mennessä CrNet Oy | marras 9, 2023 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development
2023 is “almost certain to be the warmest year on record” after October smashed temperature highs, while the mercury will keep rising as the warming El Niño effect continues well into next year. That’s the message from UN World Meteorological Organization (WMO), which...
mennessä CrNet Oy | marras 8, 2023 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development
The European Commission set out plans Tuesday to shift transport of goods from road-only to use of two or more transport modes, aiming to make freight transport more sustainable. The proposal updates the current Combined Transport Directive and completes the Greening...
mennessä CrNet Oy | marras 8, 2023 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development
At last week’s Conference of the Parties (COP5) of the Minamata Convention on Mercury, the delegates from 147 countries agreed decided to phase out all fluorescent lamps by 2027. This decision will accelerate adoption of LEDs, but the delayed phase out period of four...
mennessä CrNet Oy | marras 6, 2023 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Thursday called for a “united, sustained, global” strategy to tackle the risks posed by artificial intelligence’s rapid development, as world leaders met in the UK. He called for “new solutions” to close the gap between AI and...
mennessä CrNet Oy | marras 3, 2023 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development
Research establishes a natural baseline for mercury in the atmosphere by estimating emissions from volcanic eruptions. Humans have increased the concentration of potentially toxic mercury in the atmosphere sevenfold since the beginning of the modern era around 1500...
mennessä CrNet Oy | marras 2, 2023 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development
Ahead of the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists on 2 November, and in the year that marks the 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration on Human Rights, High Representative Josep Borrell and Vice-President Věra Jourová issued the...