New State aid framework enables support for clean industry

mennessä CrNet Oy | kesä 26, 2025 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development, Yleinen

The European Commission has today adopted a new State aid framework supporting the Clean Industrial Deal (CISAF), to enable Member States to push forward the development of clean energy, industrial decarbonisation and clean technology. The CISAF sets out the...

World Bank approves $1bn for development projects in Iraq, Syria and Lebanon

mennessä CrNet Oy | kesä 26, 2025 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development, Yleinen

The biggest amount went to Iraq, where the World Bank approved $930 million to help improve the country’s railway infrastructure, boost domestic trade and create jobs. The World Bank said on Wednesday that it has approved over $1 billion (€860 million) for...

Gas storage: deal with Council on refill flexibility to bring down prices

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

The draft legislation aims to address speculation on the gas market and bring down prices, by introducing greater flexibility in rules on gas storage refilling. MEPs and the Polish Presidency of the Council reached an informal agreement on Tuesday to extend the EU’s...

Diverting food waste from landfills to recycling could dramatically offset emissions

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

Pressures such as population growth, urbanization, and land degradation are straining the global agrifood system, the network connecting all steps of the food supply chain from growing crops in the field to waste elimination or disposal. In turn, the system is a major...

EU reinforces its cybersecurity with post-quantum cryptography

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

The EU Member States, supported by the Commission, issued a roadmap and timeline to start using a more complex form of cybersecurity, the so-called post-quantum cryptography. Designed with complex algorithms, this is a key milestone to deflect advanced cyber threats....

EU, Germany, France and the UK urge restraint

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

Foreign Affairs ministers of France, Germany, and Britain and the EU’s foreign policy chief have shared their grave concerns with regard to the escalation of tensions in the Middle East. In a meeting with their Iranian counterparts in Geneva they reiterated their firm...