Global Gateway: EU steps up support for global health and equitable access to health products and local manufacturing

mennessä CrNet Oy | loka 27, 2023 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development

Today, at the Global Gateway Forum in Brussels, the EU signed an additional €500 million for global health reinforcing the financing partnership recently launched between the European Commission, the European Investment Bank (EIB) and the Bill & Melinda Gates...

Over 114 million displaced by war, violence worldwide

mennessä CrNet Oy | loka 27, 2023 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development

More than 114 million people worldwide have been forced to flee their homes by the end of September 2023, due to conflict, persecution and human rights violations, UN refugee agency UNHCR said on Wednesday. War in Ukraine and conflicts in Sudan, the Democratic...

Brussels fines pharma companies EUR 13.4m in antitrust cartel settlement

mennessä CrNet Oy | loka 20, 2023 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development

The EU fined Alkaloids of Australia, Alkaloids Corporation, Boehringer, Linnea and Transo-Pharm a total of EUR13.4 million Thursday for taking part in a cartel concerning a key pharmaceutical ingredient. C2 PHARMA was not fined as it revealed the cartel to the...

Strengthening social dialogue: first-stage consultation of social partners on European Works Councils Directive

mennessä CrNet Oy | huhti 12, 2023 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development

Today, the Commission launches the first-stage consultation of European social partners on a possible revision of the European Works Councils Directive. This consultation follows up on the European Parliament’s legislative own-initiative resolution of February...

Clear Window Coating Could Cool Buildings Without Using Energy

mennessä CrNet Oy | marras 3, 2022 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development

  As climate change intensifies summer heat, demand is growing for technologies to cool buildings. Now, researchers report in ACS Energy Letters that they have used advanced computing technology and artificial intelligence to design a transparent window coating...