Torture, threats and arbitrary arrests: UN warns of ‘serious abuses’ against Afghans forced to return

mennessä CrNet Oy | heinä 25, 2025 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development, Yleinen

Afghans returning to their country face “serious violations” of their human rights committed by the Taliban de facto authorities, according to a United Nations report published on Thursday amid mass deportation campaigns from Iran and Pakistan. These abuses include...

Good Deals – Bad for the Climate: Supermarket Volume Discounts Lead to Food Waste

mennessä CrNet Oy | heinä 25, 2025 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development

A new study reveals an unfortunate effect of supermarkets’ popular “2 for 1” offers: Not only do they make us buy more, these offers also lead to food waste at home. Food waste is a huge global problem – both economically and climatically. The UN estimates that...

EU introduces surveillance of imports and exports of metal scrap

mennessä CrNet Oy | heinä 24, 2025 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development

The EU Commission has activated a customs surveillance system to monitor the import and export of metal waste and scrap into and out of the EU, covering ferrous waste and scrap (including steel), aluminium and copper. The Commission adopted the Steel and Metal Action...

Brussels starts process to maintain free and safe data flows between EU and UK

mennessä CrNet Oy | heinä 23, 2025 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development

The European Commission has launched the process to adopt new adequacy decisions to allow the free flow of personal data between the European Economic Area and the United Kingdom. Following assessment of the recently adopted UK Data Use and Access Act, the Commission...

UN’s Guterres declares fossil fuel era fading; presses nations for new climate plans before COP30 summit

mennessä CrNet Oy | heinä 23, 2025 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development

UN Secretary‑General António Guterres declared the world has “passed the point of no return” on the shift to renewables and implored governments to file sweeping new climate plans before November’s COP30 climate summit in Brazil, saying the fossil fuel era is nearing...

Effective partnerships can stop the next pandemic

mennessä CrNet Oy | heinä 23, 2025 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development, Yleinen

“There will be another pandemic, and it will not be 100 years from now.” Dr. Ibrahim Abubakar, a professor of infectious diseases at University College London, issued this warning at a recent meeting of the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) in New York. It is...