Saturday, January 29th, 2011
When we talk about infrastructural development, what generally comes to mind are road construction, water supply, power grids, sewers, telecommunications, schools, hospitals etc. Those are regarded as basic necessities for continuous survival of any society. This is to say that infrastructure is the basic physical and organisational amenity needed for the operation of a society. Read
Saturday, January 29th, 2011
Arctic research institutions want to buy a former submarine base in Northern Norway and make it into a center for research in the High North. The Norwegian Ministry of Defense supports the plans of the Norwegian Polar Institute and the Institute of Marine Research to buy the huge Olavsvern Naval Base outside Tromsø. Read More
Saturday, January 29th, 2011
Roads built to the same standards as the scorching south of France; fish moved from the overheated Lake District to cooler waters in Scotland; lighthouses threatened by rising seas. From measures in use already to seemingly far-fetched scenarios for the future, these are some of the findings in the first batch of climate adaptation plans
Friday, January 28th, 2011
The Finnish Meteorological Institute is coordinating a project that demonstrates new methods for mitigating climate change in the Arctic. The project begins in January 2011 and is co-financed by the EU LIFE09+ programme. Read More
Friday, January 28th, 2011
The European commission’s emergency suspension last week of trading in carbon allowances to put a halt to rampant theft of credits by hackers has been extended indefinitely until countries can prove their systems are protected from further fraud. While the suspension had been expected to end last night, Brussels now says that the freeze in
Friday, January 28th, 2011
Not so in Italy, where politicians seem to be much more committed to the idea. At the beginning of this year, ambitious projects aimed at creating citywide W-LAN launched in two locations. Now, both Rome and Florence are wired with wireless. Capital city Rome has taken on the role of pioneer. In mid-January, politicians from the
Thursday, January 27th, 2011
The Crop Protection Association has welcomed this week’s launch of the Global Food and Farming Futures Foresight report in highlighting the urgency of the food security challenge. CPA is emphasising the need – and its own plans – to convey the report’s key messages to EU policy-makers as further compelling evidence of how advances in science
Thursday, January 27th, 2011
The cabinet is expected to give the nod later this year to the multibillion-rand high-speed rail network proposed as part of the National Transport Master Plan (Natmap), which is intended to cut congestion on the country’s roads and the cost of public transport. A transport industry fundi said yesterday that the Natmap, which has the potential
Thursday, January 27th, 2011
Russia is not in a position to carry out global space programs single-handedly and should team up with India and Kazakhstan, veteran rocket scientist Boris Chertok said, quoted by RIA Novosti. He said Russian space programs are grossly underfunded compared to similar projects in the United States and China. “The United States spends about 10 times as
Thursday, January 27th, 2011
Nicolas Sarkozy, who visited yesterday STX shipyards in Saint Nazaire, announced the launch for the second quarter of the year, the first call for projects in the sector of offshore wind expected for several months. Read More
