Marta Abbà
@martaabba.bsky.social
Journalist & Environmental physicist
🔎 climate, gender & digital justice, indigenous and migrant rights
🔎 climate, gender & digital justice, indigenous and migrant rights
At Europe’s borders, freedom of expression, thought, and environmental protection are left to the mercy of indifferent national governments, while EU enlargement remains stuck halfway: neither fully here nor there—and often completely invisible. www.startupbusiness.it/en/georgia-w...
Georgia, when political crisis puts the environment at risk
The Caucasian country that had begun the process of joining the EU now finds itself in a period of democratic uncertainty
www.startupbusiness.it
February 11, 2026 at 7:06 AM
At Europe’s borders, freedom of expression, thought, and environmental protection are left to the mercy of indifferent national governments, while EU enlargement remains stuck halfway: neither fully here nor there—and often completely invisible. www.startupbusiness.it/en/georgia-w...
Italian researchers led by Ilaria Decimo discovered how to repurpose tumor-accelerating cells to treat spinal cord injuries—and potentially strokes in the future.
www.wired.it/article/dall... @wired.it
www.wired.it/article/dall... @wired.it
February 5, 2026 at 6:53 AM
Italian researchers led by Ilaria Decimo discovered how to repurpose tumor-accelerating cells to treat spinal cord injuries—and potentially strokes in the future.
www.wired.it/article/dall... @wired.it
www.wired.it/article/dall... @wired.it
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Oltre all'impatto sulla salute pubblica, i cibi ultra-processati influiscono anche su ambiente e clima:
Ultra-processed foods damage our health and environment at every stage, but the planetary diet offers a sensible alternative without requiring radical lifestyle changes. www.italiaclima.org/cibi-ultra-p... @italianclimate.bsky.social
CIBI ULTRA-PROCESSATI: IL LEGAME TRA SALUTE E CLIMA SECONDO THE LANCET | Italian Climate Network
La nuova Lancet Series sui cibi ultra-processati, pubblicata a novembre 2025, analizza il ruolo di questi alimenti su salute pubblica e ambiente. Nei Paesi ad alto reddito, i cibi ultra-processati rap...
www.italiaclima.org
February 3, 2026 at 6:29 PM
Oltre all'impatto sulla salute pubblica, i cibi ultra-processati influiscono anche su ambiente e clima:
Bangladeshi women and second-generation girls weave communities and forge new identities in Italy—a story of peaceful integration that Lucrezia Tiberio and I documented between Monza and Rome, supported by @journalismfund.bsky.social and #Altreconomia. altreconomia.it/prodotto/289/
289 - Non è giusto
Inchiesta sul collasso della polizia penitenziaria e del carcere,le vere priorità della Giustizia. Non per il governo, che vuolestravolgere la Costituzione. A misura di ricchi
altreconomia.it
February 3, 2026 at 6:55 AM
Bangladeshi women and second-generation girls weave communities and forge new identities in Italy—a story of peaceful integration that Lucrezia Tiberio and I documented between Monza and Rome, supported by @journalismfund.bsky.social and #Altreconomia. altreconomia.it/prodotto/289/
Ultra-processed foods damage our health and environment at every stage, but the planetary diet offers a sensible alternative without requiring radical lifestyle changes. www.italiaclima.org/cibi-ultra-p... @italianclimate.bsky.social
CIBI ULTRA-PROCESSATI: IL LEGAME TRA SALUTE E CLIMA SECONDO THE LANCET | Italian Climate Network
La nuova Lancet Series sui cibi ultra-processati, pubblicata a novembre 2025, analizza il ruolo di questi alimenti su salute pubblica e ambiente. Nei Paesi ad alto reddito, i cibi ultra-processati rap...
www.italiaclima.org
February 2, 2026 at 6:56 AM
Ultra-processed foods damage our health and environment at every stage, but the planetary diet offers a sensible alternative without requiring radical lifestyle changes. www.italiaclima.org/cibi-ultra-p... @italianclimate.bsky.social
The Milan-Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics will lose 5.5 square kilometers of snow and 34 million tons of glacial ice—half caused by sponsors Eni, Stellantis, and ITA Airways, whose funding isn’t even necessary for the Games to proceed.
@wired.it
www.wired.it/article/effe...
