Brussels to boost energy efficiency of phone chargers

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

Everyday electronic devices will become more energy efficient and more consumer-friendly following a Commission update to the Ecodesign requirements for external power supplies (EPS). The new rules will result in higher energy efficiency standards and greater...

UN releases $11 million for Gaza aid as ceasefire, hostage release bring ‘fragile hope’

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

Lifesaving supplies for children and families are unloaded at a UNICEF warehouse in Gaza. The UN is stepping up its emergency response in Gaza, releasing $11 million from its Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) to meet urgent needs before winter – a move that...

Sustainability reporting and due diligence: simpler rules for fewer companies

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

The new draft rules would reduce the required amount of sustainability reporting and simplify due diligence requirements for companies. With 17 votes for, 6 against and 2 abstentions, the Legal Affairs Committee approved its position on a series of changes to...

Indirect disaster effects cost the world nearly $2 trillion per year, Guterres says on International Day

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

From 1970 until 2000, the costs of disaster averaged $70-$80 billion. Those mainly preventable costs doubled this century to average $180-$200 billion annually, according to a recent report published by the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR). Most of the...

To Prevent Rapid Sea-Level Rise, Reduce Emissions Now

mennessä CrNet Oy | loka 13, 2025 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development, Yleinen

The timing of emissions reductions, even more so than the rate of reduction, will be key to avoiding catastrophic thresholds for ice-melt and sea-level rise, according to a new Cornell study. The study, published Oct. 10 in Nature Climate Change, models the impacts of...

Climate Change May Increase the Spread of Neurotoxin in the Oceans

mennessä CrNet Oy | loka 13, 2025 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development, Yleinen

Climate-driven oxygen loss in the Black Sea thousands of years ago triggered the expansion of microorganisms capable of producing the potent neurotoxin methylmercury. That is shown in a new study published in Nature Water, led by Eric Capo at Umea University, which...