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
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, #EU 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: #EU Green Deal, #Indian Ocean, #North Sea, #North Sea Region, #Reunion, #shipping, #Transnational Cooperation, #underwater noise
Zsuzsanna is thirteen years old, lives in Szolnok, Hungary and she would like to protect our planet as much as possible. In Fusignano, Italy, the twelve-year old Fabio thinks the same. He understands that energy is the basis of all our activities.
Tags: #Education, #Energy awareness, #EU Green Deal, #Schools, #Transnational Cooperation
Sea and agrifood sectors are crucial to Europe’s economy: food related industries and services provide over 44 million jobs in the EU. Interreg pushes forward innovation and sustainability of food products from land and sea in two different European regions.
Tags: #Atlantic Area, #EU Green Deal, #Indian Ocean, #Transnational Cooperation
From toothpaste to toys, hazardous substances are everywhere around you. They are present in your home, your school, and your workplace, wreaking all kinds of havoc. They can make you itch or sneeze, harm your fertility, or even cause serious illness. Professor Jeanette Rotchell and environmentalist Heidrun Fammler battle hazardous chemicals for a living.
Tags: #Baltic Sea Region, #EU Green Deal, #Hazardous chemicals, #North Sea Region, #Transnational Cooperation
Agriculture is a defining part of the agro-food sector, which is of strategic importance in Europe. Meet the ROADtool and Functional Agrobiodiversity, two innovative approaches supporting EU farmers in their transition to a healthy and environmentally friendly food system.
Tags: #Agriculture, #Agrobiodiversity, #EU Green Deal, #Farm to Fork Strategy, #Interreg Balkan MED, #Interreg North-West Europe, #Transnational Cooperation
We challenge our seas with industry waste, pharmaceuticals, pesticides and nutrients leaking from fields, and expect the seas to remain that treasure for our children and the children of their children. But will they?
Tags: #ADRION, #Baltic Sea Region, #EU Green Deal, #Transnational Cooperation, #water
