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AUKUS, Budapest Demographic Summit, Common Charger (Tweets of the Week S5 E4)

Title: AUKUS, Budapest Demographic Summit, Common Charger (Tweets of the Week S5 E4)
Runtime: 3:59
Date posted: 5 years ago
Description: Ditching French submarines leads to a brawl, turns out Viktor Orban isn’t that tall, and European Commission proposes a single digital charger for all.

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Title: EURACTIV60 TurówMine Dispute
Runtime: 1:00
Date posted: 5 years ago
Description: Verified
This week's #EURACTIV60 focuses on the Turówmine dispute between Czechia and Poland.

The European Court of Justice (#ECJ) has ordered #Poland to pay a daily €500,000 fine because it has not followed its interim measure and continues with mining in Turów.

While #Czechia considers the decision a success, the country prefers to strike a deal rather than benefit from fines. As Czech #Environment Minister Richard Brabec said: “We want – and I hope that Poland wants the same – to strike a deal. It is not only about money, about some compensations but about technical conditions that have to be met before any continuation of mining.”

However, the Turów mine – which is currently responsible for 7% of energy production in Poland – will not be closed, Warsaw confirmed following the EU Court’s order.

Read the full article here: https://eurac.tv/9U8y
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Fit for 55 on all fronts? Can Europe lead innovation in green maritime?

Title: Fit for 55 on all fronts? Can Europe lead innovation in green maritime?
Runtime: 1:20:38
Date posted: 5 years ago
Description: Maritime transport is an essential component of Europe’s transport system and plays a critical role for the European economy. Every year, around 400 million passengers embark or disembark in EU ports, including around 14 million on cruise ships. Efficient maritime transport connections are essential to the mobility of EU citizens, in developing EU regions, and to the EU economy as a whole.

Maritime transport is responsible for about 2.2% of global greenhouse gas emissions. Achieving significant reductions in emissions of maritime transport requires using both less energy (increasing energy efficiency) and new, alternative types of energy (renewable and low-carbon fuels). The FuelEU Maritime legislative proposal aims to increase the uptake of sustainable alternative fuels in this sector. The Commission has also proposed to extend the European Union’s Emissions Trading System (EU-ETS) to the maritime sector.

Europe is uniquely placed to lead the shift of the...

Media Partnership - Health Access in Rural Areas: the need for a long-term vision in Europe

Title: Media Partnership - Health Access in Rural Areas: the need for a long-term vision in Europe
Runtime: 1:30:03
Date posted: 5 years ago
Description: Accessing health remains a challenge in rural and remote areas in a context of a declining and ageing population, a lack of connectivity and infrastructure, as well as a low access to essential public services such as healthcare.

While the COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted these issues and emphasized the need to develop a long-term health access in rural areas vision, it has also brought additional light on emerging opportunities to achieve this objective. The digital transition provides numerous tools in that sense, such as the uptake of telemedicine and the upcoming European Health Data Space.

The European Commission’s Long-Term Vision for Rural Areas published on June 28, acknowledges the difficulties rural populations are facing, including those related to access to health, and aims at helping rural areas in overcoming these challenges by leveraging both the green and digital transitions.

In this context, this roundtable event will discuss h...

Media Partnership - The road to COP26: is beef a climate change villain?

Title: Media Partnership - The road to COP26: is beef a climate change villain?
Runtime: 1:17:35
Date posted: 5 years ago
Description: As countries put forward their net-zero pledges on the run up to COP26, debate has intensified on strategies to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions across different sectors. There is little question that the greatest contribution comes from the energy sector (transport, industry and buildings), which currently accounts for 73.2 percent of GHG emissions. But other sectors also have a role to play.

In discussing how to reduce emissions from agriculture, beef is often singled out as a climate change villain. In the United Kingdom, the recently published “National Food Strategy” proposes to reduce meat consumption by 30 percent over ten years, as a means to reaching the UK net-zero targets. This is a possible way ahead, but it is hardly the only one. In the same way that low carbon agriculture is already a reality in many places, many argue that livestock can also be produced sustainably, with little or no GHG emissions.

This webinar will assess the contribu...

Shakeup in Berlin - German 2021 elections

Title: Shakeup in Berlin - German 2021 elections
Runtime: 6:07
Date posted: 5 years ago
Description: The German federal elections are already historic, as the eternal Chancellor Angela Merkel voluntarily steps down and her conservative Union party endeavours to succeed her despite the social democrat's lead in the polls. From the contenders vying to replace Merkel to the post-election coalition game: EURACTIV brings you the essence of what is happening in Berlin.

