Category: Week’s highlights
Recovery and Resilience Facility: Denmark, Spain, Latvia and Luxembourg submit official recovery and resilience plans
The Commission has received official recovery and resilience plans from Denmark, Spain, Latvia and Luxembourg. These plans set out the reforms and public investment projects…
Combining Solar Panels and Lamb Grazing Increases Land Productivity, Study Finds
Solar panels also benefit the welfare of the lambs by providing shade. Land productivity could be greatly increased by combining sheep grazing and solar energy…
Ocean conservation: EU leads the international effort to establish new Marine Protected Areas in Antarctica
Today, Commissioner for Environment, Oceans and Fisheries Virginijus Sinkevičius hosted a ministerial meeting to build support among the Members of the Commission for the Conservation…
Vertical turbines could be the future for wind farms
The now-familiar sight of traditional propeller wind turbines could be replaced in the future with wind farms containing more compact and efficient vertical turbines. New…
In Calculating the Social Cost of Methane, Equity Matters
What is the cost of 1 ton of a greenhouse gas? When a climate-warming gas such as carbon dioxide or methane is emitted into the…
‘Careers have no gender’, connect girls to tech, for a brighter future UN urges
Despite information and communication technology playing such a key role throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, the UN chief said that half the world remains offline, in…
Plans progress for first polystyrene recycling plants in Europe
INEOS Styrolution, Recycling Technologies and Trinseo have announced that they have reached a significant milestone in their plans to build commercial polystyrene (PS) recycling plants…
Commission welcomes provisional agreement on the European Climate Law
The Commission welcomes today’s provisional agreement between the co-legislators on the European Climate Law. As one of the key elements of the European Green Deal,…
Brussels adopts greener state aid guidelines for EU regions
The Commission revised its regional state aid guidelines Monday, setting out the rules under which EU states can grant aid to companies to support economic…
New investments to benefit Finland’s battery cluster
Building a battery cluster in Finland continues successfully through the measures included in the Battery Strategy and the recent capitalisation of Finnish Minerals Group. “Good…
Alert over shortage of new drugs for ‘world’s most dangerous bacteria’
A lack of new treatments for common infections has left people dangerously exposed to the “world’s most dangerous bacteria”, the UN health agency said on…
WHO and partners urge countries to halt sales of wild mammals at food markets
The World Health Organization (WHO) and partners have called for countries to suspend sales of live wild mammals in traditional food markets, also known as…
Coronavirus Response: Commission proposes to exempt vital goods and services distributed by the EU from VAT in times of crisis
The European Commission has today proposed to exempt from Value Added Tax (VAT) goods and services made available by the European Commission, EU bodies and…
Wärtsilä gas conversion project will accelerate Senegal’s move to cleaner energy production
The technology group Wärtsilä will convert the close to 90 MW Bel-Air power plant in Dakar, Senegal to operate on liquefied natural gas (LNG). The…
The more you learn, the more you earn: education and poverty alleviation in Thailand
A good education is often seen as a route out of poverty, but many disadvantaged children are unable to finish school. In Thailand, a project…
Migrants left stranded and without assistance by COVID-19 lockdowns
Travel restrictions during the COVID pandemic have been particularly hard on refugees and migrants who move out of necessity, stranding millions from home, the UN…
Reflecting Sunlight Could Cool the Earth’s Ecosystem
Published in the Proceedings of National Academy of Sciences, researchers in the Climate Intervention Biology Working Group — including Jessica Hellmann from the University of…
In Finland, about 500 million euros go to waste in households every year – new calculator helps consumers understand the impact of food waste on personal finances
Paulig and Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke) launch a free-of-charge calculator for Finnish households to help them estimate the amount of the family’s food waste,…
Scientists at CERN successfully laser-cool antimatter for the first time
The result opens the door to considerably more precise studies of the response of antimatter to light and of how it behaves under the influence…
Climate change top challenge over the next decade, UNESCO global survey finds
Climate change and loss of biodiversity is seen as the most pressing challenge over the decade, according to the World in 2030 Survey report published…
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