Step up investment to deliver safe drinking water to all

mennessä CrNet Oy | loka 26, 2022 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development

Governments must invest more in building safe drinking water systems, both to ensure greater access to this resource and to mitigate the effects of climate change, according to a report published on Monday by the World Health Organization (WHO), UN children’s agency,...

Children in Africa five times less likely to learn basics: New report

mennessä CrNet Oy | loka 24, 2022 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development

African leaders gathered in Mauritius on Thursday, to mull solutions to the education gap highlighted by a new UN education agency report which shows children on the continent are five times less likely to learn the basics, than those living elsewhere. The ability of...

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...