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, #marine ecosystems, #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, #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, #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, #floods, #Transnational Cooperation
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, #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, #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, #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, #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
The European Green Deal aims at reducing 90% of greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. One of its main objectives is to increase the use of clean vehicles and alternative fuels, such as hydrogen.
Tags: #Atlantic Area, #decarbonisation, #European Green Deal, #hydrogen, #North-West Europe, #sustainable mobility, #Transnational Cooperation
Mid-year 2017, Cap La Houssaye – Reunion Island, in the Indian Ocean: Julie Martin is on her first trip as a volunteer. The humpback whale season seems to take off that afternoon, with its warm light and caressing sun. Julie and the rest of the crew witness a breathtaking marine spectacle as a staggering number of males keep jumping out of the water in a famous move called breaching.
Tags: #Indian Ocean, #North Sea, #North Sea Region, #Reunion, #shipping, #Transnational Cooperation, #underwater noise