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One hundred European cities have now joined the Green City Accord – a political commitment to make cities greener, cleaner and healthier. Cities that sign up commit to addressing five major environmental challenges. One hundred European cities have now joined the Green City Accord – a political commitment to make cities greener, cleaner and healthier. …
The EU Covenant of Mayors for Climate and Energy, the largest European movement of local authorities committed to climate neutrality and resilience, has launched a fully revamped website on the EUROPA domain. It provides more details about the towns and cities that have signed up to the initiative, their local plans and actions, and the progress …
The EU is today joining the “High Ambition Coalition to End Plastic Pollution”, confirming its commitment to aim high in the intergovernmental negotiations for a global agreement to end plastic pollution by 2040. In the negotiations the EU will be pushing for a legally binding instrument, ensuring urgent action, while applying a circular approach to plastics. …
The European Commission has approved an investment package of more than €380 million for 168 new projects under the LIFE Programme. This is a 27% increase on last year’s amount. This EU funding under LIFE will mobilise a total investment of over €562 million in these projects. Actions will take place in almost all EU countries, meaning that LIFE, which turned 30 this year, will continue …
The Commission has approved more than €380 million of funding for 168 new projects across Europe under the LIFE Programme for the environment and climate action. At the heart of the European Green Deal, LIFE projects can help the EU become climate-neutral by 2050 and reach climate, energy and environmental goals. They support biodiversity, nature restoration and a circular economy while contributing to the clean energy transition across the continent. The funding is a 27% increase on last year’s funding, and will mobilise a total investment …
Commissioner Mariya Gabriel has announced the creation of a “Learning Lab on Investing in Quality Education and Training” to support Member States in making effective, efficient and evidence-based choices on education funding. The Learning Lab on Investing in Quality Education and Training promotes the use of education policy evaluation practices in the EU. It helps improve …
Following the entry into force of the Digital Services Act (DSA), the EU’s new landmark rules for or a safer and more accountable online environment, the Commission’s Joint Research Centre (JRC) is setting up a European Centre for Algorithmic Transparency (ECAT). It will support the enforcement of the new rules with top-level technical and scientific expertise. …
The Commission has launched a website to monitor the deployment of key Internet standards. The Commission launched the EU’s Internet Standards Deployment Monitoring website on 24 November 2022. This follows the commitment to work on fostering the uptake of internet security standards announced in the 2020 EU Cybersecurity Strategy and the announcement of the plan for a …
The European Commission awarded the Get Digital initiative ‘best digital solution’ prize to Climate Choice, Dropslab, Eturnity and PoINT. The winning start-ups and SMEs operate in the digital, energy-renewables, energy-intensive, mobility and construction ecosystem. All solutions demonstrate high-impact potential to the greening and digitalisation of European industry. The four companies were selected from a catalogue of 62 identified European and Ukrainian companies …
Dr. Tuija Jokinen, Assistant Professor at The Cyprus Institute’s Climate and Atmosphere Research Center (CARE-C), has been selected for funding for a Starting Grant from the European Research Council (ERC) for an innovative project proposal exploring “The role of Base molecules in AErosol formation (BAE)”. The research to be carried out at The Cyprus Institute …