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Cooperation Between Sciece and Business for a Sustainable Future
Eight years have passed since the signing of the Paris Agreement, which set the goal of holding the global average temperature increase below 2°C compared to the pre-industrial levels, with the indication that the whole must make an effort of…
New EU Rules to Improve Urban Wastewater Treatment and Reuse
With 481 votes in favour, 79 against and 26 abstentions, Parliament adopted the deal reached with the Council in January 2024 on revising the EU’s water management and urban wastewater treatment standards to better protect public health and the environment.…
Green Planet between Dystopia and Utopia
That day, at the front door of my building, I was intercepted by an upset neighbor with the announcement that “The lift is not working again!” I noticed that my neighbor was nervously crumpling a piece of foil while listing…
Eight ways to overcome the waste pollution crisis
Humanity generates between 2.1 billion and 2.3 billion tonnes of municipal solid waste a year. When improperly managed, much of that refuse—from food and plastics to electronics and textiles — emits greenhouse gases or poisonous chemicals. This damages ecosystems, inflicts…
NEW PROJECTS THAT WILL RECEIVE WWF ADRIA GRANTS
WWF launched its project “Serbia Actions in the Field of Environment, Nature and Climate – SAFE Nature and Climate“ to form a network of civil society organizations that will implement sustainable ideas related to environmental and climate protection. After the…
NEW INITIATIVE AIMS TO CURB THE TOXIC IMPACTS OF AGRICULTURE
The governments of Ecuador, India, Kenya, Laos, Philippines, Uruguay, and Vietnam have come together to launch a 379 million dollars initiative to combat pollution from the use of pesticides and plastics in agriculture. Chemicals play a crucial role in farming,…
WHICH KIND OF PACKAGING WILL BE INCLUDED IN THE EU’S LIST OF BANNED PRODUCTS?
The European Union continues to tackle environmental, plastic and waste-related issues. There is an agreement in place between the European Parliament and the Council on the revision of existing rules regulating the use and recycling of packaging waste, to improve…