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How innovative EU-funded projects prepared us for lockdown challenges
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- How innovative EU-funded projects prepared us for lockdown challenges
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- 7:10
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
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- Often described as cumbersome and hard to access, European regional funds, which are designed to decrease disparities between Europe’s regions, are actually at the forefront of funding innovative projects, often able to financially support ideas from which the traditional markets shy away.
EURACTIV spoke to people in France, Croatia, Sweden and Finland who were working on projects for the digital transition, way before the coronavirus forced us into lockdown.
The project mentioned in this video are:
O'clock: https://oclock.io/
CARNET: https://www.carnet.hr/en/
Cynic: https://www.cynic.se/
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- Coping with climate change: crisis funds and carbon farming
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- 6:17
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
- Description
- Over the past few weeks, all eyes have been on France where farmers are scrambling to save their crops after a catastrophic frost swept through the country in what French agriculture minister Julien Denormandie has called "probably the greatest agronomic disaster of the early 21st century”.
Besides warming the vulnerable crops, the rows of fires lining France's hills have thrown light on the fact that climate change is very much no longer tomorrow's problem.
But what is the agricultural sector doing to cope with the coming climate crises? What exactly is carbon farming, and how can it contribute to the adaptation and mitigation of climate change in the sector? And what support is on offer for the sector which faces the full brunt of climate change? EURACTIV takes a closer look in this video reportage.
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- Brexit, Sofagate, European Commission press releases (Tweets of the Week: S4 E31)
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- 4:50
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
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- Brexit is done, I promise, pinky swear, VDL is still narked over not getting a chair and it’s official EU press releases are too much to bear.
Find all the tweets here: https://www.euractiv.com/section/politics/video/tweets-of-the-week-brexit-sofagate-european-commission-press-releases/
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- Blue economy: the potential of our oceans to contribute to a green recovery
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- 1:31:46
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
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- According to OECD projections, by 2030, the “Blue Economy” could outperform the growth of the global economy as a whole, both in terms of value added and employment. A sector with a turnover of €750 billion that currently employs 5 million people in Europe presents an important potential in terms of both its contribution to a green recovery and the European Green Deal goals.
The marine economy is typically associated with traditional activities such as fishing or transport, but we are witnessing the emergence of an increasing number of innovative sectors including marine renewable energy, which is on track to produce up to 35% of the EU's electricity by 2050. The EU is a global leader in offshore wind energy, one of the fastest growing sectors, but also in developing other emerging and promising technologies like tidal and wave energy and floating solar panels and wind turbines.
The EU’s Integrated Maritime Policy aims to adopt a more coherent European...
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- Interview with Michal Kurtyka, Poland's climate and environment minister
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- 16:41
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
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- Super League, Climate Law, Merkel Succession (Tweets of the Week: S4 E30)
- Runtime
- 5:38
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
- Description
- Football’s all about money, wow, big shock,
EU has a climate law, please don’t mock,
and might German Greens stand a chance with Frau Baerbock?
Find all the tweets here: https://www.euractiv.com/section/politics/video/tweets-of-the-week-super-league-climate-law-merkel-succession/
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- Reducing the use of antibiotics in the meat sector
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- 1:35:11
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
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- The rise of antimicrobial resistance is a looming global crisis, threatening our ability to treat common infectious diseases, resulting in prolonged illness, disability, and death.
Over-use and misuse of antibiotics in animals and humans is contributing to the rising threat of antibiotic resistance. WHO reports that in some countries approximately 80% of total consumption of medically important antibiotics is in the animal sector, largely for growth promotion in healthy animals, a practice which is prohibited in Europe.
The Farm to Fork Strategy sets an ambitious target to reduce the sales of antimicrobials for farmed animals by 50% by 2030. To further limit the use and promote prudent and responsible use of antimicrobials in animals, the new regulations on veterinary medicinal products and medicated feed, to apply as of 2022, will provide for a wide range of concrete measures.
The meat sector has already made significant progress in the reduction...
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- Policy Dialogue - Farming talks: Experiences from the field
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- 1:19:01
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
- Description
- The agricultural sector is faced with exponential population growth and is under pressure from different challenges, including climate change and changing socio-economic dynamics. More than ever, European agriculture needs to produce sufficient high-quality food, whilst respecting the environment, safeguarding consumers and supporting farmers.
