Green New Deal

EU Missions to address climate change in cities and regions

EU Missions to address climate change in cities and regions

The new Projects Info Pack from CORDIS showcases how EU Missions are supporting Europe’s inclusive transition to a climate-neutral continent In the face of unprecedented challenges posed by climate change, the European Union has embarked on an ambitious journey towards a sustainable and resilient future. The fourth entry in the CORDIS Projects Info Pack series…
How the apparel industry could refashion itself

How the apparel industry could refashion itself

To mitigate the environmental and social issues associated with the production of clothing, companies, and consumers alike must shift toward sustainability, says Barchi Gillai A bit of retail therapy can feel like harmless fun. Yet getting a great deal on a new shirt or pair of shoes may come with a hidden price tag: greenhouse…
Inside the realm of forest resilience amid climate challenges

Inside the realm of forest resilience amid climate challenges

Researching how forests react to climate change can help improve strategies for their adaptation and conservation – the EU-funded project ASFORCLIC is working towards this goal In our ever-evolving world, the forestry sector has to overcome various challenges, mainly related to climate and socio-economic changes. Forest decline has serious consequences: biodiversity loss, reduced carbon sequestration,…
A Green Steel pathway would turbocharge Ukraine’s post-war recovery, new study shows

A Green Steel pathway would turbocharge Ukraine’s post-war recovery, new study shows

As the international community gathers this week to discuss Ukraine’s post-war recovery, a new analysis led by the University of Oxford demonstrates that Green Steel should be top of the agenda Rebuilding Ukraine’s ravaged steel sector - once hostilities cease - presents a golden opportunity to harness the striking economic benefits of low emissions steel…
Revolutionizing Green Hydrogen Production with Robust Carbon Fabric Electrocatalysts

Revolutionizing Green Hydrogen Production with Robust Carbon Fabric Electrocatalysts

Published in the Journal of the American Chemical Society (JACS) on May 15, this study has been selected as a supplementary coverage image A groundbreaking technology has been developed to address the limitations of current catalyst electrodes, resulting in the production of green hydrogen on a large scale and at a relatively low cost. Led…
The Hydropower Renaissance in Europe

The Hydropower Renaissance in Europe

The EU drive towards green energy is seeking to harness a traditionally clean power source – with some tweaks Dr Jeremy Bricker, a hydraulics and coastal engineer, is dreaming big. Somewhere on the North Sea coast, he imagines construction of a dam to manage the supply of clean energy to Europe’s “lowlands”. Dam good Bricker…
Researchers (MIT) develop a detector for continuously monitoring toxic gases

Researchers (MIT) develop a detector for continuously monitoring toxic gases

The material could be made as a thin coating to analyze air quality in industrial or home settings over time Most systems used to detect toxic gases in industrial or domestic settings can be used only once, or at best a few times. Now, researchers at MIT have developed a detector that could provide continuous…
Scientists develop framework to measure plastic emissions

Scientists develop framework to measure plastic emissions

A model developed by researchers at U of T and the Rochester Institute of Technology suggests that Toronto emitted nearly 4,000 tonnes of plastic pollution in one year alone Researchers at the University of Toronto have developed a framework for measuring plastic pollution emissions – not unlike the global standard for measuring greenhouse gas emissions.…
Everest mountaineer’s letters digitised for the first time

Everest mountaineer’s letters digitised for the first time

So wrote the mountaineer George Mallory to his wife Ruth, the last letter he would write to her before his fatal attempt on Everest in 1924. His body would only be found 75 years later, in 1999 “The candle is burning out and I must stop. Darling I wish you the best I can -…
Landmark study definitively shows that conservation actions are effective at halting and reversing biodiversity loss

Landmark study definitively shows that conservation actions are effective at halting and reversing biodiversity loss

The University of Oxford has contributed to a first-of-its-kind review on the success of a wide range of conservation actions. The results, provide the strongest evidence to date that not only is nature conservation successful, but that scaling conservation interventions up would be transformational for halting and reversing biodiversity loss and reducing the effects of…