2024 Olympic Games – Sustainability in Every Organizational Segment
This year, Paris will host over 10,000 athletes and numerous visitors for the 2024 Olympic Games. An event of this scale requires large resources and energy. Still, the organizers have ensured that its ecological footprint will be as small as…
Industrial Policy: Council Gives Final Approval to the Net-Zero Industry Act
The Council has adopted a regulation on establishing a framework of measures for strengthening Europe’s net-zero technology manufacturing ecosystem, better known as the ‘net-zero industry act’. This is the last step in the decision-making process. The regulation aims to boost…
NASA Launches Small Climate Satellite to Study Earth’s Poles
The first of a pair of climate satellites designed to study heat emissions at Earth’s poles for NASA is in orbit after lifting off atop Rocket Lab’s Electron rocket from the company’s Launch Complex 1 in Māhia, New Zealand at…
Fit for 55: Council Gives Final Green Light to Cut Methane Emissions in the Energy Sector
The Council today adopted a regulation on tracking and reducing methane emissions. It is part of the ‘Fit for 55’ package. The regulation introduces new requirements on measuring, reporting and verifying methane emissions in the energy sector. Mitigation measures, such…
Serbia has Used up All its Natural Resources for This Year
As of May 23rd, Serbia had used up its natural resources reserves for this year, which means that from today on, we are “living on borrowed resources.” This is the assessment of the research organization Global Footprint Network, which calculates…
The Intelligence of the Youth in Serbia Illuminates the Green Path of Sustainable Development of Local Areas
Even if you are not interested in the topics related to sustainable development and energy efficiency, you must have heard of Aspern Seestadt. This completely self-sustaining city gets energy from renewable sources, wind and water, and processes rainwater. Around 20,000…
EBRD is Supporting Renewable Investments in Romania
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is lending over 46 million euros as part of a 93 million euros financing package to build and operate a 102 MW onshore wind farm in Romania. Urleasca Wind Farm, which will…