Farmers need the best tools and technological solutions available to be able to grow enough crops using fewer natural resources. Helping farmers build a stronger and more resilient agricultural economy, requires an open and transparent dialogue and collaboration between scientists, academia, innovators, politicians, regulators, NGOs and all along the food value chain from farmers to consumers.
The EU glyphosate re-approval process is on the agenda. The renewal of glyphosate is an example of an issue that needs in depth discussion among all stakeholders involved. For some farmers, glyphosate already plays an important rol...
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- Wie wichtig sind Nachhaltigkeit und Bio beim Essenskauf?
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- 5:22
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
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- Die Farm to Fork Strategy, zu Deutsch: vom Hof auf den Tisch, ist die wichtigste europäische Initiative zur Sicherstellung nachhaltiger Lebensmittelproduktion. Dabei geht es um die Reduktion von Pestiziden, um die Vermeidung von Emmissionen und generell um die Förderung von Bio-Betrieben in der Landwirtschaft.
Aber wie wichtig sind Nachhaltigkeit und Bio beim Essenskauf? Um das herauszufinden ist EURACTIV in städtischen und ländlichen Regionen unterwegs und spricht mit den Menschen vor Ort.
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- Open Bars, Vaccine News, Halloumi (Tweets of the Week: S4 E29)
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- 4:05
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
- Description
- Those Brussels bar terraces better be roomy, the EU vaccine news is a smidgen less gloomy and delivering world peace, all hail Halloumi!
Find all the tweets here: https://www.euractiv.com/section/politics/video/tweets-of-the-week-open-bars-vaccine-news-halloumi/
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- EURACTIV and Life Terra Foundation – Planting trees in Brussels forest with RFSB
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- 5:21
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
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- Life Terra is a project co-funded by the LIFE Programme through EISMEA with the goal to plant 500 million trees in Europe over 5 years – 1 tree for every European.
On the 26th March 2021, EURACTIV teamed up with Life Terra Foundation and the Royal Forestry Society of Belgium to plant trees in the Belgian forest near Bonlez.
We were joined by volunteers, forestry experts, and representatives from the European Commission who came to see how Life Terra is supporting forests in Europe and tackling the impact of climate change.
Watch our video to hear more from Life Terra.
During the afternoon, volunteers and forestry experts planted 25 different plant species including; sessile oak, downy oak, Atlas cedar, Scots pine, and Douglas fir.
This particular forest, 30 minutes from Brussels, was decimated by the bark beetle. The bark beetle, small in size but large in impact, bores into the wood of trees, killing the bark and spre...
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- Sofa-gate, Northern Ireland, Eurostar (Tweets of the Week: S4 E28)
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- 5:18
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
- Description
- In Ankara VDL is denied a chair, Northern Ireland violence is hard to bear and Eurostar failing the Brits don’t care.
Find all the tweets here: https://www.euractiv.com/section/politics/video/tweets-of-the-week-sofa-gate-northern-ireland-eurostar/
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- Sector integration: How can the EU best create and leverage an integrated energy system?
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- 1:22:20
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
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- To become climate-neutral by 2050, the EU plans to transform its energy system, which accounts for 75% of its greenhouse gas emissions.
In July 2020, the Commission presented an EU strategy for energy system integration. The strategy aims to link the various energy carriers - electricity, heat, cold, gas, solid and liquid fuels - with each other and with the end-use sectors, such as buildings, transport or industry. Linking sectors will allow the optimisation of the energy system as a whole, rather than decarbonising and making separate efficiency gains in each sector independently.
The new EU strategy will involve various existing and emerging technologies, processes and business models, such as ICT and digitalisation, smart grids and meters and flexibility markets. Together with a new strategy on hydrogen, it aims to lay the foundation for the decarbonised European energy system of the future.
Join this EURACTIV Virtual Conference to discuss how...
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- Vaccine diplomacy, massive boat stuck, lockdown (Tweets of the Week: S4 E27)
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- 4:14
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
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- Vaccine diplomacy is going tres mal, massive boat gets stuck in the Suez canal, and lockdown is a blow to everyone’s morale.
