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Forests
Unveiling forests from a satellite and drone perspective on In...
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March 21, 2024
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For the International Day of Forests, the FORWARDS project unveils a transformative approach to monitoring forests, thanks to advanced satellite imagery.
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Recycling
#CircularWasteEU – Joint social media effort marks Internati...
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March 4, 2024
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Teaming up with numerous EU-funded projects, REBELION’s partner, ICONS, reveals a captivating social media campaign, shining a spotlight on the importance of the International Day of Zero Waste 2024.
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Recycling
#CircularWasteEU – Collaborative social media initiative mar...
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March 4, 2024
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Teaming up with numerous EU-funded projects, PLASTICE’s partner, ICONS, reveals a captivating social media campaign, shining a spotlight on the importance of the International Day of Zero Waste 2024.
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Climate
When theatre tackles the effects of climate extremes: the “s...
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February 27, 2024
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Natural hazards claimed almost 60,000 lives in the first half of 2023 alone, and global warming is expected to trigger more extreme events in the coming years. “Breaking the silos” by combining theatre and science...
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Recycling
JRC study unveils strategies for meeting EU plastic recycling ...
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February 21, 2024
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: Prominent research by the Joint Research Centre (JRC) of the European Commission has provided valuable insights into the state of plastic recycling in the European Union
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Environment
Nature-based solutions play key role in mitigating climate change
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February 19, 2024
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A new study from Guenet et al. shows that nature-based solutions are crucial to mitigate climate change, but only if they go hand in hand with a drastic reduction in greenhouse gas emissions.
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Environment
Biodiversity: the unexpected ally of tomorrow’s cities
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February 13, 2024
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How could biodiversity become a valuable asset for enhancing well-being and quality of life in European cities? Its impact on urban planning and decision-making: a transformative change
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Recycling
Discover the RECONSTRUCT project in our presentation video
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February 2, 2024
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The EU-funded project aims to develop circular, eco-friendly, and innovative solutions to reduce emissions from the construction industry.
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Climate
ARAGORN – a new project set to help remediate and restore co...
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November 13, 2023
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ARAGORN is a new EU-funded project with the goal of to addressing the critical need for immediate action towards restoration and remediation for polluted soils, by selecting contaminated sites with specific characteri...
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Forests
FORWARDS project launches two new calls for grants to advance ...
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November 2, 2023
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The FORWARDS project, funded under Horizon Europe, announces the launch of two new calls for grants aimed at advancing forest monitoring and disturbance characterization after the first one was launched in July.
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Environment
Cluj-Napoca recognised by the European Commission for its cli...
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October 26, 2023
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The Romanian city of Cluj-Napoca has been awarded the label of the EU Mission for Climate-Neutral and Smart Cities this month.
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Environment
IPCC Members Issue Guidance for the Battle Against Climate Change
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September 27, 2023
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Every day, the temperature seems to break every record, making each day hotter than the one before. Recently, the UN secretary general, António Guterres, stated that “the era of global boiling has arrived” after ...
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Recycling
Artificial intelligence for smarter recycling: the plastics po...
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September 14, 2023
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In 2019 only 9% of world plastics was recycled, and 50% still buried in landfills. With pollution growing dramatically, AI-powered robots are being tested to improve the sorting process and cut its carbon footprint. E...
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Climate
Producing green hydrogen in one SINGLE step
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July 19, 2023
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The partners of the new European project SINGLE meet in Oslo to kick off their collaboration on the Electrified Single Stage Ammonia Cracking to Compressed Hydrogen
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Climate
Reducing greenhouses gases to stay on a pathway to 1.5 degrees...
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June 29, 2023
germanwatch.org
Reducing greenhouses gases to stay on a pathway to 1.5 degrees as a corporate duty
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Forests
New funding call for Climate-Smart Forestry projects opening s...
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June 19, 2023
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FORWARDS is an EU-funded project that will prototype The ForestWard Observatory, a pan-European monitoring and evaluation tool that will help in demonstrating the impact of climate change on forests, guiding decision-...
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Recycling
EU-project PLASTICE starts closing plastic lifecycle loop
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June 13, 2023
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The PLASTICE consortium meets in Feluy, Belgium, after one year of project!
