Time to get off the couch, WHO warns, as 500 million risk developing chronic illness

mennessä CrNet Oy | loka 20, 2022 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development

Physical activity improves overall well-being. Almost 500 million people will develop heart disease, obesity, diabetes or other noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) attributable to physical inactivity, between 2020 and 2030, if governments worldwide don’t take urgent...

Critical Infrastructure: Commission accelerates work to build up European resilience

mennessä CrNet Oy | loka 20, 2022 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development

The Commission is proposing to strengthen the resilience of EU critical infrastructure. The proposal for a Council Recommendation builds on the 5-point plan for resilient critical infrastructure presented by President von der Leyen at the European Parliament on 5...

Commission adopts its Work Programme for 2023: Tackling the most pressing challenges, while staying the course for the long-term

mennessä CrNet Oy | loka 19, 2022 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development

] The Commission adopted its 2023 Work Programme. It sets out a bold agenda to respond to the current set of crises affecting the everyday lives of Europeans, while doubling down on the ongoing green and digital transformations, making our European Union more...

Lifting 100 million out of poverty by 2025 still possible, despite recession threat

mennessä CrNet Oy | loka 19, 2022 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development

A flagship UN poverty study released on Monday, the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, finds that significant poverty reduction is possible, and new ways of calculating the problem can help humanitarians and governments better target aid. The...

World Food Day 2022 : Global food crisis: Let’s move from ‘despair to hope and action’, urges Guterres

mennessä CrNet Oy | loka 18, 2022 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development

  In the face of the growing hunger crisis, the head of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization stressed on Friday, ahead of World Food Day, the need to “harness the power of solidarity and collective action” to build a sustainable world with enough to eat for...