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- How to decarbonise heavy industry: From quick wins to long-term solutions
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- 1:27:56
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
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- The steel industry is a major contributor to the overall CO2 emissions worldwide, and, therefore, a significant driver of climate change. The sector generated about 2 billion tons of CO2 in 2018, according to the International Energy Agency, which is double the volume of 2000.
In recent years, we have seen many initiatives - from energy efficiency (waste heat recovery) and circular economy initiatives (e.g. slag treatment) to hydrogen - to decarbonise industrial processes and economic sectors where reducing carbon emissions is both urgent and hard to achieve. This includes heavy-duty and long-range transport and energy-intensive industrial processes, such as the iron and steel, chemicals, refining and cement industries.
Hydrogen is expected to play a key role in the future decarbonisation of the steel industry and other heavy industries. It can be used as a feedstock, a fuel or an energy carrier and storage, and has many possible applications across industry, ...
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- Vaccine Worries, Dutch Elections, St. Patrick’s Day (Tweets of the Week: S4 E26)
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- 3:34
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
- Description
- Problems with vaccines just won’t go away, D66 is here to slay and it was tricky to celebrate St Patrick’s Day.
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- Gender equality in the workplace: How to build on recent progress to reach true parity
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- 1:17:11
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
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- Gender equality is a core value of the EU, a fundamental right and key principle of the European Pillar of Social Rights. According to the 2019 SDG Gender Index, the EU is a global leader in gender equality: 14 of the top 20 countries for gender equality worldwide are EU member states. But, overall, the index finds that no country has achieved full gender equality.
Women still remain underrepresented in the labour market. 67% of women are currently in employment, whereas men’s employment stands at 79%. In other words, there is a gender employment gap of 12%. OECD reports that, while there are more women university graduates in Europe than men graduates, women remain underrepresented in higher-paid professions. Women are also underrepresented in political and economic decision-making positions. For instance, women accounted for 6.7% of board chairs and 6.5% of CEOs in October 2018. Women also earn less than men per hour. The gender pay gap in the EU stands at 16% and has ...
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- Hydrogen, sun, wind: Which ones can make the best contribution to Europe's energy transformation?
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- 1:26:36
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
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- Meeting the EU’s proposed new climate targets for 2030 will require a “transformation” of the bloc’s energy system, with a renewed focus on renewables and further efforts to cut fossil fuels in buildings, transport and industry.
The use of renewable energy has many potential benefits, including a reduction in greenhouse gas emissions, the diversification of energy supplies and a reduced dependency on fossil fuel markets (in particular, oil and gas). The growth of renewable energy sources may also stimulate employment in the EU, through the creation of jobs in new ‘green’ technologies.
In electricity, wind and solar power are becoming the largest renewable sources. Hydrogen has become a central element of EU plans to reach net-zero emission by mid-century. It is possible to produce it through a variety of processes resulting in different types of hydrogen: “green hydrogen”, “blue hydrogen” and “turquoise hydrogen”. These are GHG emission...
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- French content in Europe - Over a coffee with Netflix’s Sara May
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- 12:23
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
- Description
- What is so special about France when it comes to streaming platforms’ content? Netflix Director of Acquisitions and Co-productions for France and Italy Sara May sheds some light on the French market, one year after the opening of a brand new office in Paris. She also told us about how they kept the shows on the road in spite of the pandemic restrictions.
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- Data Privacy post COVID-19: What has changed and where do we go now?
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- 3:47
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
- Description
- Since the COVID-19 pandemic started last year, privacy has been in the spotlight, becoming an even more important priority, both for individuals and companies. European citizens and businesses have had to radically realign their lives to the new reality. While IT teams struggled with the data security and privacy challenge of a sudden migration to remote working, politicians grappled with how and whether to maintain privacy safeguards as data was shared for contact tracing and medical research.
Following the introduction of the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) in 2016 and the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), the pace of adoption of modernised data protection laws has accelerated across the world. Regardless of their country, customers and companies across the globe demand a consistent high-level of protection.
In the years to come, data protection laws will continue to evolve, as will data privacy. The international flow of data will be ...