@wired.it
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Se la neve sparisce, le Olimpiadi devono agire per salvare sé stesse
Una nuova ricerca mostra quanto sono (in)sostenibili le Olimpiadi invernali svelando il reale contributo di alcuni sponsor dal punto di vista delle emissioni. E dando strumenti per passare all'azione
www.wired.it
January 20, 2026 at 6:02 AM
The Milan-Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics will lose 5.5 square kilometers of snow and 34 million tons of glacial ice—half caused by sponsors Eni, Stellantis, and ITA Airways, whose funding isn’t even necessary for the Games to proceed.
@wired.it
www.wired.it/article/effe...
@wired.it
www.wired.it/article/effe...
Reposted by Marta Abbà
Once privileged, #journalists face new challenges in 21st century Europe. Discover which in our talk with
@europeanjournalists.org director @renateschroeder.bsky.social & freelance reporter
@martaabba.bsky.social
📆 20/01/2026
🕐 12:30 CET
✍️ Register: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
#PulseEurope
@europeanjournalists.org director @renateschroeder.bsky.social & freelance reporter
@martaabba.bsky.social
📆 20/01/2026
🕐 12:30 CET
✍️ Register: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
#PulseEurope
January 14, 2026 at 4:54 PM
Once privileged, #journalists face new challenges in 21st century Europe. Discover which in our talk with
@europeanjournalists.org director @renateschroeder.bsky.social & freelance reporter
@martaabba.bsky.social
📆 20/01/2026
🕐 12:30 CET
✍️ Register: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
#PulseEurope
@europeanjournalists.org director @renateschroeder.bsky.social & freelance reporter
@martaabba.bsky.social
📆 20/01/2026
🕐 12:30 CET
✍️ Register: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
#PulseEurope
Reposted by Marta Abbà
#Webinar: What kind of challenges are journalists facing in the 21st century?
EFJ Director @renateschroeder.bsky.social will join this @voxeurop.bsky.social Live with @martaabba.bsky.social moderated by @gpaccardo.bsky.social.
📆 20/01/2026
🕐 12:30 CET
✍️ Registration: voxeurop.eu/en/event/liv...
EFJ Director @renateschroeder.bsky.social will join this @voxeurop.bsky.social Live with @martaabba.bsky.social moderated by @gpaccardo.bsky.social.
📆 20/01/2026
🕐 12:30 CET
✍️ Registration: voxeurop.eu/en/event/liv...
Voxeurop Live | Journalism, a profession under fire
Meagre pay, weak or non-existent social protection, and job insecurity. For years now, the press has been in a structural economic crisis, and it’s taking a toll on journalists. Once seen as privilege...
voxeurop.eu
January 14, 2026 at 3:07 PM
#Webinar: What kind of challenges are journalists facing in the 21st century?
EFJ Director @renateschroeder.bsky.social will join this @voxeurop.bsky.social Live with @martaabba.bsky.social moderated by @gpaccardo.bsky.social.
📆 20/01/2026
🕐 12:30 CET
✍️ Registration: voxeurop.eu/en/event/liv...
EFJ Director @renateschroeder.bsky.social will join this @voxeurop.bsky.social Live with @martaabba.bsky.social moderated by @gpaccardo.bsky.social.
📆 20/01/2026
🕐 12:30 CET
✍️ Registration: voxeurop.eu/en/event/liv...
Migratory birds face a changing world where fields become highways—we explored their climate crisis journey for Wired Italia, respecting their privacy while sharing exclusive migration stories.
www.wired.it/article/ucce... @wired.it
www.wired.it/article/ucce... @wired.it
C'è chi cambia ritmo, chi luogo, chi dieta. Come la crisi climatica ridisegna le rotte degli uccelli migratori
Temperature in aumento, tempeste più intense e cibo scarso: migliaia di specie sono costretti a riscrivere i loro viaggi a causa della crisi climatica. Alcuni ci riescono meglio di altri e questo fa l...
www.wired.it
January 14, 2026 at 7:01 AM
Migratory birds face a changing world where fields become highways—we explored their climate crisis journey for Wired Italia, respecting their privacy while sharing exclusive migration stories.
www.wired.it/article/ucce... @wired.it
www.wired.it/article/ucce... @wired.it
In telling my surreal glimpse into #Kyiv’s theaters amid air raid alerts and applause, a young man in black stopped me: “Don’t write with pity. We don’t want it.” So this reportage was born.