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Tweets of the Week: Pope, SOTEU, Timmermans influential (Season 5 Episode 3)

Title: Tweets of the Week: Pope, SOTEU, Timmermans influential (Season 5 Episode 3)
Runtime: 2:20
Date posted: 5 years ago
Description: Pope sticks to the essential, SOTEU has snack potential, and Timmermans is ranked influential.

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Title: EURACTIV60: Anti-microbial resistance
Runtime: 1:00
Date posted: 5 years ago
Description: This week's #EURACTIV60 tackles the antimicrobial resistance topic :

The European Parliament has given its green light to a controversial new antimicrobials regulation, dismissing a motion calling for tighter restrictions on antibiotics use in animals and allowing the Commission to move forward on its plans to tackle anti-microbial resistance.

Read more: https://www.euractiv.com/section/health-consumers/news/parliament-sides-with-commission-to-approve-controversial-new-antimicrobials-rules/

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Von der Leyen's State of the Union 2021 Full Speech

Title: Von der Leyen's State of the Union 2021 Full Speech
Runtime: 59:36
Date posted: 5 years ago
Description: Rewatch the full speech by Ursula von der Leyen on the state of the European Union.

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DEMOTEC - Democratising Territorial Cohesion

Title: DEMOTEC - Democratising Territorial Cohesion
Runtime: 3:08
Date posted: 5 years ago
Description: DEMOTEC is a 3 year project co-funded by the H2020 Programme with the main objective to investigate the role of participatory budgeting in fostering greater and more informed citizen participation in policy-making and in engaging citizens that feel disconnected from political and policy processes.

EURACTIV joins a consortium of 7 organisations all working towards this goal across Europe, mainly in Cyprus, Greece, Ireland, Netherlands, Poland, Romania, and Scotland.

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Tweets of the Week: Poland Fines, EU Lingo, Brussels Filming (Season 5 Episode 2)

Title: Tweets of the Week: Poland Fines, EU Lingo, Brussels Filming (Season 5 Episode 2)
Runtime: 3:48
Date posted: 5 years ago
Description: Poland in the dock over rule of law, EU lingo sticks in the craw, and EU bubble greets film crew with awe.

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Media Partnership - The road to COP26: what is the role of biofuels?

Title: Media Partnership - The road to COP26: what is the role of biofuels?
Runtime: 1:18:16
Date posted: 5 years ago
Description: According to the International Energy Agency (IEA), of all direct CO2 emissions from fuel combustion, transportation accounts for 24%. Road vehicles are the source of nearly three-quarters of the carbon footprint of the transport sector, but emissions from aviation and shipping continue to rise, highlighting the need for greater focus on these hard-to-abate subsectors too.

Therefore, decarbonising the transport sector is a key element on the run up to COP26 – and biofuels have a significant role if we are to achieve the Paris Agreement goal of limiting global warming to 1.5ºC.

Brazil is the second largest producer of biofuels in the world – second only to the United States – and has the largest fleet of “flex fuel” vehicles in the world. The country started its own energy transition in the transport sector in the 1970s, with consistent investments in science and innovation. For over 50 years now, cars in Brazil have been powered by sustainable biofu...

Title: EURACTIV60: Fines for Poland
Runtime: 1:00
Date posted: 5 years ago
Description: This week's #EURACTIV60 looks at the EU-Commission's request to impose fines on Poland:

In a highly unusual move in its ongoing legal spat with #Poland, the #European #Commission asked the top EU court on Tuesday (7 September) to impose a daily financial penalty for Warsaw’s non-compliance with temporary measures European judges put in place in July.

Read more: https://eurac.tv/9TYk

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Carbon removal strategy – Is it needed and will it make a difference?

Title: Carbon removal strategy – Is it needed and will it make a difference?
Runtime: 1:16:36
Date posted: 5 years ago
Description: European Union Member States have agreed to reach climate neutrality by 2050 and increase their level of ambition for 2030. This means that Europe needs to amend many of its climate policies.

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) scenarios consistent with limiting the temperature rise to 1.5°C show that removing CO2 from the atmosphere is essential. In line with this, the European science academies recommend prioritising deep emissions cuts, but also to start developing a portfolio of carbon dioxide removal (CDR) options.

According to several climate stakeholders, emission reductions are not at the pace to meet Europe's more ambitious climate goals. They claim the importance of carbon removal solutions keeps increasing, but the EU’s strategy and support remains unclear.

