What are biofuels and are they green?

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

Biofuel production has become a popular alternative to fossil fuels, but has several climate impacts.. Countries around the world are producing more biofuels as a way to tackle climate change, but are they really greener than fossil fuels? Biofuel production increased...

António Costa: “We need to work for a stronger transatlantic relationship”

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

On Wednesday, MEPs debated the outcome of the December EU summit with Presidents Costa and von der Leyen, focussing on Ukraine, EU-US relations and the EU’s global role. In his first plenary debate as president of the European Council, António Costa said EU heads of...

Finland the happiest country in the EU

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

Finland had the highest life satisfaction rating in the European Union, according to a set of figures from 2023 released Wednesday by Eurostat, the EU’s statistics agency. The average life satisfaction rating in the EU in 2023 was 7.3 on a scale from 0 to 10. Life...

Commission published the 5th progress report on combatting trafficking in human beings in the EU

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

On Monday, the Commission published its fifth report on the fight against Trafficking in Human Beings (THB), providing an analysis of statistics from 2021-2022. The total number of registered victims in the EU showed an increase of 41% from 7155 victims in 2021 to...

Can EU trade strategy counter the Trump tariff challenges?

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

As the Commission struggles to find new outlets for its exports, the question of whether this will be enough in the face of the tariffs Donald Trump is threatening to impose remains open. In Davos, on Tuesday, the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der...

Social media giants sign up to strengthened EU code of conduct

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

Tech giants including Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, TikTok, X and YouTube agreed Monday to an updated EU code of conduct on countering illegal hate speech online. The revised code of conduct will be integrated into the framework of the EU’s Digital Services Act, the...