breathe
By 2081-​2100, almost forty percent of the phytoplankton and zooplankton assemblages of the subpolar seas will be replaced by poleward shifting plankton species
Hydropower: the ancient source is alive thanks to many carbon offset projects
Over 300 carbon offset projects in the Verra Registry, after the Clean Development Mechanism (Kyoto Protocol), supported more than 2000 hydropower projects
Lampoon
How can the UK government secure the raw materials needed for the green transition?
The UK’s demand for lithium could reach 550,000 tons by 2050, while the country may use 240,000 tons of lithium and 90,000 tons of cobalt between now and 2035