In April 2021, the European Parliament and the European Council reached a provisional agreement on the first-ever EU Climate Law. But negotiations on whether carb...

Forest restoration and tree-planting – What impact for climate change mitigation?

Title: Forest restoration and tree-planting – What impact for climate change mitigation?
Runtime: 1:32:30
Date posted: 5 years ago
Description: The EU has adopted ambitious new targets to curb climate change, with a pledge to make them legally binding. Under a new law agreed in 2021 between Member States and the European Parliament, the bloc will cut carbon emissions by at least 55% by 2030, compared with 1990 levels. "Our political commitment to becoming the first climate neutral continent by 2050 is now also a legal one," said EU Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen.

Globally, forests are our lungs and life-support system, covering 30% of the Earth’s land area and hosting 80% of its biodiversity. Forests and other wooded land cover more than 40% of Europe, making it one of the most forest-rich regions in the world. Their ecosystem contributes to our health and well-being through water regulation, the provision of food, medicines and materials, soil stabilisation and erosion control, and air and water purification.

Planting billions of trees across the world is one of the cheapest ways of taking C...

Afghanistan, Bled Strategic Forum, German Triell (Tweets of the Week S5 E1)

Title: Afghanistan, Bled Strategic Forum, German Triell (Tweets of the Week S5 E1)
Runtime: 4:06
Date posted: 5 years ago
Description: Afghan situation leaves Europe stressed, the Bled Strategic Forum is a total sausage fest and German chancellor wannabes are put to the test.

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New EU Emissions Trading System: what should change?

Title: New EU Emissions Trading System: what should change?
Runtime: 1:15:38
Date posted: 5 years ago
Description: Set up in 2005, the EU Emissions Trading System (ETS) is the world's first international emissions trading system. Since its establishment, the concept has had plenty of detractors. Many climate activists considered the market-oriented cap-and-trade approach to be flawed, saying taxes would be more effective to reduce global warming emissions. But cap-and-trade schemes were the global consensus at the time. The ETS has been confronted with several challenges ever since, most notably a carbon price which is generally deemed to be too low.

The current EU carbon market price currently stands at over 50 euros, up from 20 euros a year ago, dramatically increasing costs for polluters. But the global average carbon price is currently only $2 a tonne; too low to trigger the kind of energy transformation needed to stop climate change.

Now, with the UK set to leave the EU ETS and replace it with something else such as a carbon tax, and the incoming US administration of ...

Talking shop or shaping Europe's future?

Title: Talking shop or shaping Europe's future?
Runtime: 15:08
Date posted: 5 years ago
Description: The Conference on the Future of Europe is now officially underway. But with its original political patron, French President Emmanuel Macron, no longer leading the project, and the Covid pandemic still around us, it is unclear where the conference will get its political drive from.

Is the Conference really needed? What policy areas should the Conference focus on? And will it really engage the people of Europe or just be another elite–driven talking shop? Euractiv’s Opinion editor, Benjamin Fox and Fabio Masini, the Jean Monnet Chair on European Economic Governance, and Managing Editor of Euractiv Italy, tackle these and other questions.

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Title: Interview with Alice Kuhnke MEP
Runtime: 12:58
Date posted: 5 years ago
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A new far-right and conservative group in the European Parliament?

Title: A new far-right and conservative group in the European Parliament?
Runtime: 7:21
Date posted: 5 years ago
Description: Far-right and conservative parties from 16 EU countries, including France’s Rassemblement National, Poland’s PiS, Hungary’s Fidesz, and Italy’s Lega, have decided to join forces to make their voice heard in the European debates.

Together, they signed a document calling for deep reform of the EU, paving the way for what some are predicting to become a new political group in the European Parliament.

But what does it mean to belong to a group and what would be the political implications of such a move? Today, EURACTIV takes a closer look.

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Renew MEP: Racism is an everyday phenomenon in our societies

Title: Renew MEP: Racism is an everyday phenomenon in our societies
Runtime: 10:29
Date posted: 5 years ago
Description: Europe needs to face the fact that racism is not something that only happens in the US or elsewhere, but is an everyday phenomenon in our European societies, Hungarian MEP Anna Júlia Donáth (Renew Europe) told EURACTIV.

She spoke about how her political group deals with the issue, what she expects from the EU institution's new anti-discrimination strategies and the situation in her home country Hungary.

