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FACTA is an independent Italian non-profit media outlet that applies the scientific method to investigative and data journalism. Our mission is to promote democracy through science-based investigations. We work in Italy, a country with enormous political, environmental, and social issues. We publish in Italian and English, often in syndication with other Italian media. We strongly believe rigorous, transparent, open science, public interest journalism can help better inform the public debate and build scientific citizenship.
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Episode 8
How much is it? The cost of climate change - Ep. 08
29.03.2023
Money moves the attention of people, investors, and capital owners. Money is part of many solutions to the climate deadlock. But numbers are not enough to calculate the economic value of the climate issue.
Episode 7
Climate on trial - Ep. 07
24.02.2023
The Urgenda case was the game changer. It opened up a new dialogue between human rights law and climate science, while it marked a watershed moment for climate justice: from then on, we saw new measures to protect people from the harms posed by climate change.
Episode 6
Power to the communities - Ep. 06
28.01.2023
Knowledge is power. It is the backbone of an alliance that spans the farthest corners of the planet to the laboratories of the most advanced scientific research. In this episode, we explore the terrain where science meets civil society that triggers climate action. With stories of people in the Global South where natural resources 'are being used as a weapon'.
Episode 5
Carbon: A matter of budget - Ep. 05
14.12.2022
A trip among satellites, robots and bottles. One that oscillates between the heights of the atmosphere and the surface of the sea. We ride on carbon dioxide molecules to understand how relevant the word budget can be in delivering a future where a climate neutrality takes shape.
Episode 4
The climate backstage at UNFCCC conferences - Ep. 04
10.11.2022
Behind the scenes of the climate negotiations, where the whole world sits around the same table. It is a plot of interminable sessions, under the danger of a deadlock that is always around the corner, behind a comma or a single concept. Scientists, delegates and a journalist unveil how a climate agreement takes shape in the halls and the corridors of an International Climate Conference.
