News

Great and the good of science are telling the Commission to hurry up and reach a deal on UK participation in the €95.5B programme, saying the uncertainty is endangering current and future collaborations

East European country set to become a testing bed for a technology that could be at odds with EU’s decarbonisation strategy

Methane has 80 times the warming potential of CO2. As world leaders pledge to cut emissions by 30%, researchers are looking for ways to speed up its degradation, to further reduce levels of the gas responsible for a quarter of global warming

More than €250M is required by the end of 2022 to roll out a transdisciplinary research and innovation agenda to improve the interpretation of climate satellite data

Countries are falling well short on emissions targets, but the first day of the UN conference saw fresh commitments, with the new US strategy underlining the central role research and innovation will play in delivering climate neutrality

As the climate mega-conference prepares to open its doors in Glasgow, Science|Business looks ahead to key issues where science and technology will shape the debate

The European Commission is siding with MEPs, who want to use the unspent funds to boost health R&D in 2022. But the Commission is at odds with Parliament over demands for more control over the EU’s new health agency

Despite its massive investment in the ITER fusion project in France, the EU is home to only a tiny fraction of fusion start-ups. The technology may be far from proven, but Europe is already falling behind in preparing for commercial deployment

As EU hangs tough on tying UK association in Horizon Europe to ending the dispute over the Northern Ireland Protocol, the UK government is dangling the funding carrot and says if there is no deal, it has a ‘bold’ plan B

An extreme weather event linked to climate change cut the amount of wind in Europe by around 15% this summer. Added to this, Germany’s wind power sector faces protests, infrastructure problems, and outdated regulations. The next government needs to fix things