"If an anti-discrimination strategy is just on paper, without legally binding elements, nothing is going to change," Donáth said, when asked whether the EU has made enough progress on non-discrimination.

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EURO Finale, Fit for 55, Bastille Day (Tweets of the Week S4 Finale)

Title: EURO Finale, Fit for 55, Bastille Day (Tweets of the Week S4 Finale)
Runtime: 5:00
Date posted: 5 years ago
Description: Euro football final ends in affray, Fit for 55, will Ursula get her way? And the Commission’s cheery greeting is a total cliche.

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Title: EURACTIV60: Fit For 55 #shorts
Runtime: 1:00
Date posted: 5 years ago
Description: 14 proposals, 7 Commissioners and 1 big goal: The European Commission presented its #FitFor55 package this week.

The package of energy and climate laws aims at reaching the EU’s 2030 goal of cutting emissions by 55%, and putting it on track to hit net zero by 2050.

For more detailed information: EURACTIV gives you the lowdown on the plan. 👇
https://eurac.tv/9TCm

A better breakdown of the proposals are in our Energy & Enviroment Hub: https://www.euractiv.com/sections/energy-environment/ and our Transport Hub: https://www.euractiv.com/sections/transport/

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Human Rights in Kazakhstan – The road ahead

Title: Human Rights in Kazakhstan – The road ahead
Runtime: 1:15:51
Date posted: 5 years ago
Description: In June 2021, Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev signed a decree “On further measures of the Republic of Kazakhstan in the field of human rights”, which he said represents an important step in the political modernisation of the Central Asian country.

“An important stage of political modernisation is a further implementation of concrete measures in the field of human rights. A corresponding decree was signed today. The government has been instructed to adopt an Urgent Action Plan for its implementation,” Tokayev said on Twitter on June 10th. The results of the plan are expected to be discussed annually, with the first assessment due in January, 2022.

The European Parliament in February passed a resolution criticising Kazakhstan for its human rights record, highlighting gender issues, the situation of civil society groups and activists, and demanding the release of detained activists. Kazakh officials responded that the criticism was unfair and that ...

Recovery and sustainability – how can SMEs achieve both?

Title: Recovery and sustainability – how can SMEs achieve both?
Runtime: 1:19:42
Date posted: 5 years ago
Description: Small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are the beating heart of Europe’s economy, accounting for over 90% of all businesses in the EU and for more than half of its gross domestic product, whilst employing about 100 million EU workers before the pandemic. SMEs bring innovative solutions to challenges like climate change, resource efficiency and social cohesion and help spread this innovation throughout Europe’s regions. They are therefore central to the EU’s twin transitions to a sustainable and digital economy.

Already struggling with long-standing problems such as regulatory burdens and difficulties to access markets, small businesses have been particularly hard-hit by the ongoing COVID crisis. For a successful recovery, a stable and predictable environment for long-term sustainable growth must be re-established as quickly as possible. Sustainability should represent a growth opportunity for all businesses. However, the latest ‘Flash Eurobarometer’ survey on...

The future of work in the EU - Challenges in a fast-changing world

Title: The future of work in the EU - Challenges in a fast-changing world
Runtime: 2:54
Date posted: 5 years ago
Description: The way we work, and our societies more broadly, are undergoing fundamental transformations in a context of globalisation, demographic changes, and the rapid advance of technologies.

The COVID-19 crisis has accelerated the journey towards digitalisation forcing companies to adapt the skills of their workforces to ensure they can keep up with technological developments and a changing labour market. While the health crisis has deepened some challenges in the labour market, new opportunities present themselves for growth and job creation.

Artificial intelligence is one of the technologies driving workforce transformation. While its full potential remains untapped, these technologies are becoming increasingly capable of performing sophisticated tasks and assisting workers across all sectors of society. To anticipate and adjust for future shifts in the workforce, there is an increasing need to advance skills acquisition and training. The private sector has a key ro...

Hungary News, Merkel Pose, EURO Finalists(Tweets of the Week S4 E40)

Title: Hungary News, Merkel Pose, EURO Finalists(Tweets of the Week S4 E40)
Runtime: 3:59
Date posted: 5 years ago
Description: That Hungary law is really pretty vile, Angela Merkel is going out with style and in football the Euros still raise a smile!

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Title: The future of work in the EU - Challenges in a fast-changing world
Runtime: 1:20:43
Date posted: 5 years ago
Description: The way we work, and our societies more broadly, are undergoing fundamental transformations in a context of globalisation, demographic changes, and the rapid advance of technologies.

