Glacier loss to accelerate, with up to 4,000 disappearing each year by 2050s

mennessä CrNet Oy | joulu 29, 2025 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development

A symbolic funeral was held in the Swiss Alps in 2019 to mourn the disappearance of the Pizol glacier. Thousands of glaciers will vanish each year in the coming decades, leaving only a fraction standing by the end of the century unless global warming is curbed, a...

Sri Lanka cyclone: More than a million still need aid weeks after Ditwah floods

mennessä CrNet Oy | joulu 29, 2025 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development

Homes and community structures were severely damaged after the cyclone, leaving families in urgent need of support. Nearly a month after Cyclone Ditwah tore across Sri Lanka, more than a million people – including over half a million children – remain in urgent need...

EU releases €2.3 billion to support Ukraine’s financial needs

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

The European Commission has disbursed €2.3 billion to Ukraine to support the country’s finances and public administration, as it continues to fight Russia’s invasion. This is the sixth regular payment under the Ukraine Facility, the Union’s key...

EU companies increase research and development investments in key sectors

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

EU companies drove strong research and development (R&D) growth in energy, health, aerospace and defence in 2024, according to the 2025 EU Industrial R&D Investment Scoreboard published today. While the report highlights Europe’s leadership in key...

Earth’s Growing Heat Imbalance Driven More by Clouds Than Air Pollution, Study Finds

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

Earth is taking in more energy than it releases back to space—a growing “energy imbalance” that is fueling global warming. Earth is taking in more energy than it releases back to space—a growing “energy imbalance” that is fueling global warming. A new study led by...

Final vote on entry into force of EU Deforestation Regulation

mennessä CrNet Oy | joulu 22, 2025 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development, Yleinen

okok The EU Parliament and Council gave the final green light to amendments to the EU’s deforestation law which seeks to fight climate change and biodiversity loss by ensuring products sold in the EU are not sourced from deforested land. The United Nations Food and...