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Promising new routes for sustainable aviation fuel and chemicals

The joint project combines the efforts of three research partners, University of Jyväskylä, VTT and Åbo Akademi, and multiple commercial partners High potential for climate change mitigation actions are related to process industry decarbonisation and transportation. Fossil-based fuels need to be replaced with sustainable alternatives. However, there is no single renewable feedstock conversion route to…

UN meets to help reverse ‘precipitous drop’ in tourism

As part of the “long journey” to recover from the ravages of COVID-19, UN General Assembly President Abdulla Shahid highlighted on Wednesday the need to build a more sustainable, resilient, and responsible global tourism sector The COVID-19 pandemic ground the entire tourism sector to a halt, dealing a “devastating blow to the global economy,” he told the first-ever High-Level Thematic…

Want to see real change in the world? These seven books will inspire you

Social innovators, and disrupters of systems in the service of others, offer unique insights to making the world a more just, sustainable, and equitable place How do we make the world a better place? It’s not resources, solutions, or technologies that we lack, it’s resourcefulness. We need to work out how we organize ourselves as…

EU electricity market rules must support renewables investments

Its core message is the EU must maintain its electricity price setting mechanism and preserve the Internal Energy Market, a key asset in dealing with the crisis The EU Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators (ACER) issued its final assessment of the EU electricity market design. It comes at a time of volatile electricity prices and unprecedented…

City Leaders from G7 Nations Convene at U7 Mayors Summit and Adopt Powerful Declaration

Mayors came together with high-level representatives of the German G7 Presidency to discuss the decisive role of cities The cities of the G7 - together with their global partners - are the driving forces working for equitable, sustainable and democratic development. The Urban7 Group Alliance, consisting of the Association of German Cities, ICLEI and the…

Legal migration: Attracting skills and talent to the EU

Following the launch of Talent Partnerships in June 2021, the Commission is now proposing a number of steps to operationalise them The Commission is today proposing an ambitious and sustainable legal migration policy. As part of the comprehensive approach to migration set out in the Pact on Migration and Asylum, the Commission is proposing legal, operational…

100 cities, including 44 ICLEI Members, selected by the European Commission to become climate-neutral

The chosen cities will receive support to implement clean mobility, energy efficiency and green urban planning actions The European Commission announced the selected cities for the EU Mission for Climate-neutral and Smart Cities by 2030 (Cities Mission). 112 cities in total from all 27 EU member states, along with 12 additional cities from associated countries,…

What we do today affects tomorrow: SIDS youth embrace renewables

The hands-on experience of the students of Christian Faith Academy and Addu High School demonstrates how the energy transition highlights the importance of youth participation, so they can continue the journey towards a climate-safe world Until recently, the closest junior high student Misheka Mitchel had ever come to solar power was reading about it in…

Navantia creates a British subsidiary to reinforce UK offshore wind energy

The Spanish company says it is estimated to reinforce Navantia’s commitment to its UK industrial partners in shipbuilding and the offshore wind energy sector Navantia has announced it has set up Navantia UK, a subsidiary company in the United Kingdom. The Spanish company says it is estimated to reinforce Navantia’s commitment to its UK industrial partners…

From cholera to COVID: a brief history of vaccines

The idea of vaccinating people against deadly disease dates back centuries. Today, vaccines save four million lives every year Every minute, eight children’s lives are saved by vaccines, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Previously fatal diseases like smallpox and polio have been virtually eliminated around the world. But how did this lifesaving breakthrough…