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Environmental Citizenship For World Environment Day 2022 COST Action the European Network for Environmental Citizenship explains the main ideas for this innovative concept. Today’s environmental challenges are characterised by complexity. We live in a digitalised environment, our biodiversity is impacted, we over-exploit our natural resources and these factors are considerably impacting the environment. Environmental Citizenship…

Ever since its development in the early 1990’s, the Internet has become highly pervasive across most of the civilised world. While the majority of Internet users take advantage of its many positive uses (including professional and recreational ones), some individuals can develop Problematic Use of the Internet (which we will refer to as PUI).

Imagine a world where breathing is a luxury and a cough marks the sound of an inner battle. Interstitial Lung Disease (ILD), a condition characterised by inflammation and fibrosis, is a major cause of severe respiratory illness and can occur in children. While researchers have made progress in slowing the disease in adults, the situation…

Three COST Actions will participate in the workshop Quantum technology: implementations for space organised by the European Space Agency (ESA) together with COST Action QTSpace on 20 and 21 November 2018 in the Netherlands. The aim of the workshop is to identify possible areas of collaboration for the implementation of quantum technologies in space with the…

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic most of us have moved our lives online. The social distancing and stay-at-home mandates in most countries lead to disruptions in daily schedules and increased usage of digital media. How does this affect us? The webinar will focus on guidance from CA16207 (European Network for Problematic Usage of the Internet)…

Climate change and flooding Climate change increases both the frequency and intensity of flood events. This is because when the temperature rises it enables the atmosphere to hold greater levels of water vapour, which in turn leads to heavier and/or more sustained periods of rainfall. Increasing temperatures further causes melting polar regions, causing sea level…

After the huge success of Decentralized 2017, the University of Nicosia is proud to announce that Decentralized 2018 will take place on November 14-16, 2018 at the Divani Caravel, Athens, Greece.

Millions of people worldwide endure energy poverty, with their health and well-being suffering as a result. A new European network is helping researchers and policymakers to develop a common approach to improving energy access, and empowering at-risk consumers.

This section of the ERBfacility Action Advice Hub gives a concise guide to monitoring a range of contextual parameters in raptors, with a focus on those that are (a) most useful for interpretation of pan-European contaminant studies and (b) most feasible to record by many researchers across Europe.