In the natural world everything is made of the same components: proteins, sugars, fats, and minerals. These nutrients are rearranged in multiple ways to create the variety and richness we see on Earth. So, nothing
Tags: #circular economy, #EU Green Deal, #recycling, #Transnational Cooperation, #upcycling
Who would have thought the Balkans and the Indian Ocean have at least one thing in common? In those two regions, researchers are using technology and digital systems to help fight natural catastrophes induced by climate change.
Tags: #climate change, #EU Green Deal, #marine ecosystems, #Transnational Cooperation, #wildfires, #wildlife
The circular economy is an approach to minimize the use of our resources. By 29 July 2021, humanity had already used up all natural resources that earth can regenerate in one year.
Tags: #Baltic Sea Region, #circular economy, #EU Green Deal, #Interreg Central Europe, #Transnational Cooperation
In the Adriatic-Ionian region, urban and suburban areas are suffering from heavy traffic congestion and a very high percentage of CO2 emissions due to weak urban planning and transport systems. People living in these areas are subject to various negative impacts on their daily lives.
Tags: #Adriatic-Ionian, #electric vehicles, #electromobility, #EU Green Deal, #green mobility, #Transnational Cooperation
In April 2006, a devastating spring flood occurred in the Danube River Basin. In Dolj County of Romania on the border with Bulgaria, a dam collapsed due to the rising waters of the Danube, causing widespread damage with hundreds of households destroyed.
Tags: #environmental risk management, #EU Green Deal, #floods, #Transnational Cooperation
“Interreg Volunteer Youth” (IVY) is an action to offer the possibility to young people aged 18-30 to serve as volunteers in cross-border, transnational or interregional Interreg programmes and related projects. In this interview we get to know the experience of IVY Anna Kalaitsidi.
Tags: #Interreg Volunteer Youth
Initiatives aimed at increasing energy efficiency often go hand-in-hand with the promotion of renewable energy, which tends to stand centre stage. Using resources more efficiently is, however, key to meet Europe’s climate objectives.
Tags: #clean energy, #cooperation, #EU Green Deal, #Interreg North Sea Region, #Interreg North-West Europe, #Transnational Cooperation
Climate change is changing the environment as much as the lifestyle of people living in coastal areas. With a combination of community, resourcefulness, and innovation two Interreg projects put creative solutions forward.
Tags: #climate change, #coastal management, #EU Green Deal, #Transnational Cooperation
The famous notion “think global – act local” has been used in various contexts but nowhere it is more accurate than when it comes to tackling climate change. But what can be actually done locally,
Tags: #energy efficiency, #energy transition, #EU Green Deal, #municipalities, #renewable energy, #Transnational Cooperation
Life as we know it is under immense pressure from climate change and other human-made threats. Experts warn that ecosystems are deteriorating more rapidly than ever. This is an enormous challenge, which can only be achieved when regions and cities in Europe join forces and get the right people on board.
Tags: #Biodiversity, #climate change, #EU Green Deal, #Interreg Balkan MED, #Interreg Central Europe, #Landscapes, #Transnational Cooperation, #Wetland, #Wild cat
What do a brewery, a data centre and a chicken farm have in common? They belong to the same value chain! An unusual combination, don’t you think?
Tags: #circular economy, #EU Green Deal, #Transnational Cooperation
On 5th August 2016, an underwater electricity cable broke a couple of kilometres off Inis Mór, one of the Aran Islands (Ireland), plunging the islanders into darkness for 4 days. The broadband was affected, medications in the fridge had to be binned and quantities of frozen food had to be thrown away.
Tags: #clean energy, #EU Green Deal, #hydrogen, #Interreg Alpine Space, #Interreg Northern Periphery and Arctic, #Transnational Cooperation