www.wired.it/article/cult... @wired.it
www.wired.it/article/cult... @wired.it
Non importa lo scenario, Kyiv va in scena. Come la cultura ucraina si prepara al 2026
In attesa che si realizzi l'ipotesi di un cessate il fuoco, artisti e istituzioni puntano sull'autenticità e la rigenerazione per non sparire dalla scena culturale internazionale
www.wired.it
January 12, 2026 at 7:00 AM
In telling my surreal glimpse into #Kyiv’s theaters amid air raid alerts and applause, a young man in black stopped me: “Don’t write with pity. We don’t want it.” So this reportage was born.
www.wired.it/article/cult... @wired.it
www.wired.it/article/cult... @wired.it
In #Naples, a laboratory works on convincing #cells to behave better and creating biological twins to test therapies (a research that stubbornly pursues excellence despite being undervalued, embodying the freedom to search, fail, discover).
www.wired.it/gallery/geme... @wired.it
www.wired.it/gallery/geme... @wired.it
Abbiamo visitato i laboratori di Napoli dove si studiano i gemelli biologici per arrivare finalmente alla medicina personalizzata
Nel centro dell'Istituto italiano di tecnologia si esplora la ricerca degli organ-on-chip e l'ingegneria genetica per terapie tagliate su misura del singolo paziente
www.wired.it
January 8, 2026 at 8:44 AM
In #Naples, a laboratory works on convincing #cells to behave better and creating biological twins to test therapies (a research that stubbornly pursues excellence despite being undervalued, embodying the freedom to search, fail, discover).
www.wired.it/gallery/geme... @wired.it
www.wired.it/gallery/geme... @wired.it
From ranchers protecting native prairies to families restoring habitats, real Nature-Based Solutions (NBS) are making a global impact—but we still need to separate them from greenwashing. #COP30 #NBS
www.wired.it/article/natu...
@wired.it @birdlifeglobal.bsky.social
www.wired.it/article/natu...
@wired.it @birdlifeglobal.bsky.social
Nature based solutions, tutti vogliono progetti “ispirati alla natura”, ma pochi sono autentici
Brasile, Nigeria, Panama e Stati Uniti: sono solo alcuni esempi di Nature based solution (Nbs) nati dal basso e, quindi, autentici. All'ultima conferenza sul clima non è stato facile distinguere il ve...
www.wired.it
December 29, 2025 at 7:21 AM
From ranchers protecting native prairies to families restoring habitats, real Nature-Based Solutions (NBS) are making a global impact—but we still need to separate them from greenwashing. #COP30 #NBS
www.wired.it/article/natu...
@wired.it @birdlifeglobal.bsky.social
www.wired.it/article/natu...
@wired.it @birdlifeglobal.bsky.social
Reposted by Marta Abbà
#PulseEurope
Tarifs sauvages, protections inexistantes, avenir incertain : quelles sont les conditions de travail des journalistes indépendants en Europe ? Témoignages de Bulgarie, Pologne, République tchèque, Croatie, Grèce et Albanie.
Par @martaabba.bsky.social et @francesca-b.bsky.social
Tarifs sauvages, protections inexistantes, avenir incertain : quelles sont les conditions de travail des journalistes indépendants en Europe ? Témoignages de Bulgarie, Pologne, République tchèque, Croatie, Grèce et Albanie.
Par @martaabba.bsky.social et @francesca-b.bsky.social
L'insoutenable légèreté d'être freelance : voyage dans la précarité du journalisme européen
Tarifs sauvages, protections inexistantes, avenir incertain : quelles sont les conditions de travail des journalistes indépendants en Europe ?
voxeurop.eu
December 22, 2025 at 10:54 AM
#PulseEurope
Tarifs sauvages, protections inexistantes, avenir incertain : quelles sont les conditions de travail des journalistes indépendants en Europe ? Témoignages de Bulgarie, Pologne, République tchèque, Croatie, Grèce et Albanie.
Par @martaabba.bsky.social et @francesca-b.bsky.social
Tarifs sauvages, protections inexistantes, avenir incertain : quelles sont les conditions de travail des journalistes indépendants en Europe ? Témoignages de Bulgarie, Pologne, République tchèque, Croatie, Grèce et Albanie.
Par @martaabba.bsky.social et @francesca-b.bsky.social
The “just transition” needs more than buzzwords: @caneurope.org ’s Chiara Martinelli explains what COP30’s new mechanism means for the #EU and Italy after their car policy retreat.
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Cop30, l'impegno europeo tradito dal passo indietro sulle auto
lavialibera.it
December 18, 2025 at 6:54 AM
The “just transition” needs more than buzzwords: @caneurope.org ’s Chiara Martinelli explains what COP30’s new mechanism means for the #EU and Italy after their car policy retreat.
lavialibera.it/it-schede-25...
lavialibera.it/it-schede-25...
