MEPs strengthen the EU’s carbon border adjustment mechanism and close loopholes

mennessä CrNet Oy | heinä 7, 2026 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development

Environment Committee MEPs have backed extending the EU’s carbon border adjustment mechanism to downstream goods and setting up a fund to support industry’s low-carbon transition. The Committee on the Environment, Climate and Food Safety adopted its...

From AI to ‘killer robots’: UN chief issues urgent governance call

mennessä CrNet Oy | heinä 7, 2026 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development

UN chief António Guterres appealed on Monday for far-reaching, worldwide controls on Artificial Intelligence, as increasingly powerful AI chips that are designed for civilian use shift to the battlefield, where “killer robots” are already the norm. Addressing the...

Report highlights importance of Digital Services Act for protection of minors online

mennessä CrNet Oy | heinä 3, 2026 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development

The second annual report on systemic risks and mitigation measures under the Digital Services Act (DSA) highlighted risks to children and young people online and how the DSA is building an effective long-term approach to combatting such risks. The report, published by...

Racism significantly impacts access to sport: Independent expert

mennessä CrNet Oy | heinä 3, 2026 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development

From high participation costs and restrictions on Palestinian athletes – to bans on Muslim women wearing hijabs – racism continues to shape who gets to participate in sport, a new UN report published on Thursday has found. Despite sport’s ability to promote diversity...

Electricity grids: MEPs back plans to accelerate energy project permit process

mennessä CrNet Oy | heinä 3, 2026 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development

The proposal adopted on Thursday will allow faster permitting for electricity grids and renewables projects, to help cut energy prices through the domestic supply of clean energy. MEPs on the Industry, Research and Energy Committee have backed a proposal to speed up...

Artificial intelligence (AI) is moving faster than governments can keep up.

mennessä CrNet Oy | heinä 3, 2026 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development

Just a few years ago, it could answer questions or generate text. Today, it can write computer code, analyse vast amounts of data, create realistic images and videos, help scientists discover new medicines and increasingly act on its own with little human supervision....