The European Commission has launched the development of anEU Aviation and Aeronautics Strategyand is inviting citizens, businesses and stakeholders to share their views via a call for evidence published yesterday. The strategy will establish a comprehensive framework to strengthen Europe’s aviation and aerospace sectors at a time of great uncertainty. These sectors deliver significant economic […]
PhD – Ecology/Ecosystem-Based Management – Norway
A PhD position is available at the Department of Arctic and Marine Biology (AMB), Faculty of Biosciences, Fisheries and Economics (BFE) in ecology/ecosystem-based management. You will work with a team of researchers in the Arctic Sustainability Lab. The lab is specializing in interdisciplinary – and transdisciplinary research relating to ecology and sustainability. The position is for a period […]
PhD – Position on socio-economic effects of climate tipping points – Netherlands
As part of the EMBRACER project, you will use advanced models integrating our climate system to human behaviour to study potential scenarios of what could happen to Europe if the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation weakens or tips. Your job As climate change is unfolding at an accelerating pace, there is an increasing concern about tipping points […]
Two Spanish projects selected by the Commission to transform the urban landscape
The European Commission and the Haute-France region – as the European Urban Initiative (EUI) lead agency – announced on 31 March the selection of 20 innovative projects under its third call for innovative urban initiatives. These projects, funded with €94 million from the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and to be implemented in thirteen EU […]
EU introduces flight emissions label to promote more sustainable travel
The Commission today adopted a Regulation introducing a Flight Emissions Label (“FEL”) to clearly and reliably calculate greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from flights. Airlines operating flights within the EU or from the EU will be able to voluntarily adhere to this label, which will be fully operational from July 2025. From next summer, passengers will […]
Online course: Activism Inside Out
Are you concerned with the current state of affairs of our planet? Do you want to create a fairer and more sustainable world? Do you struggle to keep up with all the events and crises that are happening in the world, and the accelerating pace at which they are unfolding? Do you sometimes feel a […]
Council publishes 2023 international climate finance figures
In 2023, the European Union and its 27 member states contributed €28.6 billion in climate finance from public sources and mobilised an additional amount of €7.2 billion of private finance to support developing countries to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions and adapt to the impacts of climate change. The Council published the figures today, in […]
Climate report shows the largest annual drop in EU greenhouse gas emissions for decades
EU greenhouse gas emissions fell by 8.3% in 2023, compared to 2022, reveals the latest climate action progress report by the European Commission. The report states that net greenhouse gas emissions are now 37% below 1990 levels. Over the same period, EU Gross Domestic Product (GDP) grew by 68%. This points to the fact that reducing emissions and economic growth are compatible. […]
PhD scholarship within Forest Ecology in Norway
Faculty of Environmental Sciences and Natural Resource Management (MINA) at Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NMBU) has a vacant 3-year PhD position in forest ecology. Forestry has made long-term impacts on the biodiversity and ecosystem functioning of boreal forests. Among the most important differences between managed and near-natural forests are the amount and diversity of […]