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Rooftop photovoltaics combined with energy efficiency measures and new technologies are promising to achieve net-zero energy buildings and sustainable cities, concludes a research that assessed RTPV impact worldwide based on climate.
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A meta-analysis of interactions of environmental policies shows that combining behavioural and traditional instruments works better than deploying a single intervention.
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The energy transition, and related scale-up of EU net-zero technology manufacturing, will accelerate demand for workers with the right skills, many of which are already in short supply.
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Policy makers, primary producers, consumers and businesses got together to imagine the bioeconomy of the future. The policy recommendations are now out.
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The current decade is critical to limit temperature rise to 1.5°C: investment in low- and zero-emissions technologies is instrumental to achieving the Paris Agreement target.
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Students living in rural areas or villages are less likely to participate in international mobility programmes because of motivational and language barriers, research shows.
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Data points to increased elf workload.
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By 2030, the EU is set on course to substantially surpass its target of at least 45% graduates among young adults and slash the share of early school leavers to below 9%.
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Unprecedented drought and extreme heatwaves have affected the Amazon basin, threatening one of Earth’s most vibrant ecosystems and local communities.
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Dietary changes help halve nitrogen losses.