Climate Change May Prop Up Urban Plant Growth in the Face of Development — Provided Cities Build Slowly Enough

mennessä CrNet Oy | heinä 8, 2026 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development

Researchers find a “critical speed limit” of urban development for maintaining plant communities amid climate change. Most cities blow right past it. Worsened drought stress, changing rainfall patterns, flowers and pollinators thrown out of sync: these only scratch...

Electricity grids: MEPs back plans to accelerate energy project permit process

mennessä CrNet Oy | heinä 3, 2026 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development

The proposal adopted on Thursday will allow faster permitting for electricity grids and renewables projects, to help cut energy prices through the domestic supply of clean energy. MEPs on the Industry, Research and Energy Committee have backed a proposal to speed up...

Artificial intelligence (AI) is moving faster than governments can keep up.

mennessä CrNet Oy | heinä 3, 2026 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development

Just a few years ago, it could answer questions or generate text. Today, it can write computer code, analyse vast amounts of data, create realistic images and videos, help scientists discover new medicines and increasingly act on its own with little human supervision....

EU-wide survey: An insecure world raises high expectations on the EU

mennessä CrNet Oy | heinä 2, 2026 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development

– 75% of Europeans think that the EU is a place of stability in a troubled world, up 8 percentage points since autumn 2025. – 74% of Europeans view EU membership of their country as beneficial. This is the highest result ever recorded in a Eurobarometer...

Commission disburses €3.9 billion for drones under the €90 billion Ukraine Support Loan

mennessä CrNet Oy | heinä 1, 2026 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development

The European Commission begins disbursement today of €3.9 billion as the first payment under the first tranche of around €6 billion dedicated to drone procurement, a key capability enabling Ukraine to withstand Russia’s war of aggression. European Commission...