‘We can do better, we must’ declares departing UN climate change chief, as COP27 looms over horizon

mennessä CrNet Oy | kesä 7, 2022 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development

The annual UN Climate Change Conference in the German city of Bonn began on Monday, designed to lay the groundwork for a successful COP27, due to take place in the Egyptian coastal resort of Sharm-el-Sheikh, in November. Governments are meeting for the first time...

Economics Study Calculates More Accurate Wind Forecasts Net $150 Million in Energy Savings Every Year

mennessä CrNet Oy | kesä 3, 2022 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development

As wind energy occupies an increasingly large share of the energy landscape, a new study by Colorado State University economists and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration shows that more accurate wind forecasts over the last decade have netted consumers...

Croatia set to adopt euro on 1 January

mennessä CrNet Oy | kesä 2, 2022 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development

Croatia is ready to adopt the euro on 1 January 2023, the European Commission concluded on Wednesday in a review of the country’s preparedness to join the single currency area. The conclusion is set out in the 2022 Convergence Report, which assesses progress...

LIFE programme awards 2022 winners for boosting biodiversity, environmental and climate action resilience and awareness raising

mennessä CrNet Oy | kesä 1, 2022 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development

Yesterday afternoon during EU Green Week, Europe’s largest annual environmental event, the LIFE Programme for environment and climate action announced the five winners of this year’s LIFE Awards. The LIFE Award for Nature goes to a project from Cyprus for...

Make tobacco industry accountable for environmental damage: UN health agency

mennessä CrNet Oy | touko 31, 2022 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development

The tobacco industry damages both the environment and human health, and needs to be more accountable for the destruction it causes, declared the World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday. The UN agency revealed that the tobacco industry costs the world more than...

Siberian tundra could virtually disappear by mid-millennium

mennessä CrNet Oy | touko 30, 2022 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development

  AWI study shows: only ambitious climate protection measures can still save a third of the tundra . Due to global warming, temperatures in the Arctic are climbing rapidly. As a result, the treeline for Siberian larch forests is steadily advancing to the north,...