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World Cleanup Day 2024
On 8 December 2023, the United Nations General Assembly, in its seventy-eighth session, unanimously adopted resolution 78/122 “World Cleanup Day”, which proclaims 20 September as World Cleanup Day.
The resolution invites all Member...
International Day of Clean Air for Blue Skies
Air pollution is the biggest environmental health risk of our time. It also exacerbates climate change, causes economic losses, and reduces agricultural productivity.
It knows no borders – everyone has a responsibility to...
Education for Safer Management of Electrical and Electronic Waste
Refrigeration devices are the type of technology we need every day, especially during warmer periods. However, as much as devices make our lives easier, they can negatively impact the environment and, thus,...
It’s not all so Colourless – How is North Korea Fighting Climate Change
Time in North Korea seems to stand still. At least that's how it seems to the rest of the world, which cannot come to terms with the fact that in the 21st...
Record Reduction of 2023 ETS Emissions due Largely to Boost in Renewable Energy
Last year’s emissions under the EU’s Emission Trading System (ETS) show the most significant annual emissions reductions since the ETS was launched in 2005. The main driver is the power sector’s significant...
Air quality: Council and Parliament strike deal to strengthen standards in the EU
The Council presidency and the European Parliament’s representatives reached a provisional political agreement on a proposal to set EU air quality standards to be attained with the aim of achieving a zero-pollution...
EU: NET ZERO INDUSTRY ACT COULD THREATEN THE EUROPEAN WIND INDUSTRY
Wind energy is important for the European Union Member States, considering that 19 percent of the energy consumed in the EU comes from this renewable source. Although almost all European wind turbines...
HOW DANGEROUS ARE EXCESSIVE AMOUNTS OF PHOSPHORUS FOR THE ENVIRONMENT AND HOW TO USE IT MORE SUSTAINABLY?
Food safety is a very important topic, especially at a time when pollution, climate change, urbanization and population growth have never been more intense. Phosphorus plays an important role in ensuring food...
INDUSTRIAL AIR POLLUTION AND ITS DETRIMENT TO THE ENVIRONMENT, CLIMATE AND HEALTH
Air pollution is one of the most dangerous types of pollution for the health of people and other living beings. An analysis conducted by the European Environment Agency (EEA) showed that the...
Looking back at top moments for the environment in 2023
The last year has been a hard one for the planet. The Earth sweltered under record heat, nature continued its precipitous decline and pollution continued to claim millions of lives.
But amid all...
ENERGY REHABILITATION CONTRIBUTES TO ENERGY SAVING AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
Raška, a small town in the southwest of Serbia, situated between the mountains of Kopaonik and Golija, on the rivers Ibar and Raška, works efficiently to preserve the environment.
This municipality is one...
Greenhouse Gas concentrations hit record high. Again.
The abundance of heat-trapping greenhouse gases in the atmosphere once again reached a new record last year and there is no end in sight to the rising trend, according to a new...
Urgent action to cut methane emissions from fossil fuel operations essential to achieve global climate targets
Decisive, far-reaching efforts to cut methane emissions from fossil fuel production and use must go hand-in-hand with decarbonisation of our energy systems to limit global warming to 1.5 °C, according to a...
EU imports of energy products continued to drop in Q2 2023
Following a strong increase in energy imports in the EU between 2021 and 2022, the scenario is different in 2023, with imports dropping for the second quarter in a row when compared...
2023 Strategic Foresight Report: sustainability and wellbeing at the heart of Europe’s Open Strategic Autonomy
Today, the European Commission presented the 2023 Strategic Foresight Report, which analyses how to put ‘sustainability and people's wellbeing at the heart of Europe's Open Strategic Autonomy' and suggests ten concrete actions...
ENVIRONMENTAL BOOK
In 2019, she first turned her love for writing, nature, and children into the fairy tale “Sounds of the forest”, and this autumn, her second book, “Environmental book”, was published. The book...