‘Wake up and take action,’ urges teen activist Greta Thunberg

Greta Thunberg, the teenage climate change activist has told members of the European Parliament to forget Brexit and focus on climate...

Europe Poised For Total Ban On Bee-Harming Pesticides

Draft regulations seen by the Guardian reveal the European commission wants to prohibit the insecticides that cause ‘acute risks to bees’ The world’s most...

Sustainable Fisheries – An Emerging New Normal?

Last month I had the pleasure of attending a ‘trilogue’ organized by the European Commission for policymakers, scientists and the private sector on the subject ...

Boosting Coherence To Make Poverty Eradication A Reality

I recently launched the 2015 edition of the European Commission’s report on Policy Coherence for Development — or PCD — that show...

Boosting Coherence To Make Poverty Eradication A Reality

I recently launched?the 2015 edition of the European Commission?s?report on Policy Coherence for Development?? or PCD ??that?shows that the European Union remains a PCD-fro...

The Power of a European Energy Union

One of the top priorities established by European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker ahead of his election last summer was the creation of a European energy union. He...

How close are we to finding a cure for HIV?

World Aids Day takes place on 1 December, with the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) continuing to be a major global public health issue. So far, Acquired Immunodeficiency...

Nepal clinches 139th position in environment index

KATHMANDU: Nepal has been ranked 139th in the Environmental Performance Index 2014, which assessed 178 countries across the world.

The EPI assesses nine parameters,...

Europe?s leaders to take up youth employment crisis in Paris today

Leaders of Europe assemble in Paris today to discuss ways of dealing with youth employment crisis
after German leader Angela Merkel highlighted it as a major issue tha...