Slowing down AI to use it to age better. A European project is attempting to do just that. It is called @comfortageproject.bsky.social and has 39 partners. I will tell you about it here tech4future.info/en/comfortage/
Dementia and Artificial Intelligence: a research path that re-centres ethics and clinical practice
COMFORTage | Dementia and Artificial Intelligence: A Research Path That Re-centres Ethics and Clinical Practice
tech4future.info
December 15, 2025 at 7:05 AM
Slowing down AI to use it to age better. A European project is attempting to do just that. It is called @comfortageproject.bsky.social and has 39 partners. I will tell you about it here tech4future.info/en/comfortage/
A network with distributed nodes to physically track the #arms supply chain in #Genoa’s port, connecting workers and dock managers “to make public what today travels in the shadows”.
www.wired.it/article/traf... @wired.it
www.wired.it/article/traf... @wired.it
Traffico d’armi, il porto di Genova vara il primo osservatorio al mondo per unire lavoratori, istituzioni e cittadini
La città chiama allo stesso tavolo pubblico e privato “per rendere pubblico ciò che oggi viaggia nell’ombra”. In attesa che le autorità vi siedano, lancia un modello replicabile in altri scali europei...
www.wired.it
December 11, 2025 at 7:02 AM
A network with distributed nodes to physically track the #arms supply chain in #Genoa’s port, connecting workers and dock managers “to make public what today travels in the shadows”.
www.wired.it/article/traf... @wired.it
www.wired.it/article/traf... @wired.it
Europe protects endangered species, while Italy protects those who hunt them. My new investigation on italian poaching with @journalismfund.bsky.social @voxeurop.bsky.social @wired.it
www.journalismfund.eu/poaching-ita...
www.journalismfund.eu/poaching-ita...
December 10, 2025 at 7:20 AM
Europe protects endangered species, while Italy protects those who hunt them. My new investigation on italian poaching with @journalismfund.bsky.social @voxeurop.bsky.social @wired.it
www.journalismfund.eu/poaching-ita...
www.journalismfund.eu/poaching-ita...
Reposted by Marta Abbà
This investigation by @martaabba.bsky.social and Brigitte Wenger was supported by our Environmental Investigative Journalism grant programme and published in several languages @voxeurop.bsky.social
December 9, 2025 at 4:23 PM
This investigation by @martaabba.bsky.social and Brigitte Wenger was supported by our Environmental Investigative Journalism grant programme and published in several languages @voxeurop.bsky.social
At COP30, “gender” didn’t disappear but shifted from responsiveness to perspective, disinformation emerged as climate justice’s enemy, yet data and funds remain missing
this isn’t an endpoint but a starting point for vigilance between COPs
www.ingenere.it/articoli/rip... @italianclimate.bsky.social
this isn’t an endpoint but a starting point for vigilance between COPs
www.ingenere.it/articoli/rip... @italianclimate.bsky.social
Riprendiamoci il clima
La crisi climatica è anche una crisi della riproduzione sociale, e non finirà se prima non saranno le narrazioni a riconoscere alle donne un potere politico. Alcune note sulla trentesima edizione dell...
www.ingenere.it
December 9, 2025 at 7:11 AM
At COP30, “gender” didn’t disappear but shifted from responsiveness to perspective, disinformation emerged as climate justice’s enemy, yet data and funds remain missing
this isn’t an endpoint but a starting point for vigilance between COPs
www.ingenere.it/articoli/rip... @italianclimate.bsky.social
this isn’t an endpoint but a starting point for vigilance between COPs
www.ingenere.it/articoli/rip... @italianclimate.bsky.social
Intentional fires are systematically destroying the world’s most vital forests. We investigated this for @wired.it
This is a deliberate environmental devastation disguised as economic development.
www.wired.it/article/defo... @wired.com @fao.org
This is a deliberate environmental devastation disguised as economic development.
www.wired.it/article/defo... @wired.com @fao.org
Le foreste in fiamme sono fuori controllo. Come gli incendi hanno trasformato la mappa della deforestazione globale
Dai tropici alle foreste boreali, la crisi climatica cambia, amplifica e confonde tra loro le cause della perdita forestale mentre la Cop30 cerca soluzioni per far fronte ai roghi che stanno distrugge...
www.wired.it
December 2, 2025 at 6:35 AM
Intentional fires are systematically destroying the world’s most vital forests. We investigated this for @wired.it
This is a deliberate environmental devastation disguised as economic development.
www.wired.it/article/defo... @wired.com @fao.org
This is a deliberate environmental devastation disguised as economic development.
www.wired.it/article/defo... @wired.com @fao.org
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Considered extinct until twenty years ago, the northern bald ibis is being painstakingly reintroduced into the Alps, partly with EU funding and know-how.
