Oxford Scientists Launch Ambitious Roadmap for a Circular Carbon Plastics Economy

mennessä CrNet Oy | helmi 5, 2024 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development

Researchers from the Oxford Martin Programme on the Future of Plastics, University of Oxford, have outlined ambitious targets to help deliver a sustainable and net zero plastic economy. In a paper published this week in Nature, the authors argue for a rethinking of...

The election year of 2024 is the climate’s window of opportunity

mennessä CrNet Oy | helmi 5, 2024 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development

40% of the world’s population will be voting in the coming months. This is an opportunity for citizens around the world to call for more action to tackle the climate emergency, writes Mattias Söderberg. Mattias Söderberg is global climate lead at DanChurchAid with a...

Commission recommends new measures on vaccine-preventable cancers under Europe’s Beating Cancer Plan

mennessä CrNet Oy | helmi 1, 2024 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development

The European Commission is putting forward a Recommendation to support Member States in their efforts to prevent cancer through vaccination. Notably, it focuses on boosting the uptake of two key vaccinations that can prevent viral infections that may lead to cancer:...

Death Toll Shows Extreme Air Pollution Events a Growing Urban Threat

mennessä CrNet Oy | helmi 1, 2024 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development

New Curtin University-led research has estimated that 1454 avoidable deaths (one person every five days) occurred in Australian capital cities in the past 20 years because of fine particle air pollution from extreme events such as bushfires and dust storms,...

Scientists launch ambitious roadmap for circular carbon plastics economy

mennessä CrNet Oy | helmi 1, 2024 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development

Researchers from the Oxford Martin Program on the Future of Plastics, University of Oxford, have outlined ambitious targets to help deliver a sustainable and net zero plastic economy. In a paper published in Nature, the authors argue for a rethinking of the technical,...

EU reliance on fossil fuels increased slightly in 2022

mennessä CrNet Oy | tammi 31, 2024 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development

The EU’s reliance on fossil fuels for its overall energy supply in 2022 showed a slight increase on 2021, from 69.9 to 70.9 per cent, according to figures released Tuesday by the EU statistics agency Eurostat. Eurostat’s figures are illustrated by the...