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- Knowledge, Science, Democracy: What is the role of evidence in policy and society?
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- 1:26:15
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
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- The EU’s population has never been better educated. The Europe 2020 strategy set a target that by 2020 40% of young Europeans have a higher education qualification. Already in 2019, more than 40% of the 30-34 year-olds in the EU had completed tertiary education. Higher education, and its links with research and innovation, as uniquely combined by universities play a crucial role in individual and societal development and in providing the highly skilled human capital and informed citizens that Europe needs to become sustainable and resilient.
Science and technology have a profound influence on our daily lives – from the ongoing digital transformation of major sectors to the remarkably quick development of COVID-19 vaccines. Some of the world’s biggest issues need scientific solutions and there is now a unique possibility to strengthen the links between the world of science, citizens and politics. Bridging the gap between science and policy is essential in ensuring goo...
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- Moodless Institution, UK Vaccine Exports, Parliament Power Cut (Tweets of the Week: S4 E25)
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- 4:25
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
- Description
- The Commission spokes service does not do snark, vaccine row followed predictable arc, and MEPs were left in the dark
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- Media4Europe: Quality news suffers, skills and funding required
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- 3:39
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
- Description
- On 3 March 2021, the Media4Europe Summit gathered 200 media professionals, key policymakers and publishers, around the theme “Towards a healthy news media sector?”.
The event was also the official launch of the second edition of the Stars4Media innovation exchange programme, and served as policy background for a strategy study on content sharing across borders.
Read more on the press release: https://stars4media.eu/news/media4europe-quality-news-suffers-skills-and-funding-required/
The EURACTIV article covering this event is available here: https://www.euractiv.com/section/digital/news/european-commission-pledges-support-for-struggling-media-sector/
Stars4Media webpage: https://stars4media.eu/
Strategy study: https://europemedialab.eu/media-policy-strategic-study-on-a-content-sharing-european-platform
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- Data Privacy post COVID-19: What has changed and where do we go now?
- Runtime
- 1:19:34
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
- Description
- Since the COVID-19 pandemic started last year, privacy has been in the spotlight, becoming an even more important priority, both for individuals and companies. European citizens and businesses have had to radically realign their lives to the new reality. While IT teams struggled with the data security and privacy challenge of a sudden migration to remote working, politicians grappled with how and whether to maintain privacy safeguards as data was shared for contact tracing and medical research.
Following the introduction of the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) in 2016 and the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), the pace of adoption of modernised data protection laws has accelerated across the world. Regardless of their country, customers and companies across the globe demand a consistent high-level of protection.
In the years to come, data protection laws will continue to evolve, as will data privacy. The international flow of data will be ...
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- Towards a mandatory EU system of due diligence for supply chains - Realities and consequences
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- 1:27:33
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
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- The Commission is working on a legislative proposal for a European due diligence for supply chains. It is due to be published mid-2021, after a consultation period. The proposal intends to oblige companies to analyse and monitor their business partners at all stages of their supply chain and to reveal violations of human rights and activities harmful to the environment or violating working conditions. But many companies argue that their influence on the actions and behaviour of third parties is limited.
The aim of the proposal is to reinforce the fight against abusive conduct by businesses, as has been highlighted in pictures of burnt-down textile factories or child labour on coffee plantations. It is clear that it’s in everyone's interest to eliminate human rights violations and unfair working conditions. Most companies are aware of their responsibility when it comes to human rights and are committed to ensuring responsible business conduct. This explains why many compa...
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- Diversity on Screen - Over a Coffee with Netflix's Lina Brouneus
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- 11:53
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
- Description
- Getting more women on screen is part of Lina Brouneus’ job. She is the Netflix lead on strategy for Europe and the Middle East and charged with driving diversity initiatives in Europe, on and off screen. From recent hits like Bridgerton and Lupin as well as the forthcoming new Borgen series she explains why diversity makes great drama.
