The annual European Innovation Scoreboard (EIS) provides a comparative assessment of the research and innovation performance of EU Member States and selected third countries, and the relative strengths and weaknesses of their research and innovation systems. It helps countries assess areas in which they need to concentrate their efforts in order to boost their innovation … Continue reading New report on European innovation published
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Dedicated training programmes are needed throughout Europe to meet European Green Deal objectives
To meet clean-energy targets, Europe needs to train up a whole new workforce. Charlie Cooper discusses the job challenges in an article on the Politico website. In another article, Croatia, alone, will need about 30,000 employees per year with secondary school qualifications and university degrees to achieve its 2030 energy efficiency goals in the buildings … Continue reading Dedicated training programmes are needed throughout Europe to meet European Green Deal objectives
“Dwindling appetite for green legislation” affecting roll out of European Green Deal
At a time when we need more ambitious plans and implementation to address major concerns arising from climate change, there is an undoubted backlash for many reasons that could seriously leave us well short of the impact we need for our mitigation actions. Kira Taylor discusses latest developments in an article on the EURACTIV website. … Continue reading “Dwindling appetite for green legislation” affecting roll out of European Green Deal
The need for addressing embodied carbon in our buildings
An efficient EU Energy Performance of Buildings Directive must look out for the reduction of ‘whole life carbon emissions’ in order to achieve Europe’s climate goals, writes Zsolt Toth from BPIE in an article on the EURACTIV website. Just published is a PhD thesis by Jane Anderson on on 'Reducing Embodied Carbon in the Built … Continue reading The need for addressing embodied carbon in our buildings
For Europe’s mayors it’s the Green Deal or bust, and it’s time everyone put their cards on the table
Burkhard Jung, president of Eurocities and mayor of Leipzig, Germany, in an article on the Politico website, explains the important role cities are playing in the implementation of the EU European Green Deal. Europe’s mayors are looking forward to a sustainable future, but, as Mr Jung explains, some governments seem ready to backtrack and there … Continue reading For Europe’s mayors it’s the Green Deal or bust, and it’s time everyone put their cards on the table
What engineers – and others – need to know about the EU Ecodesign Regulation
The second phase of the EU’s Ecodesign Regulation raises the bar for electric motor energy efficiency – and the rest of the world is sure to follow. Daniel Eberli from ABB, a technology leader in electrification and automation, discusses ecodesign in an article on the Engineer Live website. Energy efficiency with ecodesign Energy efficiency … Continue reading What engineers – and others – need to know about the EU Ecodesign Regulation
European Green Deal facing pushback threatening to slow EU efforts to cut GHG emissions
As the center right changes tack on climate, the bloc’s climate coalition is crumbling. It is hard to imagine, given current climate disasters, that there is so much resistance to ramping up ambition to cut GHG emissions even faster. Zia Weise discusses latest developments in an article on the Politico website. Political backing for … Continue reading European Green Deal facing pushback threatening to slow EU efforts to cut GHG emissions
New EEA publication linking environment and health
Despite progress over the past decades, pollution and other environmental risks continue to harm people’s health in Europe. Published recently, EEA Signals 2023 looks at the connection between environment and health and how taking care of nature and the climate can deliver long-term health benefits for all Europeans. Promoting healthier environment for healthier lives … Continue reading New EEA publication linking environment and health
New Joint Research Centre report on role of heat pumps in our energy transition
Replacing about a third of EU’s 86 million residential fossil fuel boilers with heat pumps could cut those households’ final energy consumption by 36% and their CO2 emissions by 28%. Heating of buildings accounts for almost 40% of final energy consumption and 36% of energy-related GHG emissions in the EU. Within these, residential buildings account … Continue reading New Joint Research Centre report on role of heat pumps in our energy transition
New EEA analysis of air pollution data in EU
Emissions of key air pollutants monitored under EU law continued to decline across most EU Member States maintaining a trend since 2005. However, the most problematic area remains reducing ammonia emissions, emitted mostly by the agriculture sector. The latest annual European Environment Agency (EEA) analysis of air pollution data provided by EU Member States is … Continue reading New EEA analysis of air pollution data in EU
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