The COVID-19 crisis has accelerated the journey towards digitalisation forcing companies to adapt the skills of their workforces to ensure they can keep up with technological developments and a changing labour market. While the health crisis has deepened some challenges in the labour market, new opportunities present themselves for growth and job creation.

Artificial intelligence is one of the technologies driving workforce transformation. While its full potential remains untapped, these technologies are becoming increasingly capable of performing sophisticated tasks and assisting workers across all sectors of society. To anticipate and adjust for future shifts in the workforce, there is an increasing need to advance skills acquisition and training. The private sector has a key ro...

EU policies for healthy food environments – What role for all stakeholders?

Title: EU policies for healthy food environments – What role for all stakeholders?
Runtime: 3:26
Date posted: 5 years ago
Description: At a time of rising obesity and non-communicable diseases, EU policy-makers have committed to address this shared challenge. The European Commission has made healthier diets one of the priorities of this mandate, and different public health and food policies aiming to achieve healthier food environments are being developed within the framework of the Farm to Fork Strategy.

These efforts are all the more urgent in the current reality of the Covid-19 pandemic. There is growing evidence that chronic health conditions, such as obesity and diabetes, are associated with increased risk and severity of COVID-19 outcomes.

In the pursuit of healthier food environments for EU citizens, as part of an inclusive whole-of-society approach, industry has been called upon to contribute to a sustainable food system, for example by reformulating products and providing healthier options. In this context, low or no calorie sweeteners are seen as a useful tool to help manufacturers ...

Charting pathways to enable net zero – what role for hydrogen?

Title: Charting pathways to enable net zero – what role for hydrogen?
Runtime: 1:18:03
Date posted: 5 years ago
Description: One year after its release, the EU Hydrogen Strategy continues to be the centre of debates on where, when and how hydrogen can best support the EU’s energy transition goals. The upcoming Fit for 55 Package and Hydrogen and Gas market package will write the rules to put these ambitions into law. In this context, the recently launched Hydrogen4EU report charts potential pathways for low-carbon and renewable hydrogen to contribute to the EU’s goal of net zero GHG emissions by 2050, looking at the most effective mix of hydrogen technologies to be deployed across different geographies and sectors in Europe (power, transport, industry), considering factors such as cost, speed and feasibility.

ORGANISED BY: Hydrogen4EU

MEDIA PARTNER: EURACTIV

Central Asia-South Asia Connectivity Summit - Why it matters in the region and beyond

Title: Central Asia-South Asia Connectivity Summit - Why it matters in the region and beyond
Runtime: 1:25:56
Date posted: 5 years ago
Description: An international connectivity summit named "Central and South Asia: Regional Connectivity. Challenges and Opportunities" will take place in Tashkent from July 15-16 as an initiative of the President of Uzbekistan, a double land-locked country.

The summit will see a gathering of leaders from South and Central Asia and aims to increase connectivity between the two regions. The summit will have three common themes of discussion - Economy, Security, Culture. It aims to refresh historical ties between Central and South Asia. Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev has invited the leaders of four Central Asian states, together with the Prime Ministers of India and Pakistan. Leading representatives of Russia, Iran, China, the US, and the EU will also be invited to the summit.

Expanding links between South and Central Asian markets is a decades-old conversation. Tashkent, who ever keener to be seen as a regional player, wants to use the conference as a launchpad for Centra...

What technology can do for sustainability

Title: What technology can do for sustainability
Runtime: 4:51
Date posted: 5 years ago
Description: The Google.org Impact Challenge on Climate commits €10M to fund bold ideas that aim to use technology to accelerate Europe’s progress toward a greener, more resilient future.

"This kind of support that NGOs like Snowchange are now receiving from Google are transformative. There is not a single national grant on that level that would focus specifically and support our actions for the next two years", so Tero Mustonen, President of Snowchange.

EURACTIV spoke to participants and organisers of the project about how technology can support the EU's goal to become carbon neutral by 2050.

To find out more about the project and Google's work on climate, visit sustainability.google

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Cohesion Policy – Dialogue between key actors

Title: Cohesion Policy – Dialogue between key actors
Runtime: 3:20
Date posted: 5 years ago
Description: Cohesion Policy is the EU’s main investment policy. It targets all regions and cities in the European Union in order to support job creation, business competitiveness, economic growth, sustainable development, and improve citizens’ quality of life.

