Information days Horizon 2020 Societal Challenge 5 "Climate Action, Environment, Resource Efficiency and Raw Materials" - 2020 Calls
Societal Challenge 5 "Climate Action, Environment, Resource Efficiency and Raw Materials" - 2020 Calls
16-17 September 2019 / Brussels, Belgium
This event, organised by EASME, targets potential applicants to the 2020 calls for project proposals under the Horizon 2020 Challenge 5 "Climate Action, Environment, Resource Efficiency and Raw Materials".
Member states’ answer to low renewables ambition: Interim targets
(EurActiv, 1 Dec 2017) The European Parliament says the EU’s proposed 2030 target for renewable energy needs to be raised in order to speed up deployment early in the next decade. But EU member states have a different idea.
This week, the Parliament’s Committee on Industry, Research and Energy voted to raise the proposed target for the share of renewables in the EU’s energy mix, from the Commission’s proposed 27% to 35%.
Cities urged to help cut global supply chain emissions
(Eco Business, 9 Nov 2017) Construction materials, buildings and transport are the main emitters of greenhouse gases at the city level - and their carbon footprint should be lowered, says a report.
Cities should try to slash the planet-warming gases pumped out beyond their own boundaries in the production of the vast quantities of goods and services they consume, researchers said.
