Ukraine three years on: Pain, loss, solidarity and hope for a better future

mennessä CrNet Oy | helmi 24, 2025 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development

24 February 2025 marks the third year of the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine, and the civilian population continues to face near daily-attacks. The UN staff living alongside them, enduring the same difficult conditions, have been a lifeline throughout the war....

EU greenhouse gas footprint 10.7 tonnes per head in 2022

mennessä CrNet Oy | helmi 21, 2025 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development

The greenhouse gas footprint of goods and services consumed in the EU amounted to 10.7 tonnes of carbon dioxide (CO2) equivalents per capita in 2022, according to Eurostat figures. This indicator, released by the EU’s statistics agency, considers emissions generated...

We Can Farm More Seafood While Minimizing its Impact on Biodiversity, U-M Research Shows

mennessä CrNet Oy | helmi 20, 2025 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development

Humanity can farm more food from the seas to help feed the planet while shrinking mariculture’s negative impacts on biodiversity, according to new research led by the University of Michigan. There is a catch, though: We need to be strategic about it. “We can achieve...

Guterres urges Caribbean leaders to keep pushing for peace, climate action

mennessä CrNet Oy | helmi 20, 2025 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development

In an address on Wednesday to Caribbean leaders meeting in Barbados, UN Secretary-General António Guterres announced a potential plan to support an “effective force” in Haiti as armed gangs continue to terrorize the population. Mr. Guterres was speaking during the...

Biodiversity in England’s Rivers Improved as Metal Pollution Reduced

mennessä CrNet Oy | helmi 20, 2025 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development

An improvement in freshwater biodiversity in England’s rivers was linked to reductions in pollution of zinc and copper, largely due to the decline of coal burning and heavy industry, say researchers. Invertebrates are used as an important measure of a river’s...

Deal on new EU rules to reduce textile and food waste

mennessä CrNet Oy | helmi 19, 2025 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development

Producers to cover costs for collecting, sorting and recycling waste textiles 60 million tonnes of food waste and 12.6 million tonnes of textile waste are generated annually in the EU. On Tuesday night, Parliament and Council reached a provisional agreement on new...