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...

EU invests €5.4 billion in sustainable, safe, and efficient transport infrastructure

mennessä CrNet Oy | kesä 30, 2022 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development

The Commission has today selected 135 transport infrastructure projects for EU grants, from 399 project proposals submitted under the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF), the EU’s funding instrument for strategic investment in transport infrastructure. The funding...

Food security: EU to step up its support to African, Caribbean and Pacific countries in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine

mennessä CrNet Oy | kesä 22, 2022 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development

The European Commission adopted today a proposal to mobilise €600 million from the reserves of the European Development Fund to address the current food security crisis aggravated by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. These funds will support African, Caribbean and...

MEPs reject plan to greenwash gas and nuclear power

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

Two key European Parliament committees rejected Tuesday the classification of fossil gas and nuclear power as environmentally sustainable under the EU’s so-called Taxonomy. The Taxonomy regulation, part of a Commission plan on financing sustainable growth, aims...

Fight against illicit drugs: Launch of the 2022 European Drug Report

mennessä CrNet Oy | kesä 14, 2022 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development

  Tomorrow morning, Commissioner for Home Affairs, Ylva Johansson, will take part in the launch of the European Drug Report 2022, published by the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction. The Commissioner will be joined by Franz Pietsch, Chair of...