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CEI 2026.03 — Direct Accreditation of Qualified Entities: Air Traffic Management/Air Navigation Services Systems and Constituents domain experts

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EASA has published a new call for expression of interest (CEI) to be accredited as qualified entity. Qualified Entities are an essential building block in the Agency’s outsourcing strategy of certification and oversight tasks. CEI Number: 2026.03Categories of Tasks: Air Traffic Management/Air Navigation Services Systems and ConstituentsClosing Date: 31 May 2026 (23:59 CET) EASA seeks to accredit up […]

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Anthropic’s Claude Opus 4.7 Surpasses GPT-5.4 in Technical Coding Benchmarks

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SAN FRANCISCO — Anthropic has released its latest flagship model, Claude Opus 4.7, which has established a new performance ceiling in automated software engineering. In standardized testing released on April 16, 2026, the model outperformed OpenAI’s GPT-5.4 by a margin of 6.6 percentage points on the industry-standard SWE-bench Pro benchmark. Performance Data and Benchmarks The […]

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‘Clock is ticking’: Hormuz disruption raises fears of global food crisis

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A fragile ceasefire between the United States and Iran has done little to restore confidence in the vital maritime corridor, where renewed tensions – including a newly announced US blockade on ships using Iranian ports – are keeping vessels idle and supply chains strained. The Strait of Hormuz, a narrow but critical waterway, carries a […]

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Conservation is becoming more evidence-based, but it still has a long way to go – The Applied Ecologist

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Written by Alec Christie, Centre for Environmental Policy, Imperial College London. For more than two decades, conservationists have been encouraged to use the best available evidence to inform their decisions – a concept called ‘Evidence-based Conservation’. The idea is simple: rather than relying only on personal experience, tradition, or intuition, practitioners should draw on evidence […]

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From conflict to catwalk: Women ex-combatants weave reconciliation in Colombia

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Peace must be sewn, stitch by stitch. With this idea in mind, Ms. Avella set herself to work at a small sewing workshop in Catatumbo, Colombia, one of the dividends of the 2016 peace agreement between the Colombian Government and FARC rebels, designed to help reintegrate former combatants, and heal the wounds of the conflict. […]

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EU Emissions Trading System sustains downward trend in covered emissions

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The European Commission has today published the verified EU Emissions Trading System (EU ETS) emissions data for 2025 showing a -1.3% reduction in ETS emissions, compared to 2024 levels. This reduction continues the steady downward trend of emissions. Since the ETS was launched in 2005, the system has halved emissions in the sectors it covers. […]

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Development finance gap risks reversing decades of progress

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The 2026 Financing for Sustainable Development Report assesses progress on the Sevilla Commitment, a 2025 agreement that aims to secure the $4 trillion needed annually to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by the end of the decade.  “Implementing the Sevilla Commitment is our best chance to demonstrate the global community’s enduring commitment to cooperation and to unlock the finance needed […]

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Middle East crisis pushes the Meloni government away from the US

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The situation in the Middle East represents a negative framework for Italy, which, like its European partners, is a mere spectator watching a conflict that it does not endorse. Italy is both an exporting nation, sensitive to global economic cycles, and a country characterised by its dependence on fossil fuels, with Italian electricity production largely […]

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EASA publishes briefing note on sustainable aviation fuels (SAF) prices in 2025 in the European Union

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The European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has published the “2025 Aviation Fuels Reference Prices for ReFuelEU Aviation” briefing note, which provides key reference prices for SAF and other relevant aviation fuels for the European Union (EU). The briefing note features the 2025 reference prices for the aviation fuels eligible under the ReFuelEU Aviation Regulation as well […]

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EASA enhances online Easy Access Rules with faster navigation and permalinks

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The European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has launched an improved new version of its dynamic Easy Access Rules (EAR) online publications, with faster access and enhanced navigation. Key improvements include: Speedier performance EAR pages now load in less than two seconds, enabling quicker interaction. Links redirect almost instantly either within an EAR publication or […]

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