@martaabba.bsky.social - @journalismfund.bsky.social
@martaabba.bsky.social - @journalismfund.bsky.social
While Europe protects the northern bald ibis, Italy protects its poachers
Considered extinct until twenty years ago, the northern bald ibis is being painstakingly reintroduced into the Alps, partly with EU funding and know-how. But the project is facing obstacles in the for...
voxeurop.eu
November 28, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Considered extinct until twenty years ago, the northern bald ibis is being painstakingly reintroduced into the Alps, partly with EU funding and know-how.
@martaabba.bsky.social - @journalismfund.bsky.social
@martaabba.bsky.social - @journalismfund.bsky.social
Nvidia is investing $500M to build a major AI hub in Armenia to keep young talent home, despite energy and environmental concerns.
My reportage for @wired.it
www.wired.it/article/ai-f...
My reportage for @wired.it
www.wired.it/article/ai-f...
Nvidia sbarca in Armenia, siamo stati nel paese del Caucaso per tastare il polso a una generazione che non vuole emigrare
Con una infrastruttura ai da 500 milioni di dollari Nvidia promette di trasformare il Caucaso in hub tecnologico, tra speranze e rischi (ovviamente ambientali)
www.wired.it
November 28, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Nvidia is investing $500M to build a major AI hub in Armenia to keep young talent home, despite energy and environmental concerns.
My reportage for @wired.it
www.wired.it/article/ai-f...
My reportage for @wired.it
www.wired.it/article/ai-f...
Olympic obsession: investing billions in ski resorts with no future as glaciers vanish, masking environmental devastation with artificial snow, unsustainable infrastructure, and marketing hype.
My investigation for @wired.it
www.wired.it/article/mila...
My investigation for @wired.it
www.wired.it/article/mila...
November 27, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Olympic obsession: investing billions in ski resorts with no future as glaciers vanish, masking environmental devastation with artificial snow, unsustainable infrastructure, and marketing hype.
My investigation for @wired.it
www.wired.it/article/mila...
My investigation for @wired.it
www.wired.it/article/mila...
At #COP30, trans activists from South America demand inclusion in climate policy design, arguing that strategies ignoring the most marginalized fail everyone.
www.wired.it/article/cris...
@wired.it
www.wired.it/article/cris...
@wired.it
L'altra lotta nell’era della crisi climatica è quella per i diritti lgbtqia+, spesso invisibili ancor prima che negati
Mentre la conferenza sul clima in corso in Brasile volge al termine, le comunità queer chiedono la garanzia del rispetto dei diritti lgbtqia+ attraverso la partecipazione nei processi negoziali
www.wired.it
November 22, 2025 at 8:55 AM
At #COP30, trans activists from South America demand inclusion in climate policy design, arguing that strategies ignoring the most marginalized fail everyone.
www.wired.it/article/cris...
@wired.it
www.wired.it/article/cris...
@wired.it
Reposted by Marta Abbà
📣 BREAKING
At least 531 lobbyists for groups that advocate for a misguided technology that prolongs #FossilFuel use (aka Carbon Capture & Storage #CCS) have gained access to the #COP30 climate talks.
Read: sg.news.yahoo.com/carbon-captu...
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At least 531 lobbyists for groups that advocate for a misguided technology that prolongs #FossilFuel use (aka Carbon Capture & Storage #CCS) have gained access to the #COP30 climate talks.
Read: sg.news.yahoo.com/carbon-captu...
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November 17, 2025 at 7:12 AM
📣 BREAKING
At least 531 lobbyists for groups that advocate for a misguided technology that prolongs #FossilFuel use (aka Carbon Capture & Storage #CCS) have gained access to the #COP30 climate talks.
Read: sg.news.yahoo.com/carbon-captu...
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At least 531 lobbyists for groups that advocate for a misguided technology that prolongs #FossilFuel use (aka Carbon Capture & Storage #CCS) have gained access to the #COP30 climate talks.
Read: sg.news.yahoo.com/carbon-captu...
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