You are what You read

You are what You read - August 2022

Published: Mon, 08/29/22

The EPN Consulting Newsletter No. 144 | Aug 2022

Editorial

Dear Colleague,

If I have to choose one buzzword for this August 2022, that is Energy. The rocketing price of gas that from EUR 27 MWh reached EUR 340 MWh at the Amsterdam's TTF (Title Transfer Facility) in just 12 months has triggered emergency in all European countries. Every country is trying to find a solution by searching for alternative sources of Energy...Read more

It’s time to leave the leap second in the past

The "leap second" concept was first introduced in 1972 by the International Earth Rotation and Reference Systems Service (IERS) in an attempt to periodically update Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) due to imprecise observed solar time (UT1) and... Read more

Climate Endgame: Potential for global heating to end humanity 'dangerously underexplored'

Experts call for a new ‘Climate Endgame’ research agenda, and say far too little work has gone into understanding the mechanisms by which rising temperatures might pose a catastrophic risk to society and humanity. Global heating could become “catastrophic” for humanity if temperature rises are worse than many predict or...Read more

Port of Brussels launches its first electric and zero-emission cleaning boat

"Damona" is the first electric and zero-emission boat owned by the Port of Brussels, joining sister ships "Castor" (2006) and "Botia" (2019), which have been improving the cleanliness of the canal for years. Read more

New guidelines for knowledge valorisation in Research and Innovation

On 09 Aug 2022 the European Commission adopted a proposal for a Council Recommendation on the guiding principles for knowledge valorisation with the aim to increase social and economic value from knowledge and transforming data and research results into sustainable products and solutions. Read more

EU to urge big polluters to toughen climate pledges by COP27 summit -draft

The European Union will urge the world's biggest economies to improve their targets to fight climate change ahead of this year's U.N. climate summit and warn that states' current efforts fall short, according to a draft document seen by Reuters. Despite a raft of new...Read more

The Website of the Month: The European Drought Observatory

The EDO pages contain drought-relevant information such as maps of indicators derived from different data sources (e.g. precipitation measurements, satellite measurements, modelled soil moisture content).
Different tools, like "Compare Layers", allow for displaying and analysing the information and drought reports give an overview of the situation in case of imminent droughts.

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