EU wields stick and carrot to drive South-Eastern Europe energy integration

mennessä CrNet Oy | heinä 8, 2024 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development

While previous attempts to integrate South-Eastern Europe’s electricity markets appeared to have stalled, they have been given a new dynamism amid a collective push for EU membership and a looming punitive CO2 duty. South-Eastern Europe—including Ukraine, Moldova, and...

Refugees, migrants face violence, abuse and death on routes across Africa, new data shows

mennessä CrNet Oy | heinä 8, 2024 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development

Refugees and migrants continue to face extreme forms of violence, exploitation and death on sea and on land across Africa as they move through the continent, UN agencies said on Friday, in an appeal to border authorities to do more to protect them. Data from a new...

EU slaps tariffs on electric cars from China

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

The EU Commission imposed provisional tariffs Thursday on imports of electric cars made in China, stating unfair subsidies they receive, but hopes for a resolution rest on ongoing discussions with China. The decision comes nine months after the initiation of an ex...

UN chief to leaders of regional bloc: end wars, deal with existential crises

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

Deep global divisions and conflicts must end to clear a path to tackling world’s two existential threats: climate change and the negative impacts of the artificial intelligence (AI) boom, UN chief António Guterres told the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO)...

Norway could lead the fight against plastic pollution

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

Norway’s coastline is littered with plastics from around the world. Plastic pollution is a global problem, but Norway can be a role model in putting an end to it. Plastic items from around the world are continuously washing ashore on Norwegian coastlines. This...

China-based inventors lead on global GenAI patents: UN report

mennessä CrNet Oy | heinä 4, 2024 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development

China-based inventors are filing the highest number of generative artificial intelligence patents, a new report from the UN World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) shows. According to the agency’s Patent Landscape Report, between 2014-2023, more than 38,000...