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- Fidesz, Vaccine Passports, Future of Europe (Tweets of the Week: S4 E24)
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- 4:13
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
- Description
- Fidesz party does a volte face, it’s not a vaccine passport it’s a digital pass, and the conference on Europe will have too much top brass
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- Post-Brexit trade deal, the long and bumpy road explained
- Runtime
- 6:31
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
- Description
- With the EU and UK having agreed their Trade and Cooperation Agreement just in time for the New Year's Eve deadline, Brexit was supposed to finally be done. EURACTIV''s Brexit Editor Benjamin Fox explains why both sides are counting the early costs of the new trade arrangement and why there is still plenty of unfinished business.
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- What are the realities of the Biodiversity and Farm to Fork strategies?
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- 1:36:26
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
- Description
- According to Frans Timmermans, Executive Vice-President of the European Commission: “At the heart of the Green Deal the Biodiversity and Farm to Fork strategies point to a new and better balance of nature, food systems and biodiversity; to protect our people’s health and well-being, and at the same time to increase the EU’s competitiveness and resilience. These strategies are a crucial part of the great transition we are embarking upon.”
When the strategies were launched in May 2020, many stakeholders welcomed strategic thinking on the future of agriculture and food systems for the EU. The objective, to further environmental protection and to fight climate change, whilst furthering the economic situation of farmers and assuring food security, is clear.
However, the two strategies prompted a number of questions about the overall coherence of what was proposed. For example, reductions on pesticides and fertilizers, and a forced decrease of agriculture la...
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- The Just AI Transition: Where are the opportunities and threats?
- Runtime
- 4:04
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
- Description
- We are at the beginning of a rapid period of transformation of our economy and society due to the convergence of many digital technologies. Artificial Intelligence (AI) is central to this change and offers major opportunities to improve our daily lives.
AI has become an area of strategic importance and a key driver of economic development. It can bring solutions to many societal challenges from treating diseases to minimising the environmental impact of farming. Connected and autonomous vehicles, image recognition, and AI-supported medical diagnostics are just some areas increasingly deployed in industry, government, and commerce that will soon be commonplace. However, socio-economic, legal and ethical impacts have to be carefully addressed. This is the ‘European approach, the Commission advocates.
There is strong global competition on AI amongst the US, China, and Europe. For the EU, it is not so much a question of winning or losing a race, but finding the ...
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- Digitalisation in times of COVID – Impacts on operations, business models and employees
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- 1:16:12
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
- Description
- COVID-19 has hit businesses hard, interrupting their operations, inducing low consumer demand and causing additional costs. But many companies were still able to make use of these unique circumstances to accelerate their digital transformation. They created customer-oriented technological solutions that tackle COVID-19 challenges, such as reducing physical customer interactions. And these solutions will make their businesses future-proof in the post-pandemic period.
In addition to these practical, short-term changes, companies are using changing customer behaviour and demand to transform their business models, enabling new forms of cooperation with partners and leading to new product and service offerings as well as new forms of company relationships with customers and employees.
While European tourism is currently experiencing the worst of the crisis, it is argued that digital transformation and the adoption of platform-based business models will define the s...
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- The Cohesion Policy to come
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- 5:47
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
- Description
- Though the EU’s 672,5 billion euro recovery fund is all the rage when discussing European investment in the coming years, the silent giant of cohesion policy will be one of the main driving forces to achieve an equitable recovery, and the EU’s digital and green aspirations.
EURACTIV tries to demystify the present and future of European cohesion!
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- Daft Punk, EUCO, Barnier Farewell (Tweets of the Week: S4 E23)
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- 4:07
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
- Description
- Music masterminds duo is ended, Europe’s vaccine policy needs to be mended and Farewell Mr Barnier, you were totally splendid.
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- The Just AI Transition: Where are the opportunities and threats?
- Runtime
- 1:12:59
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
- Description
- We are at the beginning of a rapid period of transformation of our economy and society due to the convergence of many digital technologies. Artificial Intelligence (AI) is central to this change and offers major opportunities to improve our daily lives.
AI has become an area of strategic importance and a key driver of economic development. It can bring solutions to many societal challenges from treating diseases to minimising the environmental impact of farming. Connected and autonomous vehicles, image recognition, and AI-supported medical diagnostics are just some areas increasingly deployed in industry, government, and commerce that will soon be commonplace. However, socio-economic, legal and ethical impacts have to be carefully addressed. This is the ‘European approach, the Commission advocates.
