The Arctic’s Past Provides a Glimpse Into the Future

mennessä CrNet Oy | loka 27, 2023 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development

What are the global impacts of an ice-free Arctic? How will the Arctic develop with increasing climate warming? What does an ice-free Arctic mean for our environment and our society? Researchers want to answer these questions with the “i2B – Into the...

Global Gateway: EU steps up support for global health and equitable access to health products and local manufacturing

mennessä CrNet Oy | loka 27, 2023 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development

Today, at the Global Gateway Forum in Brussels, the EU signed an additional €500 million for global health reinforcing the financing partnership recently launched between the European Commission, the European Investment Bank (EIB) and the Bill & Melinda Gates...

Over 114 million displaced by war, violence worldwide

mennessä CrNet Oy | loka 27, 2023 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development

More than 114 million people worldwide have been forced to flee their homes by the end of September 2023, due to conflict, persecution and human rights violations, UN refugee agency UNHCR said on Wednesday. War in Ukraine and conflicts in Sudan, the Democratic...

Brussels fines pharma companies EUR 13.4m in antitrust cartel settlement

mennessä CrNet Oy | loka 20, 2023 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development

The EU fined Alkaloids of Australia, Alkaloids Corporation, Boehringer, Linnea and Transo-Pharm a total of EUR13.4 million Thursday for taking part in a cartel concerning a key pharmaceutical ingredient. C2 PHARMA was not fined as it revealed the cartel to the...

‘Fully financing’ HIV response in Africa will save millions of lives: UNAIDS

mennessä CrNet Oy | huhti 13, 2023 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development

Fully financing the HIV response in Africa will produce substantial health, social and economic gains for the continent, a new report backed by the UN agency devoted to ending AIDS (UNAIDS) has revealed. The report based on research by the Economist Impact partnership...

Strengthening social dialogue: first-stage consultation of social partners on European Works Councils Directive

mennessä CrNet Oy | huhti 12, 2023 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development

Today, the Commission launches the first-stage consultation of European social partners on a possible revision of the European Works Councils Directive. This consultation follows up on the European Parliament’s legislative own-initiative resolution of February...