Views: 52In December 2023, the Commission called on the member states’ governance to enhance national efforts in reducing greenhouse gas emissions and set out clearer plans on adaptation to climate change. Besides, the Commission also invited the states to better prepare for an increased uptake of renewables and to enhance energy efficiency measures.
Category: Sustainability
covering main UN SDGs implementation in the EU states, European “green deal”, as well as circular economy’s aspects and “green growth” in the national development
Modern “climate consensus”: multilateralism and diplomacy in action
Views: 30The COP28 was a sobering reminder that the world was far off its targets in climate actions: i.e. global emissions continued to rise by 1.5% a year, when they have to be reduced by 7% annually to keep the goals of Paris climate agreement by 2030. Among main outcomes of the recent summit has […]
Post-COP28: lessons and perspectives
Views: 38After about two weeks of negotiations, the leaders of the world in Dubai, UAE have agreed on a “final deal”. For the first time in the thirty years of COPs history the political deal calls on global community to “move away” from the use of fossil fuels (coal, gas and oil), though not “phasing […]
Artificial intelligence (AI): the EU and world-wide regulatory efforts
Views: 37Existing and potential AI’s benefits are enormous to all walks of human life, i.e. for households, business and the economy. However, the acceleration and AIs implementation brings new challenges. As the AI’s regulatory front-runner, the EU is contributing to AI governance world-wide. By setting the AI standards, the digital community can pave the way […]
European agro-sector through modern challenges
Views: 28Recent global energy calamities and climate change atrocities posed significant threat to agricultural sector world-wide and in the EU states as well. Hence, national governance has to support the farmers’ adaptive capacity, as well as address food price volatility and food security. Ensuring agro-sectors’ sustainability and resilience facing evolving environmental challenges is among the […]
Financing green transition: European experience
Views: 20The “green recovery” transition process is an expensive endeavor: hence the European Commission tries to find most effective ways to finance it. Thus, more than two years after the start of the green bond issuance, the borrowing has brought about €50 billion to the market to become the world’s largest green bond program.
European green deal and clean transition in energy sector
Views: 26The EU has already achieved during last four years several vital results in this sphere: speeding-up green and “clean” transition, lowering energy prices and addressing competition on global markets. Now it is the turn of decarbonising energy intensive industries.
Digital economy through modern global challenges: revealing best countries
Views: 46As everyday online connections among people and communities, sectoral governance and businesses, numerous ICT-devices and data processing, etc. the digital economy has become a vital part of national agenda. Main components in digital economy, such as e-business and infrastructures, e-commerce, e-banking and e-governance make the concept an attractive tool in dealing with modern challenges.
Smart specialisation strategy (3S) returns to the EU agenda
Views: 42The ideas of the so-called “smart growth” and member states’ abilities in “specialization” have been introduced into the EU integration perspectives already over a decade ago. It was regarded both as one of the strongest facets of modern EU’s political economy and a specific economic modernisation tool in the member states’ growth patterns. It […]
Education and training in the EU for 2024: new initiatives
Views: 48With a budget of €4.3 billion for 2024, the Erasmus+ program will support transnational experiences of school pupils, students in higher education, as well as vocational education and training. The program also offers numerous opportunities to adult learners, educators, teaching staff and young people in non-formal learning programs.