Brussels launches competition for 2027 sustainable cities awards

mennessä CrNet Oy | tammi 16, 2025 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development

The European Commission launched a call Wednesday for European cities committed to sustainability to apply for the 2027 edition of the European Green Capital and Green Leaf Awards. A panel of independent urban sustainability experts will review and assess the...

Floating Solar Panels Could Support US Energy Goals

mennessä CrNet Oy | tammi 16, 2025 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development

New study shows federally controlled reservoirs could host enough energy to power approximately 100 million US homes a year. Federal reservoirs could help meet the country’s solar energy needs, according to a new study published in Solar Energy. For the study, Evan...

Commission launches competition for 2027 European Green Capital and Green Leaf Awards*

mennessä CrNet Oy | tammi 16, 2025 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development

Today, the Commission is launching a call for European cities committed to sustainability to apply for the 2027 edition of the European Green Capital and Green Leaf Awards. Cities can apply online until 15 April 2025. A panel of independent urban sustainability...

Humanity has opened ‘Pandora’s box of ills:’ UN chief

mennessä CrNet Oy | tammi 16, 2025 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned on Wednesday that humanity had unleashed a “Pandora’s box of ills,” including “out of control technology” that risks upending “our very existence.” “Our actions — or inactions — have unleashed a modern-day...

‘Human rights defenders are key to conflict resolution,’ says Türk

mennessä CrNet Oy | tammi 15, 2025 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development

The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk highlighted the critical role of human rights defenders in today’s tumultuous global landscape in a speech on Monday to Wilton Park, the executive agency of the United Kingdom’s Foreign office. For many...

Rutte to MEPs: “We are safe now, we might not be safe in five years”

mennessä CrNet Oy | tammi 14, 2025 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development

On Monday afternoon, MEPs discussed the security situation in Europe and beyond as well as defence and EU-NATO cooperation with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte. In his first public discussion with MEPs from the Foreign Affairs Committee, Subcommittee on Security and...