Category: Week’s highlights
Amsterdam starts pilot project and collects garbage with electric bicycles
One advantage of this action is that the weak quays and bridges no longer have to carry heavy garbage trucks. In addition, as part of…
EU increases humanitarian assistance for Palestine to over €34 million
Today, the EU has increased its humanitarian assistance to the most vulnerable people in Palestine by €8 million, taking the total to €34.4 million this…
Afghanistan: Unravelling of women and girls’ rights looms as peace talks falter
Two decades of hard-won progress by Afghanistan’s women and girls is at serious risk of being unravelled, said Amnesty International, in a statement highlighting the…
Robot pirate ships set sail to launch biggest clean-up of UK’s rivers
Two robot pirate ships set sail in London’s Docklands today to mark the launch of the UK’s largest ever collaborative push to prevent and reduce…
South Australia’s recycling industry with highest investment ever
The projects include a $12 million waste paper and cardboard recycling plant in the northern suburbs of Adelaide, a $24 million material resource facility in…
State aid: Commission publishes results of evaluation of EU State aid rules for agriculture, forestry and rural areas
The European Commission has published a Commission Staff Working Document summarising the results of an evaluation of the State aid rules for the agriculture and…
Future-proof taxation – Commission proposes new, ambitious business tax agenda
The European Commission has today adopted a Communication on Business Taxation for the 21st century to promote a robust, efficient and fair business tax system…
EU Blue Card: Commission welcomes political agreement on new rules for highly skilled migrant workers
The Commission welcomes the agreement reached today by the European Parliament and the Council on new rules for the entry and residence of highly skilled…
5 things you should know about the state of the global economy
Is this the year we overcome the global economic crisis caused by the pandemic? Are our jobs in danger? Who has lost the most in…
Protecting local water has global benefits
A new paper in the May issue of Nature Communications demonstrates why keeping local lakes and other waterbodies clean produces cost-effective benefits locally and globally….
Commission makes €11 million available to strengthen cybersecurity capabilities and cooperation
The European Commission will make €11 million of funding available for 22 new projects seeking to strengthen the European Union’s capacity to deter and mitigate…
UN chief and senior officials express deep concern over East Jerusalem violence
The UN Secretary-General, António Guterres, and senior UN officials have expressed their deep concern over confrontations between Palestinians and Israeli security forces in East Jerusalem,…
Could wider use of gene reserves protect rare species?
UK landowners and conservationists welcome wider-spread use of Gene Conservation Units (GCUs) to help protect some of the rarest plants and insects, research at the…
Australia’s recycling opportunity emerges as batteries boom
Batteries are becoming crucial enablers of Australia’s transition to renewable energy. The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) has identified an increase in battery…
Most US coal generators can’t compete with wind and solar, US study finds
A new report from US think tank Energy Innovation shows that 72% of the country’s coal power fleet is now uneconomic compared to local wind…
Early-warning ‘pandemic hub’ plan unveiled by WHO’s Tedros and Germany’s Merkel
An international hub for pandemic control is to open in Berlin to ensure better preparedness and transparency in the fight against likely future global health…
Climate action potential in waste incineration plants
Over the coming decades, our economy and society will need to dramatically reduce greenhouse gas emissions as called for in the Paris Agreement. But even…
Plastic pollution in the deep sea: A geological perspective
A new focus article in the May issue of Geology summarizes research on plastic waste in marine and sedimentary environments. Authors I.A. Kane of the…
WHO welcomes Sweden’s announcement to share COVID-19 vaccine doses with COVAX
WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus welcomed the Government of Sweden’s announcement today (3rd May) to share 1 million doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine with…
Sounding the Seafloor with Light
Researchers work to map shallow waters with freely available data and cloud computing. The shallow waters around islands and continental coastlines are important for human…
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