8th Environment Action Programme: EU sets out to measure progress on Green Deal environment and climate goals

mennessä CrNet Oy | heinä 27, 2022 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development

The Commission presented a list of headline indicators for monitoring progress towards the EU’s environment and climate goals to 2030, as well as the 2050 long-term vision to ‘live well, within planetary boundaries’. Resulting from intense consultations...

EU targets 15 pct reduction in gas use by next spring

mennessä CrNet Oy | heinä 21, 2022 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development

With Europe facing the risk of further gas supply cuts by Russia, the European Commission put forward Wednesday a European Gas Demand Reduction Plan to reduce gas use in Europe. Almost half of the EU’s Member States have already affected by reduced deliveries,...

Sustainable consumption: Commission publishes the first progress reports under the Green Consumption Pledge

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

A year after its launch, the European Commission published the first progress reports of enterprises participating in the Green Consumption Pledge. This initiative encouraged companies to take a voluntary pledge to further support sustainable consumption, beyond the...

Almost half of the EU + UK territory at risk of drought

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

  A staggering portion of Europe – (44% of EU+UK) and alert (9% of EU+UK) -is currently exposed to warning drought levels, an assessment of Europe’s drought situation reported on Tuesday. ”Drought in Europe – July 2022” is an...

Neste mukana luomassa EU:n vihreän vedyn arvoketjua – Porvoon jalostamon vetyhankkeille Euroopan komissiolta IPCEI-status

mennessä CrNet Oy | heinä 18, 2022 | Kestävän kehityksen tiede- ja tutkimusuutiset

Neste on saanut ensimmäisenä suomalaisena yrityksenä Euroopan komission hyväksymän IPCEI-statuksen (Important Project of Common European Interest; Euroopan yhteistä etua koskeva tärkeä hanke), joka mahdollistaa kansallisen julkisen rahoituksen Nesteen Porvoon...