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Environment
Transformative change for biodiversity: Europe includes biodiv...
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June 12, 2023
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Biodiversity loss needs urgent action: turning research results on biodiversity protection into actionable measures is a priority for Europe. To this end, collaboration is essential for informing national and European...
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Climate
When heating is a luxury: countering energy poverty to save th...
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June 5, 2023
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Social housing associations and EU projects are countering energy poverty with innovative financial schemes and “solidarity mechanisms”: “Buildings refurbishment benefits both the people and the Planet. Social a...
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Environment
The importance of labels and how to know which ones to trust
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May 10, 2023
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We trust and rely on labels, but they come in all shapes and colours. So which ones are trustworthy?
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Recycling
How we helped the inhabitants of the two Spanish demo building...
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April 19, 2023
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Inhabitants from demo sites Sabadell and Sant Quirze de Vallés learned about sustainablebehavior and how to use the Houseful facilities properly at the last training workshops.
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Climate
Five cities, one mission: Climate neutrality
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March 31, 2023
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A new EU-funded project – Neutralpath – challenges 5 cities to develop climate-friendly urban models and solutions for replication across Europe. The ultimate goal is to achieve climate neutrality.
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Water
Webinar Series | From water polluters to water providers. Gree...
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March 7, 2023
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This webinar hosted by alchemia–nova and LEITAT, featuring Aqua Publica Europea as a special guest, aims to examine the legal, economic, technical, and social situation for wastewater reclamation and reuse.
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Forests
Healthy trees translate to healthy citizens: FORWARDS project ...
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March 7, 2023
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The ForestWard Observatory to Secure Resilience of European Forests is one step closer to becoming reality. On the 30th and 31st of January, the FORWARDS consortium and the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences ...
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Recycling
Is organic cotton actually more sustainable than conventional ...
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March 2, 2023
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Cotton is the world’s most commonly used natural fibre. The production of cotton can bring economic gains to developing regions in the world but it is also known to cause serious environmental and social problems. T...
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Recycling
Wearing wood for a low-carbon life
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December 23, 2022
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Companies in Europe are developing and manufacturing more and more products made of wood. The aim is to find renewable and sustainable alternatives to fossil-based feedstocks to help fight climate change. This is what...
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Recycling
Giving a voice and a face to the PLASTICE project
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December 16, 2022
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PLASTICE, an EU-funded project aimed at giving a new life to plastics, has now completed its press kit and branding.
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Climate
Integrating plastic waste in the circular economy: new project...
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June 29, 2022
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Today, only 20% of plastic is recycled but a new EU-funded project – PLASTICE – hopes to improve this figure by introducing valorisation processes aligned with the latest chemical recycling technologies.
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Pollution
How the pandemic highlighted bioplastic benefits
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May 23, 2022
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Covid-19 has led to a paradoxical increase in plastic use even as people are more concerned about the pollution the material causes. Yet it has also made some people more aware of sustainability challenges and led to ...
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Climate
The dialogue with stakeholders continues in Demo Building “E...
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May 6, 2022
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In April, HOUSEFUL partners AHC, LEITAT and WE&B organised a meeting with key stakeholders of the “El bloc del Mestres” in Sabadell, Barcelona – the Campoamor Neighbourhood association and the Sabadell City Council.
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Forests
Nature savings cities
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March 16, 2022
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Watch the URBAN GreenUP Video News Release to discover how the city of Izmir is welcoming nature back in its urban areas
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Forests
Forest ecosystem services in Romania: Orchestrating regulatory...
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February 1, 2022
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Forest ecosystems provide numerous material and immaterial services to landowners and users. Their management is a key issue to be addressed by environmental governance. Even if the scientific community pay little att...
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Forests
Measuring the bioeconomy: why closing data gaps is key to a gr...
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December 6, 2021
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The push to establish an EU-wide bioeconomy is gaining momentum through key initiatives such as the European Union’s Green Deal. But it faces obstacles, not least the need to update the way data is processed and s...
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Environment
The demo building "El bloc dels Mestres" is becoming m...