The bulk of Cohesion Policy funding is concentrated on less developed European countries and regions in order to help them to catch up and to reduce the economic, social and territorial disparities that still exist in the EU.

Approximately 32.5% of the EU budget 2014-2020 was allocated to financial instruments which support Cohesion Policy. For this period, the EU had objectives in the following key areas: 1. Economic development, innovation and job creation; 2. Environment and climate change; 3. Social inclusion. Each Member State had its own national targets in these areas.

Measuring the impact and results of Cohesion Policy is critical to its ongoing success. It enables the EU to demonstrate the ...

En ville ou à la campagne, comment les Français choisissent-ils ce qu’il y a dans leur assiette ?

Title: En ville ou à la campagne, comment les Français choisissent-ils ce qu’il y a dans leur assiette ?
Runtime: 6:10
Date posted: 5 years ago
Description: Alors que la stratégie « De la ferme à la fourchette » lancée par la Commission européenne veut sensibiliser les citoyens de l’UE à une alimentation plus durable, EURACTIV France est allé interroger les Français sur leurs habitudes de consommation et leur a demandé si la pandémie de COVID-19 avait eu un impact sur ces choix.

The role of science in sustainable food and how to communicate it

Title: The role of science in sustainable food and how to communicate it
Runtime: 1:20:01
Date posted: 5 years ago
Description: We all know we must transition towards more sustainable food systems while maintaining food safety, and that science has a key role to play in this transition. But how can we make sure science is being listened to?

Have policymakers got the balance right between listening to opinion and following the evidence when it comes to legislation around healthy and sustainable diets?

There are lots of views out there, but in a world where people’s ideas are more likely to be informed by a friend’s post on social media than by an expert with the facts at their fingertips, how can science cut through the noise?

Join this EURACTIV Virtual Conference to discuss how to ensure that regulations on food safety and sustainability can be science- and evidence-based and how to best communicate them to policymakers and the wider public.

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Title: EU policies for healthy food environments – What role for all stakeholders?
Runtime: 1:05:46
Date posted: 5 years ago
Description: At a time of rising obesity and non-communicable diseases, EU policy-makers have committed to address this shared challenge. The European Commission has made healthier diets one of the priorities of this mandate, and different public health and food policies aiming to achieve healthier food environments are being developed within the framework of the Farm to Fork Strategy.

These efforts are all the more urgent in the current reality of the Covid-19 pandemic. There is growing evidence that chronic health conditions, such as obesity and diabetes, are associated with increased risk and severity of COVID-19 outcomes.

In the pursuit of healthier food environments for EU citizens, as part of an inclusive whole-of-society approach, industry has been called upon to contribute to a sustainable food system, for example by reformulating products and providing healthier options. In this context, low or no calorie sweeteners are seen as a useful tool to help manufacturers ...

Italian football fans and Sustainability

Title: Italian football fans and Sustainability
Runtime: 3:42
Date posted: 5 years ago
Description: In the framework of the LIFE TACKLE project, we are not only looking at professionals in the sporting sector (stadium managers, footballers, team owners, etc) but also at those who breathe so much life into football: the fans.

FIGC, the Italian Football Association and LIFE TACKLE partner, interviewed a number of Italian football fans to bring to light their own understanding of sustainability in sport, and what this means to them.

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Slovenian Presidency, Hungarian Ad, Football Euphoria (Tweets of the Week: S4 E39)

Title: Slovenian Presidency, Hungarian Ad, Football Euphoria (Tweets of the Week: S4 E39)
Runtime: 4:16
Date posted: 5 years ago
Description: Slovenian presidency could be a free-for-all, Viktor Orban still has some gall, and we all still very excited about football.

Find all tweets here: https://www.euractiv.com/section/politics/video/tweets-of-the-week-slovenian-presidency-hungarian-ad-football-euphoria/

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EURACTIV60: Slovenian Presidency #shorts

Title: EURACTIV60: Slovenian Presidency #shorts
Runtime: 1:00
Date posted: 5 years ago
Description: July 1st, is the first day of the Slovenian 🇸🇮 presidency of the EU Council. This week's #EURACTIV60 takes a look at what will be on the agenda for the next six months: rule of law, economic recovery, the Conference on the Future of Europe and security. Key green and digital files, as well as enlargement, will also play a role.

For a more in-depth analysis, have a look at EURACTIV's The Capitals: https://eurac.tv/9TsX & follow our Global Europe reporter Vlagyiszlav Makszimov, live in Ljubljana, on Twitter (@VMakszimov).

