Category: Science and Research News of Sustainable Development
‘We can do better, we must’ declares departing UN climate change chief, as COP27 looms over horizon
The annual UN Climate Change Conference in the German city of Bonn began on Monday, designed to lay the groundwork for a successful COP27, due…
Economics Study Calculates More Accurate Wind Forecasts Net $150 Million in Energy Savings Every Year
As wind energy occupies an increasingly large share of the energy landscape, a new study by Colorado State University economists and the National Oceanic and…
Croatia set to adopt euro on 1 January
Croatia is ready to adopt the euro on 1 January 2023, the European Commission concluded on Wednesday in a review of the country’s preparedness to…
LIFE programme awards 2022 winners for boosting biodiversity, environmental and climate action resilience and awareness raising
Yesterday afternoon during EU Green Week, Europe’s largest annual environmental event, the LIFE Programme for environment and climate action announced the five winners of this…
Make tobacco industry accountable for environmental damage: UN health agency
The tobacco industry damages both the environment and human health, and needs to be more accountable for the destruction it causes, declared the World Health…
Siberian tundra could virtually disappear by mid-millennium
AWI study shows: only ambitious climate protection measures can still save a third of the tundra . Due to global warming, temperatures in the…
Fourth Security Union Report: Preparedness and resilience shown by the EU in the face of exceptional and unexpected threats
The Commission is adopting today the fourth progress report on the progress made under the EU Security Union Strategy. The report focuses on the developments…
European Research Council supports scientists to explore the commercial potential of their discoveries
55 grantees of the European Research Council (ERC) have been awarded the Proof of Concept Grants to explore the commercial or societal potential of…
Zimbabwean peacekeeper wins UN gender advocate award
For the first time, a Zimbabwean peacekeeper has been chosen to receive the prestigious 2021 Military Gender Advocate of the Year Award, UN Peacekeeping announced on Tuesday. Commending…
‘Don’t work for climate wreckers’ UN chief tells graduates, in push to a renewable energy future
Today’s college graduates can become the generation to succeed “where my generation has failed” the UN chief said on Tuesday, urging the class of 2022,…
Climate Change on Course to Hit U.S. Corn Belt Especially Hard, Study Finds
Climate change will make the U.S. Corn Belt unsuitable for cultivating corn by 2100 without major technological advances in agricultural practices, an Emory University study…
REPowerEU: Commission launches public consultation on rules for renewable hydrogen
As part of the REPowerEU plan to phase out Russian fossil fuels, the Commission has launched a consultation on two delegated acts clarifying EU rules…
Demand for lifesaving aid up 10 per cent this year: UN relief chief
The number of people in need has risen by around 10 per cent this year so far, the UN’s humanitarian affairs chief said on Thursday….
Antitrust: Commission carries out unannounced inspections in the fashion sector
On 17 May the European Commission has started unannounced inspections at the premises of companies active in the fashion industry in several Member States. In…
MEPs call for reform of EU’s emission trading system
Euro-MPs called Tuesday for the EU’s Emissions Trading System to be reformed and its scope enlarged, in order to incentivise industries to reduce their emissions…
Spring 2022 Economic Forecast: Russian invasion tests EU economic resilience
The outlook for the EU economy before the outbreak of the war was for a prolonged and robust expansion. But Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has…
EU mulls tougher law on environmental liability
The EU Commission launched a consultation Thursday on the Environmental Liability Directive, the EU framework to prevent and remedy damage to land, water and biodiversity…
Global response to COVID-19 and beyond: Commission steps up funding to vaccination roll-out in Africa
The European Commission has announced its intention to step up funding to accelerate the roll-out and uptake of vaccines and other COVID-19 tools in Africa,…
US Forests Provide 83 Million People With Half Their Water
Forested lands across the U.S. provide 83 million people with at least half of their water, according to a broad new study of surface water…
EU to bolster financial sector’s defence against cyber-attacks
The EU Parliament and Council provisionally agreed Tuesday to strengthen the IT security of Europe’s financial sector, to ensure it can maintain resilient operations in…
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