The Commission published Ethical Guidelines on the Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and data in teaching and learning for teachers. The Guidelines address how AI is used in schools, to support teachers and students in their teaching and learning, and to support administrative tasks in educational settings. The Guidelines are part of the Digital Education […]
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High monkeypox vaccine acceptance among male users of smartphone-based online gay-dating apps in Europe
Male adult users of smartphone-based online gay dating apps in the European region have high acceptance of monkeypox (MPX) vaccination. At the same time, there are specific groups with a high degree of vaccine hesitancy to whom campaigns should be tailored. Here, public health providers together with community-based organisations play an important role. This is […]
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The Parliament’s fight for gender equality in the EU
Find out how the EU and the European Parliament fight to protect women’s rights and to improve gender equality at work, in politics and other areas. What does the EU do to tackle gender inequalities? From the beginning the European Union has promoted gender equality and a more social Europe The EU has adopted legislation, recommendations, exchanges and […]
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Deforestation: causes and how the EU is tackling it
Find out what causes deforestation and how the EU is taking action against the importation of goods produced on deforested land. The rate of forest loss around the world is alarming. Some 420 million hectares of forest were lost due to deforestation between 1990 and 2020, according to the UN Food and Agriculture Organization, an area […]
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Eurobarometer: Europeans seriously worried about air quality and call for stronger action
Europeans are worried about the effect of air pollution on health and the environment, according to a special Eurobarometer survey published on October 24. Most also think that industry, public authorities and employers need to do more to improve air quality. Respondents clearly favour an international or European approach to improving air quality and a large […]
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UAL presents UNIgreen to associate members and the university community
The University of Almeria coordinates this European university composed of several international partners specialised in sustainable agronomy, green biotechnology and environmental and life sciences. UNIgreen will mean more versatility of study programmes – with more international degrees – a wider scope of research projects and more mobility options for the entire university community. UNIgreen – […]
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New Omicron sub-lineage likely to cause further increase in covid-19 cases
At least five EU/EEA countries have detected the circulation of the SARS-CoV-2 variant sub-lineage BQ.1 during week 40, 2022. ECDC modelling forecasts predict that BQ1 and its sub-lineage BQ1.1 will become the dominant SARS-CoV2 strains in EU/EEA by mid-November to the beginning of December 2022. This will likely contribute to an increase in the number […]
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Plastic packaging waste: 38% recycled in 2020
In 2020, each person living in the EU generated 34.6 kg of plastic packaging waste on average. Out of these, 13.0 kg were recycled. This information comes from data on packaging waste published by Eurostat on 20 October. The article presents a handful of findings from the more detailed Statistics Explained article. Between 2010 and 2020, the volume of plastic packaging […]
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Europa Contigo 4×03: La actualidad de Europa para los jóvenes
En esta nueva entrega del podcast Europa Contigo, Ana Fe Gil Serra, Directora del CDE de Almería os cuenta toda la actualidad sobre como han sido Premios Sájarov y Daphne Caruana, convocatorias europeas y decisiones del Consejo y la Comisión Europea en diferentes ámbitos. Además, hablamos sobre la reserva de ayuda exterior en América Latina […]
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