There is strong global competition on AI amongst the US, China, and Europe. For the EU, it is not so much a question of winning or losing a race, but finding the ...
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- CETA and Ireland Explained
- Runtime
- 3:58
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
- Description
- Ireland is edging towards a vote to ratify CETA, between Canada and the European Union. CETA has been implemented provisionally since September 2017, but needs final approval by all EU parliaments, before full implementation.
The agreement, set to decrease tariffs and make it easier to trade goods and services between the E.U. and Canada, was not without its critics.
Before the vote in Ireland’s parliament, the Dáil, EURACTIV takes a closer look at the impacts of CETA on Ireland and Irish exports into Canada, such as Irish Whiskey.
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- HERA, Janša Attacks, Maskless Merkel and Mature Macron (Tweets of the Week: S4 E22)
- Runtime
- 3:58
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
- Description
- Europe decides to vaccellerate, attack on journo provokes Slovenian debate, and Merkel’s forgetful while Macron gains weight.
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- Contributing to global climate goals: How can the gas infrastructure sector develop low-carbon and r
- Runtime
- 1:36:45
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
- Description
- According to the International Energy Agency (IEA), developing renewable gases is essential to advancing energy sector decarbonisation. The European Commission states in its Energy System Integration, Hydrogen and Methane emission reduction strategies that renewable gas will be critical for the transformation of the energy system.
In the effort to reach net-zero emissions by 2050, gas infrastructure seeks to transport decreasing quantities of natural gas, making way for increasing quantities of renewable and decarbonised gases produced at the local level. Several viable solutions, in various stages of commercialisation, to facilitate renewable gases production and injection into gas networks exist today.
Existing gas infrastructure brings essential flexibility and supply security for energy systems. By design, they are flexible and provide a cost-effective and reliable way to store renewable energy for long periods of time and dispatch it to meet peak demand.<...
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- Vaccine Mistakes, Russia Aftermath, OpenLux (Tweets of the Week: S4 E21)
- Runtime
- 4:02
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
- Description
- Von der Leyen still dodges the blame, Borrell’s Russia excuses are incredibly lame and Luxembourg tax scandal is EU’s shame.
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- Mario Draghi, Article 16, EU Cancer Plan (Tweets of the Week: S4 E20)
- Runtime
- 4:22
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
- Description
- Italy turns to former financier, Article 16 is not the answer and EU steps up plans to fight cancer.
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- Beyond 2020: Global Youth – Voices & Futures
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- 1:02:15
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
- Description
- TODAY’S YOUTH HAVE BEEN DEEPLY IMPACTED BY 2020 BUT REMAIN RESILIENT, POSITIVE AND COMMITTED TO WORKING TOWARDS A BETTER FUTURE
As the world continues on its path of unparalleled social, political and financial uncertainty, we wonder, what will the future offer the youth of today? Deprived of previous years’ opportunity and seemingly infinite prospects of travel, study and work, what do the young adults of 2020 now dream of? At the same time, as a society we ask ourselves, how can we empower young people to take control of their lives in the face of such disruption? Where do we begin in creating the right support structures to enable the next generations to flourish?
These are the questions that inspired ViacomCBS, parent company of MTV, Nickelodeon, Paramount and Comedy Central, and EU40, the Network of young Members of the European Parliament, to partner and seek long term systemic action, with only one goal: empower today’s youth.
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- EU and India vs China?
- Runtime
- 6:15
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
- Description
- Revamped EU-India ties could re-balance China, Portuguese FM says
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- Vaccine battle, Dutch riots, Estonian Prime minister
- Runtime
- 4:02
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
- Description
- Vaccine battle could do widespread harm, Dutch riots spark national alarm, and new Estonian Prime Minister takes over with charm.
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- Carbon-neutrality: How can the EU and China co-operate to lead global climate change efforts?
- Runtime
- 1:46:21
- Date posted
- 6 years ago
- Description
- In March 2020, European Commission President von der Leyen unveiled a ‘climate law’ to commit the 27-nation EU to reducing its net greenhouse gas emissions to zero by 2050. Six months later, Chinese President Xi Jinping pledged that China would become carbon neutral by 2060. Both announcements were seen as key in the global fight against climate change.
