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...

Russia’s war hits EU economy, hikes inflation

mennessä CrNet Oy | heinä 15, 2022 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development

Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine continues to negatively affect the EU economy, as Thursday’s interim Summer Economic Forecast points to lower growth and higher inflation. The Summer 2022 (interim) Economic Forecast projects that the EU economy...

Innovation Fund: EU invests €1.8 billion in clean tech projects

mennessä CrNet Oy | heinä 13, 2022 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development

Today, the EU is investing over €1.8 billion in 17 large-scale innovative clean-tech projects with a third round of awards under the Innovation Fund. Grants will be disbursed from the Innovation Fund to help bring breakthrough technologies to the market in...