Scientists demand policy changes as buildings emit 25% of GHGs in Europe
With 25% of Greenhouse Gases (GHGs) emissions in Europe coming from buildings, scientists advocate fundamental policy changes.
Isn’t it time for a(nother) global moonshot in research?
As COVID-19 is still impacting global economies, we must rethink the innovative societies of tomorrow, to navigate today’s troubled waters, writes Catherine Beaudry.
After WHO approval, concern heightens over distribution of 1st malaria vaccine
The World Health Organization may have recommended a broad deployment of the first-ever malaria vaccine in Sub-Saharan Africa, but scientists say its acquisition and distribution will be an issue.
Adopting ‘wellbeing economics’ instead of growth at all costs
The Club of Rome wants the European Commission, EU, to take the lead in designing policies that go beyond focusing on GDP growth, to the wellbeing of mankind and the planet.
Prof. Rabinovici emerges 24th President of CERN Council, takes over next January
Currently a professor at the Racah Institute of Physics, Hebrew University, in Jerusalem, Eliezer Rabinovici, the new President of CERN Council, will assume office on January 1, 2022.
Slovenian President, 1766 foreign delegates attend ‘8th European Congress of Mathematics’
President of Slovenia, Borut Pahor, together with 1766 participants from 77 countries added glamour to the ‘8th European Congress of Mathematics’, held between 20-25 June, 2021.
Climate change in human rights courts
‘Climate Change in Human Rights Courts: Overcoming Procedural Hurdles in Transboundary Environmental Cases’ will be the title of this year’s ‘Madame de Staël Prize Lecture’.
SCGES organizes activities to boost gender equality, women in science
Members of the ‘Standing Committee for Gender Equality in Science’, SCGES, have highlighted in their Committee’s ‘1st Annual Report’, how they individually organized activities to promote gender equality and women in science.
For better regulatory assessment of nanopesticides
A research paper, emerging from a IUPAC project, provides guiding principles for the regulatory evaluation of nanopesticides.
Behaviour change: we must understand how it works, before offering support
In this blog article, Lucy Richardson explores a tool for understanding behaviourial changes, and how it can be used to identify ways to help people afflicted by the change process.
