Food insecurity among low-income adults dropped nearly 5% during pandemic-era SNAP expansion

mennessä CrNet Oy | tammi 2, 2024 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development

Benefits expansions during the COVID-19 pandemic may have helped to mitigate food insecurity among low-income adults. A survey of low-income adults showed that food insecurity dropped nearly 5% in 2021 compared to 2019. The findings are published in Annals of Internal...

Commission disburses payments to Germany, Greece, Italy, Portugal, Slovakia and Slovenia under the Recovery and Resilience Facility

mennessä CrNet Oy | joulu 29, 2023 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development

The Commission disbursed payments to six Member States. Germany received the first payment under the Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF). The payment amounts to € 4 billion. On 15 September, Germany submitted to the Commission the first request for payment of € 4...

Half-way to the global goals deadline

mennessä CrNet Oy | joulu 29, 2023 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development

The global push for a safer, greener and more just world, as outlined in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, has reached its halfway mark, but what progress has been made so far? Launched in 2015, the initiative set out a 15-year plan to realize 17...

Making sense of green hydrogen costs and recent market developments in Europe

mennessä CrNet Oy | joulu 19, 2023 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development

Green hydrogen projects going online by 2030 may face costs up to twice as high as anticipated until recently. At the same time, recent auction results have demonstrated surprisingly low support requirements. What are the possible explanations? Andrea Dertinger,...

New buildings in Europe to be zero-emission by 2030

mennessä CrNet Oy | joulu 8, 2023 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development

The European Parliament and EU Council reached a provisional political agreement Thursday on a proposal to revise the energy performance of buildings directive. The revised directive sets new and more ambitious energy performance requirements for new and renovated...