EurActiv RSS http://www.euractiv.com "A common explanation for the EU's tame business R&D performance is its specialisation in medium-tech rather than high-tech sectors. Compared to the United States, the EU has fallen behind particularly in key information and... http://www.euractiv.com/node/497488 497488 Mon, 06 Sep 2010 12:08:04 +0200 "Biodiversity is essential for the functioning of ecosystems – from forests and fresh waters to coral reefs, soils and even the atmosphere – that sustain all life on Earth. The ongoing and escalating disappearance of that... http://www.euractiv.com/node/497467 497467 Mon, 06 Sep 2010 09:31:18 +0200 "Public scepticism about global warming may be growing, but the scientific consensus is as solid as ever: man-made climate change is real, and we ignore it at our peril. But if that issue is settled (and it should be), there is an equally... http://www.euractiv.com/node/496465 496465 Mon, 19 Jul 2010 11:02:56 +0200 ''EU officials say organic farming may be worth a closer look. I agree, but only if the scrutiny is performed by those who can provide a balanced assessment and not one borne by assertion. There seems at present to be a lack of factual... http://www.euractiv.com/node/494072 494072 Tue, 11 May 2010 16:58:30 +0200 ''Last year, in a bid to break the long-running deadlock on GM approvals in the EU, [European Commission] President [José Manuel] Barroso made a commitment to continue with the current system, but to allow individual member states to decide... http://www.euractiv.com/node/488459 488459 Wed, 28 Apr 2010 08:43:09 +0200 A paper from the network’s Nanotechnology Working Group (NWG) evaluating the environmental, economic and health impacts of nanotechnology, recalls that the OECD suggests that nanotechnology offers environmental benefits. But this assertion is "not... http://www.euractiv.com/node/208182 208182 Fri, 28 Aug 2009 09:00:00 +0200 The McKinsey team claims the genuine arrival of electric cars could be either a matter of mere years or still decades away. Much depends on whether concerns "over energy security, fossil fuel emissions and long-term industrial competitiveness" will... http://www.euractiv.com/node/208212 208212 Thu, 27 Aug 2009 17:30:00 +0200 According to Schultze, Sweden's position as "innovation leaders in Europe" leaves the Swedish government well placed to advance Europe's research and development (R&D) agenda during its six-month term at the helm of the Council, which begins on... http://www.euractiv.com/node/208132 208132 Thu, 14 May 2009 09:00:00 +0200 The European Union wants to raise the level of research and development (R&D) investment by the business sector as quickly as possible, states Uppenberg, in order to reach the Lisbon Strategy's target of increasing EU R&D spending to 3% of... http://www.euractiv.com/node/208057 208057 Fri, 27 Mar 2009 13:28:22 +0200 Clusters are groups of firms and institutions that are located close to one another and have grown to a scale sufficient for developing specialised expertise, services, resources, suppliers and skills. The SBIB argues that "clusters should be based... http://www.euractiv.com/node/208013 208013 Fri, 23 Jan 2009 10:00:00 +0200