Título: The EU is committed to reduce hydrofluorocarbons Autor: Consejo de la Unión Europea Duración: 00:37 Resumen: La UE se ha comprometido a reducir los hidrofluorocarburos como otro paso concreto para demostrar el pleno cumplimiento del Acuerdo de París. Los HFC o hidrofluorocarbonos son sustancias utilizadas en la refrigeración, el aire acondicionado y los aerosoles. […]
The transition to circular cities
Título: The transition to circular cities Autor: Banco Europeo de Inversiones Duración: 01:38 Resumen: Las ciudades tienen un importante papel que desempeñar en la transición hacia una economía circular. Albergan a la mayor parte de la población mundial, generan alrededor de la mitad de los residuos del planeta y consumen el 70% de todos los […]
EU asylum rules: Dublin regulation reform
The arrival of migrants and asylum seekers in the EU in recent years has shown that a more fair and effective policy is needed. However, Europe, due to its geographical position and stability, can continue to be a recurring destination for asylum seekers and migrants who experience international and internal conflicts or face climate change […]
Timely testing saves lives: on the World Hepatitis Day
Each year on this day, there is an opportunity to reflect how far we have come on the path to eliminating hepatitis globally, but also, to think how much more needs to be done to achieve this goal by 2030. Figures There is a large number of people still living in the EU/EEA with Hepatitis […]
H2020: Secure, clean and efficient energy: Converting Sunlight to storable chemical energy
This project (LC-SC3-RES-29-2019), which aims to convert solar energy into storable chemical products that provide a sustainable alternative, belongs to the Secure, clean and efficient energy sub-programme of the Horizon 2020 Programme. To replace fossil energy with sustainable alternatives that provide the same flexibility and convenience of use, we need to store sustainable energy on […]
H2020: Health, demographic change and wellbeing: Healthcare interventions for the management of the elderly multimorbid patient
This call (SC1-BHC-24-2020), which aims to improve the quality of life of multi-morbid elderly patients and contain related health costs, falls under the Health, demographic change and wellbeing sub-programme of the Horizon 2020 Programme. It is estimated that more than 50 million European citizens suffer from multimorbidity (defined as coexistence of multiple chronic diseases and […]
COSME: Programme for the Competitiveness of SMEs: Tackling regional/local unemployment via social economy model
This call, which aims to tackle unemployment by promoting the social economy as a key element for a sustainable European economic system (COS-SEM-2019-04-03), is part of the Programme for the Competitiveness of SMEs of the COSME 2019 Programme. Regional and local unemployment requires special measures to be addressed successfully. Job offers need to adequately respond […]
Data protection: Commission decides to refer Greece and Spain to the Court for not transposing EU law
The European Commission decided to refer Greece and Spain to the Court of Justice of the EU for failing to transpose the EU rules on personal data protection (the Data Protection Law Enforcement Directive, Directive (EU) 2016/680). In April 2016, the Council and the European Parliament agreed the Directive had to be transposed into national law by 6 May 2018. In the case […]
Lorenzo Natali Media Prize 2019 – Grand Prize Winner
Título: Lorenzo Natali Media Prize 2019 – Grand Prize Winner Autor: Ayuda Humanitaria de la Unión Europea Duración: 00:52 Resumen: La ganadora del Gran Premio de este año es Glenda Girón Castro de El Salvador. Glenda es la editora del periódico salvadoreño Septima Sentido. Su conmovedora historia sobre los obstáculos para el acceso al empleo […]