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Data-driven actions as the key to deliver sustainability in the EU dairy sector?

Title: Data-driven actions as the key to deliver sustainability in the EU dairy sector?
Runtime: 1:17:51
Date posted: 5 years ago
Description: The current EU agri-food model is going through radical change. The need to feed a growing population sustainably and protect biodiversity is putting demands on the industry like never before. The main EU policy response is the Farm to Fork Strategy (F2F), at the heart of the European Green Deal, which aims to make food systems fair, healthy and environmentally-friendly.

The dairy sector is taking steps to reduce the climate and environmental impact of dairy products from farm to fridge. To ensure these solutions have a tangible, measurable impact – and to fine-tune the effectiveness of these solutions – organisations have started to adopt data-driven approaches. Through the use of data, dairy farming can be optimised to reduce CO2 emissions and minimise the climate impact of farms. Farmers can now collect data on herd size, milk volumes and feed usage; calculate the level of greenhouse gas emissions and identify where there is room for improvement; and use data to dev...

The EU Digital COVID Certificate explained

Title: The EU Digital COVID Certificate explained
Runtime: 5:31
Date posted: 5 years ago
Description: Digital EU COVID Certificate is a free tool that opens the EU borders for its citizens that have been vaccinated against COVID-19, have recovered from it or have had a recent negative test result. In this video explainer, EURACTIV explores how the certificate is set to save the summer season.

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The Blue Economy in the Green Transition – European contributions to sustainable ocean management

Title: The Blue Economy in the Green Transition – European contributions to sustainable ocean management
Runtime: 1:15:26
Date posted: 5 years ago
Description: In this webinar we will discuss European policies and initiatives for a sustainable blue economy and how these initiatives contribute to the global efforts for sustainable ocean management.

In May, the European Commission presented the initiative A new approach for a sustainable Blue Economy in the EU. The EU Commission presents the new initiative this way:

“The European Green Deal and the Recovery Plan for Europe will define the European economy for many years, or even decades. And the EU’s blue economy is fundamental to both efforts. Not only should the blue economy adhere, like every other sector, to the European Green Deal. It is also indispensable to meet the EU’s environmental and climate objectives. After all, the ocean is the main climate regulator we have. It offers clean energy and sustains us with oxygen, food, and many critical resources. There just can’t be green without blue.”

A sustainable blue economy is also a priority f...

What will be the cost of including transport and buildings in the EU ETS?

Title: What will be the cost of including transport and buildings in the EU ETS?
Runtime: 1:19:28
Date posted: 5 years ago
Description: The EU Emissions Trading System (ETS) has proven to be an effective tool in driving emissions reductions. Installations covered by the ETS reduced emissions by about 35% between 2005 and 2019.

The Commission has recently presented an impact-assessed plan to increase the EU’s net emissions reductions target to at least 55% by 2030. By June 2021, the Commission plans to present legislative proposals to implement the new target, including revising and extending the EU ETS to include buildings and transport. The two sectors might be included directly in the current EU ETS or a separate ETS might be established for them, with a possible incorporation into the EU ETS after the alignment of prices.

However, some stakeholders have raised concerns. A recent study by Cambridge Econometrics found that extending the ETS to include transport and buildings would have little additional impact on emissions from these sectors, but would increase living costs for poorer house...

LGBTIQ divide, EUCO, Recovery Tour (Tweets of the Week: S4 E38)

Title: LGBTIQ divide, EUCO, Recovery Tour (Tweets of the Week: S4 E38)
Runtime: 4:09
Date posted: 5 years ago
Description: Find all tweets here: https://www.euractiv.com/section/politics/video/tweets-of-the-week-lgbtiq-divide-euco-recovery-tour/

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Fit for purpose? The role of renewable fuels on the road to 2030 and beyond

Title: Fit for purpose? The role of renewable fuels on the road to 2030 and beyond
Runtime: 1:19:53
Date posted: 5 years ago
Description: As part of its EU Green Deal legislative roadmap, the European Commission will propose sweeping new energy and climate legislation aimed at reducing emissions by 55% by 2030. This ‘Fit for 55’ package will include major revamps of several legislation affecting the EU renewable fuels sector – including the Renewable Energy Directive (RED), CO2 standards for cars, the revamp of the Effort Sharing Regulation and the Emissions Trading System with the possible inclusion of transport, and the Energy Taxation Directive.

