EU to end Greece’s ‘enhanced surveillance’ on 20 August

mennessä CrNet Oy | elo 11, 2022 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development

The EU is set to end the ’enhanced surveillance’ of Greece, the European Commission announced Wednesday, judging the country to have delivered on reforms and the policy commitments it made. The decision follows exchanges with the Greek authorities,...

Palestine: EU announces €261 million in support of UNRWA’s operations

mennessä CrNet Oy | elo 10, 2022 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development

The European Union confirmed today its role as a long-standing, predictable and reliable partner of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) and one of its largest donors. The European Commission adopted €261 million...

Heat, drought and wildfires during one of the warmest Julys on record– WMO

mennessä CrNet Oy | elo 10, 2022 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development

Amidst extreme heat, drought and wildfires, many parts of the world had just experienced one of three warmest Julys on record, the UN weather agency said on Tuesday. According to the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), temperatures were close to 0.4℃ above the...

Brazil: Indigenous Rights Under Serious Threat

mennessä CrNet Oy | elo 10, 2022 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development

  The Brazilian government has adopted policies that seriously threaten the rights of Indigenous peoples, Human Rights Watch said today, the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples. The administration of President Jair Bolsonaro has undermined the...

Hounslow Council launches campaign to prevent unsafe battery recycling

mennessä CrNet Oy | elo 5, 2022 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development

Hounslow Council has launched a campaign to discourage residents from throwing away their batteries, as part of a wider national campaign aiming to prevent waste fires. The initiative follows research from Material Focus’ Stop Battery Fires Campaign, which found that...

New Study Finds Global Forest Area per Capita Has Decreased by Over 60%

mennessä CrNet Oy | elo 5, 2022 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development

Over the past 60 years, the global forest area has declined by 81.7 million hectares, a loss that contributed to the more than 60% decline in global forest area per capita. This loss threatens the future of biodiversity and impacts the lives of 1.6 billion people...