Climate and conflict collide on the high seas: UN warns of soaring costs and delays

mennessä CrNet Oy | helmi 23, 2024 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development

A Singaporean cargo ship docks in a northern European port, having navigated the busy East Asia-Europe transit. Attacks on commercial shipping in the Red Sea coupled with wider geopolitical and climate-related crises, are upending international trade, inflating costs...

Political agreement on EU-wide certification scheme for carbon removals

mennessä CrNet Oy | helmi 21, 2024 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development

The European Parliament and EU Council reached a provisional agreement Tuesday on a first EU-wide voluntary framework for the certification of high-quality carbon removals.  The new certification framework is aimed at boosting innovative carbon removal technologies...

Rain Comes to the Arctic, With a Cascade of Troubling Changes

mennessä CrNet Oy | helmi 21, 2024 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development

In August of 2021, rain fell atop the 10,551-foot summit of the Greenland ice cap, triggering an epic meltdown and a more-than-2,000-foot retreat of the snowline. The unprecedented event reminded Joel Harper, a University of Montana glaciologist who works on the...

EU to tackle ship-source pollution to clean up Europe’s seas

mennessä CrNet Oy | helmi 20, 2024 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development

The EU Council and Parliament reached political agreement late Thursday to amend Directive 2005/35/EC on ship-source pollution and on the introduction of penalties for pollution offences. The co-legislators agreed to align the Directive with the International...

Rights experts call for probe into alleged violations against Palestinian women and girls

mennessä CrNet Oy | helmi 20, 2024 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development

Reem Alsalem, Special Rapporteur on violence against women and girls, was among the human rights experts who issued the statement. UN Photo/Rick Bajornas Reem Alsalem, Special Rapporteur on violence against women and girls, was among the human rights experts who...