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Paulig’s result in 2020: strong operating profit improvement in an exceptional year
For Paulig, year 2020 will be remembered as a year of ambitious first steps in a new operating model. The company achieved strong sales despite…
Erasmus+: over €28 billion to support mobility and learning for all, across the European Union and beyond
The Commission today adopted the first annual work programme of Erasmus+ 2021-2027. With a budget of €26.2 billion, (compared to €14.7 billion for 2014-2020), complemented…
Singapore battery plant can extract metals with 99% purity
Electronics recycler TES has opened a new battery recycling facility capable of treating 14 tonnes of lithium-ion batteries in Tues, Singapore. The EUR 18.6 million…
Biodiversity at risk, threatens human survival, UN forum hears
As the living tissue of the earth, biodiversity is “intimately linked to human health” the head of the UN’s scientific agency told a global forum…
Towards a Better Understanding of Societal Responses to Climate Change
As the signs of today’s human-caused climate change become ever more alarming, research into the ways past societies responded to natural climate changes is growing…
Survey reveals need for education, greater access to improve plastics recycling
Packaging provider Hi-Cone, Itasca, Illinois, has released its second annual State of Plastic Recycling report, revealing the need for ongoing education and greater access to…
UN agencies call for urgent action to avert famine risk in 20 ‘hunger hotspots’
Famine is already on the doorstep of millions of families in 20 countries, two UN agencies warned on Tuesday in a report that calls for…
Commission launches Pollinator Park – a dystopian virtual reality experience of a world without pollinators
Pollinator Park is an interactive digital tool to raise awareness about the alarming decline of pollinators and mobilise global action to address it. Designed in…
Arctic Methane Release Due to Melting Ice is Likely to Happen Again
Beneath the cold, dark depths of the Arctic ocean sit vast reserves of methane. These stores rest in a delicate balance, stable as a solid…
EU sanctions target human rights violations in China, Russia, Myanmar
EU foreign ministers imposed sanctions Monday on individuals responsible for serious human rights violations in China and Russia, as well as officials responsible for the…
Recognize ‘true value’ of water, UN urges, marking World Day
Today, about one in three people lack access to safe drinking water, and there are fears that by 2050, as many as 5.7 billion people…
Safe and resilient forests: Commission works for wildfire prevention in Europe and globally
On Monday, following the International Day of Forests, the Commission has published new guidelines to facilitate a better understanding of land-based wildfire prevention and effective…
Costa Rica communities fight duel COVID and climate threat
Local communities in Costa Rica are working together to fight the challenging combination of the COVID-19 pandemic and climate change, thanks to support from the…
CEOs from leading corporations including Anheuser-Busch In-Bev, GAP Inc., Starbucks and Ecolab call for increased water stewardship on World Water Day
Today CEOs from 16 corporations – including Anheuser-Busch InBev, Cargill, Diageo, Dow Inc, Ecolab, Gap Inc., Kurita Water Industries Ltd, PVH Corp, Starbucks, alongside The…
Big breakthrough for ’massless’ energy storage
The batteries in today’s electric cars constitute a large part of the vehicles’ weight, without fulfilling any load-bearing function. A structural battery, on the other…
Forest restoration provides a path to pandemic recovery, greener future
Recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic should lead to stronger action to safeguard the world’s forests, a senior UN official said on Friday, highlighting how these…
Melting glaciers contribute to Alaska earthquakes
In 1958, a magnitude 7.8 earthquake triggered a rockslide into Southeast Alaska’s Lituya Bay, creating a tsunami that ran 1,700 feet up a mountainside before…
New Study Predicts Urban Development and Greenhouse Gases will Fuel Urban Floods
When rain began falling in northern Georgia on Sept. 15, 2009, little did Atlantans know that they would bear witness to epic flooding throughout the…
Commission launches European Innovation Council to help turn scientific ideas into breakthrough innovations
The European Commission launched today, at an online event, the European Innovation Council (EIC) with a budget of over €10 billion (in current prices) for…
Sea-Level Rise Drives Wastewater Leakage to Coastal Waters
A new study, published by University of Hawai’i (UH) at Mānoa earth scientists, is the first to provide direct evidence that tidally-driven groundwater inundation of…
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