Climate change can only be tackled effectively with a global approach in a multilateral framework. The European Union is responsible for only 7% of global greenhouse gas emissions. China is the largest emitter in the world and has an economy that is still heavily dependent on high carbon energy sources. The European Commission has remarked that setting an ambitious objective is important. However, what matters is detailing how targets will be achieved and delivering results.
There are immense opportunities linked to the new green technologies where China has taken a leading position. Today, Chinese firms pr...
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- Agricultural Statistics Explained
- Runtime
- 7:03
- Date posted
- 6 years ago
- Description
- EURACTIV takes a closer look at agricultural statistics - Why do they matter, why should we care?
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- The future of the food service sector in Europe: A roadmap beyond Covid-19
- Runtime
- 1:08:23
- Date posted
- 6 years ago
- Description
- The ongoing health crisis is having a devastating impact on Europe’s restaurants, cafés and bars.
Since the beginning of the crisis, public authorities have been alternating between various combinations of movement and gathering restrictions in an attempt to rein in the spread of the disease. As a result, the sector has faced a patchwork of measures, ranging from curfews to maximum patron capacity to complete closure, often with minimal advance notice.
The threat that the embattled wider hospitality sector faces is existential as many businesses face permanent closure. The impact goes beyond revenue and jobs and into the character of our communities. Local spots and the culture they foster are woven into the social fabric of our neighbourhoods and the European way of life.
Owners are confronted with what seems to be a moving target. After last spring’s lockdowns, they invested in safety and hygiene concepts, only to revert to delivery and tak...
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- What future for the Arctic? The views of European Arctic youth - Media Partnership
- Runtime
- 1:17:05
- Date posted
- 6 years ago
- Description
- The EU is in the process of updating its Arctic policy. In this interactive seminar, youth representatives from the European Arctic will have the chance to give their input on Arctic policy directly to the EU, while offering the EU an opportunity to engage and respond.
Norway gives high priority to cooperation and dialogue with the EU on Arctic issues. Norway contributed to the EU’s Arctic policy public consultation.
The contribution was based on the work that went into the Norwegian Government’s new white paper on the Arctic, which was presented to the Storting (Norwegian parliament) 27 November 2020. The world has changed considerably since the last Norwegian Arctic white paper in 2011. International interest in the Arctic is growing. The geopolitical situation has become more demanding. The accelerating impact of global climate change is particularly pronounced in the Arctic. Domestic and foreign policy converge in the north, not least because of the pe...
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- Re open hospitality to back economy’s comeback
- Runtime
- 4:55
- Date posted
- 6 years ago
- Description
- Following the first lockdown, Europe’s hospitality sector was the first to take immediate safety measures. However, it has also been the sector that has paid the full cost of the pandemic.
In 18 out of 27 EU member states, pubs, restaurants and cafes remain closed. In the other nine countries, they operate partially with strict measures in place.
Currently, there is no indication when they could be allowed to re-open. Most businesses in the hospitality sector are SMEs and they are seeing debts piling up, despite temporary supportive measures introduced across Europe.
EURACTIV spoke to Constantinos Michalos, president of the Athens Chamber of Commerce and deputy president of Eurochambres and Simon Spillane, Director of Communications of Brewers of Europe, who shared their views over the future of the sector.
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- EU Bauhaus, Navalny, Frontex celebration dinner
- Runtime
- 4:37
- Date posted
- 6 years ago
- Description
- Commission hopes EU Bauhaus will be ideas spinner, Navalny’s Putin video is an internet winner, and Frontex splurges 94k on a celebration dinner!
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- Government Resignations, Frontex Uniforms, Luxembourg Affront (Tweets of the Week: S4 E17)
- Runtime
- 4:47
- Date posted
- 6 years ago
- Description
- Italy and Estonia looking weak, Frontex fashion wear is on fleek, and Secretary of State cancels trip in fit of pique.
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- Services of General Interest and their role in the post-COVID19 recovery
- Runtime
- 4:55
- Date posted
- 6 years ago
- Description
- 00:00 What is SGI Europe?
01:00 The role of Services of General Interest during the COVID-19 crisis
02:12 Recovering from the pandemic
04:03 SGI and the COVID-19 recovery