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November 5, 2021
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We're continuing to refurbish the El bloc des Mestres, a HOUSEFUL demo building near Barcelona (Spain). The refurbishment is based on the principles of the circular economy.
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Environment
How to bring circularity principles to life in a residential b...
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November 4, 2021
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An online workshop was organised in late September to plan how to implement three co-creation ideas for the HOUSEFUL demo building Quirze del Valles, near Barcelona. Organised by project partners Agencia l’habitage ...
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Pollution
Microplastic from textiles and how to avoid it
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November 4, 2021
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Why are microplastics so dangerous? And what options do we have to prevent more microplastic from entering our environment?
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Recycling
Bauhaus coming full-circle: sustainable buildings in a resourc...
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October 4, 2021
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One hundred years on, the influential building, art and design movement is born again amid Europe’s push to reduce emissions in the carbon-heavy housing sector. Like its forerunner of the 1920s, the New European Bau...
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Water
How nature-based solutions could help Vienna grow vegetables f...
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September 30, 2021
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A paper published by alchemia-nova quantifies the recoverable nutrient budget contained in household wastewater and municipal source-separated organic waste and food that could be produced from these secondary nutrien...
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Pollution
Sustainable fashion: Young people have the power for change
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September 24, 2021
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As the spotlight once again falls on global emissions at this year’s COP26 UN climate change conference, attention is focusing on pollution produced by the fashion and textiles industries and the role that the young...
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Environment
Meet ASTRABAT: a chat with LOMARTOV S.L
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September 8, 2021
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Read about the work carried out for ASTRABAT by Dr Herraiz Cardona and Mr Alberola Borràs from LOMARTOV, focused on evaluating and optimising the sustainability of ASTRABAT’s new solid-state battery prototype.
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Forests
Habitat and host specificity of epiphytic lichens in a rural l...
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August 31, 2021
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The green desert created by the timber forest management is a threat for epiphytes biodiversity that may be partially overcome by exploiting cultural heritage habitats in rural landscapes
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Environment
Nature Based Solutions for Climate Adaptation – Paying Farme...
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August 23, 2021
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Streams and rivers break their banks more and more often due to climate change, endangering the people who live in flood risk areas. A system of scheduled flooding of the fields around towns in these areas may be a so...
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Recycling
How citizens can become co-creators of sustainable food packaging
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August 16, 2021
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The Covid-19 pandemic has driven consumers to order more takeaway food during lockdowns, resulting in increased single-use plastics waste. While momentum is growing among some businesses and governments to tackle the ...
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Recycling
New tech recycles domestic wastewater and kitchen waste
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July 9, 2021
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In the last few weeks the permit for the small-scale anaerobic digestion (biogas) was approved in Austria. Now it is possible to start implementing the HOUSEFUL solutions in Cambium Leben in Gemeinschaft, where one of...
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Forests
Non wood forest products (NWFPs): hobby or sine qua non?
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June 28, 2021
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Researchers from EFI conducted a study on the collection and consumption of non-wood forest products in Europe.
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Environment
Pollinators play role in renaturing our cities
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May 19, 2021
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Bees and other pollinators are under threat from climate change and pollution. Helping them to survive means ensuring food security and maintaining biodiversity. Liverpool, Valladolid and Izmir are among the cities th...
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Climate
Leading the fight against climate change
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May 12, 2021
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The URBAN GreenUP city of Valladolid has won the III Edition of the "Climate Leaders Awards" in the category of "Local Administration" for its leadership in the fight against climate change.
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Environment
A post for bees
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May 5, 2021
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Join #Flowers4Bees and help spread the word about one of the most dangerous environmental threats: the progressive extinction of pollinator insects.
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Forests
How Can Forests Help us meet the Carbon Neutrality Goal in Eur...
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April 22, 2021
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Last week BioMonitor project partner European Forest Institute highlighted the vital role of forests and wood products in mitigating climate change
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Pollution
The steel industry’s quest for an emissions-free future
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April 22, 2021
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As the effects of global warming continue to capture headlines around Europe, many of the region’s major industries from steelmaking to chemical production are responding to the European Union’s call to radically ...
