Category: Science and Research News of Sustainable Development
Dialogue and cooperation needed for ‘interlinked global crises’ UN chief says in Austria
The world is facing “multiple and interlinked global crises,” the UN chief told journalists in Austria on Wednesday during a joint press conference with Chancellor…
New EU strategy to protect and empower children in the online world
On Wednesday, the Commission has adopted a new European strategy for a Better Internet for Kids (BIK+), to improve age-appropriate digital services and to ensure…
European Farmland Could Be Biggest Global Reservoir of Microplastics, Study Suggests
Farmlands across Europe are potentially the biggest global reservoir of microplastics due to the high concentrations found in fertilisers derived from sewage sludge, new research…
Commission steps up support to displaced researchers from Ukraine
The Commission has officially announced the launch of the MSCA4Ukraine scheme, part of the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions. It will support displaced researchers from Ukraine for…
Hydrogen: Commission supports industry commitment to boost by tenfold electrolyser manufacturing capacities in the EU
Today, Commissioner for Internal Market Thierry Breton and European electrolyser manufacturers met in Brussels to discuss how to increase industry’s capacity to produce electrolysers used…
New Research Will Help Minimize Impact of Wind Energy Development on Migratory Birds
The development of wind energy is expanding worldwide in an effort to limit greenhouse gas emissions and slow climate change. However, locations ideal for harvesting…
New plan to accelerate clean energy access for millions globally
Amid the global energy crisis and worsening climate emergency, the United Nations and partners on Wednesday launched two new initiatives to accelerate action towards achieving…
Study Develops Framework for Forecasting Contribution of Snowpack to Flood Risk During Winter Storms
In the Sierra Nevada, midwinter “rain-on-snow” events occur when rain falls onto existing snowpack and have resulted in some of the region’s biggest and most…
Climate Resilient Microalgae Could Help Restore Coral Reefs
Coral species exhibit different temperature tolerances. This is in part due to the composition of their microalgae symbionts. With a new method, researchers from Uppsala…
Ukraine: UN-Red Cross operation underway to evacuate civilians from stricken Mariupol plant
A United Nations and Red Cross (ICRC) operation to evacuate desperate civilians trapped in the Azovstal steel plant in the Ukrainian port city of Mariupol…
Fisheries: EU and Norway strengthen cooperation for sustainable fishing in the Northeast Arctic
Norway and the EU reached a political understanding in relation to the fisheries in the Northeast Arctic, in ICES subareas 1 and 2. The area…
EU and international partners put forward a Declaration for the Future of the Internet
Today, the European Union, the United States, and several international partners have proposed a Declaration for the Future of the Internet, setting out the vision…
Human rights: Belarus journalists win World Press Freedom Prize
The Belarusian Association of Journalists (BAJ) was named on Tuesday as the winner of this year‘s UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize, following the international…
Legal migration: Attracting skills and talent to the EU
The Commission is today proposing an ambitious and sustainable legal migration policy. As part of the comprehensive approach to migration set out in the Pact…
New Climate Modeling Predicts Increasing Occurrences of Flash Flooding Across Most of the U.S.
The latest U.N. report on climate change documented researchers’ efforts that have shown some measures of global warming are now unavoidable, and current research efforts…
22 April Earth Day: 5 ways we’re working to repair the damage to our planet
International Mother Earth Day is a chance to reflect on how humanity has been treating our planet, and let’s face it: we’ve been poor custodians….
State aid: Commission approves €7 billion French scheme to support investment towards a sustainable recovery
The European Commission has approved a €7 billion French scheme aimed at providing investment support towards a sustainable recovery. The scheme was approved under the…
African Dust Crosses the Atlantic
A beautiful sunset over the Atlantic off the Florida coast, or an orangey glow in the Texas sky at dusk may be caused by dust…
Warming Climate and Agriculture Halve Insect Populations in Some Areas
The study published in Nature is the first to identify that an interaction between rising temperatures and land use changes, is driving widespread losses in…
Guterres appeals for urgent humanitarian ceasefire in Ukraine
UN Secretary-General António Guterres has again called for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in Ukraine to allow delivery of life-saving aid as well as evacuations, his…
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