Category: World

The £85 million national challenge is set to overhaul how Britain delivers sustainable social housing This will boost a sector worth more than £250 billion a year to the UK economy. Working with Liverpool Combined Authority and the High Value Manufacturing Catapult, the pilot will apply innovative digital manufacturing processes to standardise ‘kits of parts’, […]

In developed economies, water has become a victim of its own social success. For those with universal access to it, a form of cognitive dissonance has taken hold: we fret over looming threats of scarcity while enjoying an uninterrupted, completely dependable supply. Just turn on the tap, and the problem evaporates – along with the […]

The owner of a storage sales company pleaded guilty to two felony counts for conspiring to rig bids and defraud the U.S. Department of War in connection with the sale of shelving and storage products to the U.S. Air Force to service multiple healthcare facilities, the Justice Department’s Antitrust Division announced today. According to the […]

In recent years, Kalaallit Nunaat, as Greenland is known in Kalaallisut (Greenlandic), has come under ever intensifying scrutiny — featuring in debates about geopolitics, climate change and natural resources. As US interest in the island continues, the EU is now stepping into the fray, with Ursula von der Leyen, the president of the European Commission, […]

The United Kingdom is fully aligned with the cross-regional statement delivered by Finland and would like to make a few additional remarks.World Water Day is being held amidst a global crisis of too much, too little, or too polluted water, and in an era of Global Water Bankruptcy. Climate change and nature loss are intensifying the […]

– Advertisement – Cyberbullying is no longer a marginal phenomenon. Digital bullying on social media platforms is part of everyday life for many children and young people. According to studies, one in six children aged between 11 and 15 has been a victim of cyberbullying at some point. One in eight children admits to having […]

From his bedroom desk in the Belgian town of Dendermonde, Gert Everaert used to watch the river Scheldt flow past. Barges and small boats drifted by. Birds fished. But the river also carried something less picturesque – a steady stream of litter and plastic waste. “Cars would stop and people threw rubbish straight into the water,” […]

  The European Commission has presented initiatives to boost investment in homegrown clean energy solutions, increase resilience, and reduce energy prices.  The current geopolitical context highlights the risks related to Europe’s reliance on imported fossil fuels. Citizens and industries are rightly concerned about high energy prices. Investing in clean energy is the most affordable and reliable […]

Last month the European Commission unveiled its new “Made in Europe” targets, tying access to subsidies in clean technology heavy industry and carmaking to local production and stricter conditions on foreign investment. The objective of the new Industrial Accelerator Act is to strengthen the industrial base and strategic autonomy of the European economy. But its […]

The gender pay gap is a measure across all jobs in UK Research and Innovation (UKRI), not of the difference in pay between males and females for doing the same job. This year’s gender pay gap report provides an important opportunity to reflect on where we are making progress and where further action is needed. […]