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Environment
Tribolysis as tool for environmental health
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March 31, 2021
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Horizon 2020 FET-OPEN project triboREMEDY is building two tribology-based prototypes that aim to decompose hazardous waste safely, and to detoxify contaminated waters from harmful pathogens
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Recycling
Passports to defend the rights of the building materials
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March 17, 2021
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The construction industry is a major source of pollution and building materials should not be wasted but recycled. Architect Thomas Rau even proposed a UN Declaration of Material Rights in this respect. New material p...
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Climate
Do you want to learn more about the BioMonitor project?
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November 24, 2020
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BioMonitor has recently published its latest video on the project, the challenges it wishes to address, as well as its impact, solutions and relevance to the people
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Recycling
HOOP Project to Vitalise Europe’s Urban Bioeconomy
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October 29, 2020
Bax & Company
23 Partners from 10 Countries and 8 Lighthouse Cities/Regions to Deploy Circular Bioeconomy Solutions for Making Innovative Bio-Based Products.
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Water
Airborne water leak detection using an innovative ‘Triangle ...
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July 15, 2020
youris.com GEIE
Researchers have used planes and drones equipped with multispectral and infrared cameras to detect water losses in pipes in rural areas. The data has been analysed through a pioneering method combining the measure of ...
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Forests
Cooperation always leads to good results: the first year of B-...
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July 14, 2020
iCube Programme
The B-Ferst consortium met online to share the recent results of the research and technical activities and to plan the next steps towards the realisation of bio-based fertilisers and the improvement of the relationshi...
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Chemicals
Metamaterials lead the way to treatments by travelling through...
Press Release
December 24, 2018
youris.com GEIE
In the future of healthcare, implanted micro deviceswill play a leadingrole in monitoring and diagnosis
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Forests
Renaturing cities: cooperation manifesto launched at the World...
Press Release
December 6, 2018
iCube Programme
URBAN GreenUp and other EU projects jointly signed a document in Mantua, Italy, to promote and boost the adoption of nature-based solutions in urban areas worldwide.
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Water
Wandering through Provence countryside – WADI visits SCP’s...
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May 18, 2018
youris.com GEIE
As spring slowly peeped out while snow still covered the cherry flowers in SCP’s headquarters, the WADI project’s consortium planned the activities of the next months and explored the area where the airborne water...
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Climate
UK scientists return to the Arctic Ocean to measure climate ch...
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May 18, 2018
NERC Changing Arctic Ocea...
The £16 million, UK flagship programme of Arctic research returns today on a scientific cruise to the Arctic Ocean. Funded by the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC), researchers from institutes across the UK...
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Chemicals
Bio-based cleaning products: What can I expect from them?
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February 2, 2018
youris.com GEIE
What are bio-based cleaning products? Are they better for the environment? Do they clean just as well as the conventional products I use now? Where can I buy them? AllThings.Bio answers the most frequently asked quest...
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Water
Taking iMETland across the world
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July 26, 2017
youris.com GEIE
The iMETland wastewater treatment device is now set to be constructed worldwide. Navigating red tape and the regulatory landscape hasn’t always been straightforward, especially in Argentina and Denmark. We’ve also...
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Water
Research activities at full speed: iMETland device design
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December 29, 2016
youris.com GEIE
Research activities benefit from dialogue, knowledge transfer and practical experience sharing among innovation partners.
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Water
EU project WADI kicks-off in Milan: airborne detection solutio...
Press Release
October 19, 2016
youris.com GEIE
WADI’s kick-off meeting took place on 18th-19th October 2016. 12 partners working together on innovative solutions to reduce water losses and decrease energy consumption via optical remote sensing applied on aerial ...
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Environment
20 September 2016 - Nuclear Decommissioning and Final Waste Di...
Press Release
September 19, 2016
eca.europa.eu
20 September 2016 - Nuclear Decommissioning and Final Waste Disposal in Lithuania, Bulgaria, Slovakia Could Cost €11.4 Billion
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Environment
Joint Statement: Greenpeace & Amnesty International Protection...
Press Release
December 8, 2015
esade.edu
Joint Statement: Greenpeace & Amnesty International Protection of human rights from climate change requires urgent shift to 100% renewable energy for all
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