The revision of the RED will be the third such overhaul since the legislation was enacted in 2009. The current process offers a real opportunity for the Commission to review what it could have done better the first and second times around in crafting EU renewable energy policy. But already there are signs the third time might not be a charm for the RED, with the Commission’s recent initiatives (Biodiversity Strategy, Delegated Regulation on sustainable inv...

EURACTIV60: Hungary's anti-LGBTIQ law #shorts

Title: EURACTIV60: Hungary's anti-LGBTIQ law #shorts
Runtime: 1:00
Date posted: 5 years ago
Description: This week's #EURACTIV60 takes a look at the controversial anti-LGBTIQ law in Hungary, essentially banning educational programmes & materials for children that “promote” homosexuality, sexual identity different from that at birth, or gender reassignment.

For a more in-depth analysis, have a look at EURACTIV's 'Non-discrimination' section: https://www.euractiv.com/sections/non-discrimination/
& follow our Global Europe reporter Vlagyiszlav Makszimov on Twitter: https://twitter.com/VMakszimov

Last week's Yellow Room podcast also centered around this topic. You can listen to it here: https://www.euractiv.com/section/global-europe/news/the-hungarian-bill-against-the-lgbtqi-minority-and-north-macedonias-policy-win-with-uefa/

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Future of work – how has the COVID-19 pandemic re-shaped the agenda?

Title: Future of work – how has the COVID-19 pandemic re-shaped the agenda?
Runtime: 1:17:23
Date posted: 5 years ago
Description: Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, many countries had experienced transformations in their labour and jobs markets as a consequence of technological progress, climate change, globalisation, and shifts in demography. These trends have had an impact on employment relationships and, as a result, on workers’ rights, obligations and security.

The onset of COVID-19 in early 2020 produced a set of economic challenges on a scale not seen in decades. As economies shut down in an effort to contain the virus, millions of workers were unable to return to their jobs – some temporarily, some permanently.

This created a new urgency to address issues affecting working people worldwide, including the digitalisation of the economy, the need for continuous education, and the fragility of many national social protection systems. COVID-19 has made the case for a new social contract stronger than ever. The pandemic has clearly shown the need to re-think worker protection and he...

EC study on new genomic techniques – What’s next?

Title: EC study on new genomic techniques – What’s next?
Runtime: 1:19:21
Date posted: 5 years ago
Description: The use of gene-editing technologies in plants has come under increased scrutiny in the EU over the past few years, following the 2018 European Court of Justice ruling that gene-edited organisms should fall, in principle, under the EU’s GMO directive.

This ruling was welcomed by campaign groups and environmentalists, who warn of the wide-ranging ramifications from the use of such a technology, including corporate control of seeds and environmental concerns. However, proponents argue that gene editing is a sorely needed innovation that would help Europe’s agricultural sector meet the ambitious green objectives set out in the bloc’s flagship food policy, the Farm to Fork Strategy, as well as help the EU’s health sector address some of the most devastating genetic diseases.

In April 2021, the European Commission published a study on new genomic techniques (NGTs), with the aim to clarify the EU’s position on the technology in light of the 2018 ruling. Th...

Trust in the Digital Decade - Making sure technology serves EU citizens

Title: Trust in the Digital Decade - Making sure technology serves EU citizens
Runtime: 1:29:06
Date posted: 5 years ago
Description: On March 9th, the European Commission presented a vision for Europe’s digital transformation by 2030. This vision for the EU's digital decade focuses on around four key points: skills, government, infrastructures, business. A framework of digital principles will help promote and uphold EU values in the digital space. At the heart of this is a secure and trusted online environment.

In February, when the European Commission unveiled proposals for the region to be a leader in artificial intelligence, Commission President Ursula von her Leyen, stated that "we want citizens to trust the new technology." This concept of trust in the digital sphere has been repeatedly emphasised by Commissioner Vestager. In December 2020, she reiterated the importance of promising Europeans a "safe, fair, trustworthy digital world, for the decades to come."

The EU has an ambitious recovery plan that will be green and digitally-led. EU citizens are already seeing the advantages of n...

Beyond the Mobile Phone - Leveraging 5G for Automotive

Title: Beyond the Mobile Phone - Leveraging 5G for Automotive
Runtime: 5:39
Date posted: 5 years ago
Description: France Brevets, Eurecom, IMT and Qualcomm hosted a conference together to share the success of their multilateral collaboration. They brought together technology experts, academic researchers and intellectual property professionals to discuss the exciting digital transformation of auto by 5G.

For more information about the event log on to https://francebrevets.wixsite.com/5gevent

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