Kategoria: Week’s highlights

The UN Secretary-General has called for solidarity with all people living in poverty, during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond. Secretary-General António Guterres issued the appeal…

Canada took the next step in its effort to achieve zero plastic waste by 2030 last week when it announced a ban on certain single-use…

Global consumption of materials such as biomass, fossil fuels, metals and minerals is expected to double in the next forty years, while annual waste generation…

The financing will cover the costs of the reinforcement of the electricity supply network, refurbishment of substations, overhead lines and underground cables and the installation…

Armed conflict has a disproportionate impact on women and girls – a key reason why women’s “full, equal and meaningful participation” in UN peacekeeping is…

Environmental groups that had been calling for such a ban for several years applauded the move but now call for vigorous enforcement of the law,…

Currently, there is great disparity between member states, with some, like Germany and Denmark, already surpassing the target set out in the single use plastics…

A group of researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Ames Laboratory has discovered a way to convert a common byproduct of the paper manufacturing…

More than 30 countries on Thursday condemned ”medically unnecessary surgeries” on intersex children as a human rights violation, amid mounting efforts to ban such operations….

Europe faces important challenges to the rule of law, an EU-wide report published Wednesday by the Commission shows, highlighting the threat to Poland’s judicial independence…

Last year, the UN General Assembly designated 29 September as the International Day, recognizing the fundamental role that sustainable food production plays in promoting food…

Denmark said on Tuesday that it could reach its 2030 climate target of reducing emissions by 70%, one of the world’s most ambitious, without compromising…

Swiss voters have overwhelmingly rejected a right-wing party’s attempt to scrap a pact allowing the free movement of people from the European Union, according to…

Austria-based material supplier Borealis has received financing from the European Investment Bank (EIB) to support its research, development, and innovation program in the circular economy…

Researchers running Helsinki pilot scheme say dogs can identify virus in seconds. Four Covid-19 sniffer dogs have begun work at Helsinki airport in a state-funded…

The world is becoming less tolerant of migrants, according to a poll released on Wednesday as Europe prepared to unveil a new asylum plan in…

The failure of the European Union’s migration policy could not have been laid out more starkly — an already miserable camp burned and thousands of…

Sacha Newall, CEO and co-founder of the UK’s first fashion rental marketplace, My Wardrobe HQ, which she launched with Tina Lake in 2018, says she…

The European Commission launched Thursday a EUR 1 billion call for research and innovation projects that respond to the climate crisis and help protect Europe’s…