News and Events for Policymakers
The European bioeconomy in 2050: four foresight scenarios
The Commission’s 2020 Strategic Foresight Report mentions the potential of a sustainable bioeconomy, to transform Europe’s agricultural and industrial base and create new jobs, whilst enhancing our natural resources and ecosystems.
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International cooperation to reduce pollution in Barents region continues despite of pandemic
Environment continues to be a high priority for the Barents cooperation. Foreign Ministers of the four Barents countries - Finland, Norway, Russia and Sweden - emphasized it during the annual International Kirkenes Conference held on 17 February this...
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Jordan’s worsening water crisis a warning for the world - Study shows: Only a comprehensive reform can help
Prolonged and potentially destabilizing water shortages will become commonplace in Jordan by 2100, new research by an international team of researchers including the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ) finds, unless the nation...
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EU project PrecisionTox starts - Focus on protecting people from the harmful effects of chemicals
A major research project to shape regulation and policy on chemical safety without the use of animal testing has been launched with the aid of €19.3M funding from the European Commission. Under the lead of the University of Birmingham, 15 European...
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Keeping Europe’s seas clean: a new manual for harmonised litter monitoring
Released today, a new manual will support people entrusted with monitoring marine litter to record the data they collect in a harmonised way.
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World Water Day calls attention to valuing water – Finnish Environment Institute offers versatile water expert services worldwide
Today we celebrate the World Water Day and this year’s theme is ‘Valuing Water’. As stated by the UN High Level Panel on Water: “In order to recognise the value of water you need to understand water and manage it sustainably”.
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PEER-webinar on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and risk
The webinar, open for all PEER members, will summarise insights from PEER-TRISD project, and provide ideas for future work on the Sustainable Development Goals, resilience and adaptation in PEER organisations. The webinar is on Tuesday, May 18, at...
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Aranda’s monitoring cruise: Record high temperatures in some areas in the Baltic Sea, increasing phosphorus concentrations in the Archipelago Sea and the Bothnian Sea
Water temperatures in the Baltic Sea are increasing and the deep-water temperatures are record-high in some areas. Phosphorus concentrations are rising in the central part of the Archipelago Sea and the Bothnian Sea. The observations were made during...
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Construction emissions may now be compared – new emissions database lays foundation for statutory guidance of low-carbon construction
A new service opened today provides impartial data on the climate impacts of construction products used in Finland, such as carbon footprint and handprint, material efficiency and recyclability. This information harmonises the calculation of...
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More than half of Europe’s forests vulnerable to climate-related hazards, study finds
Climate change has made Europe’s forests more vulnerable to hazards like fires, insect outbreaks, windthrows, or a combination of these three, according to a new JRC study.
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