Europe is underestimating the primary cause of migration from sub-Saharan Africa: climate change. Environmental changes have a particularly pronounced impact on migration from Africa for at least four reasons: the continent is highly dependent on natural resources and agriculture, which are the first assets to be undermined by climate change; it has poor infrastructure, such […]
The European Commission launched a new call for proposals to support the further development and deployment of the open source electronic archiving solutions offered by the eArchiving Digital Service Infrastructure (DSI). The 2019 eArchiving Core Service Platform call is part of Connecting European Facilities (CEF) Telecom Work Programme and it is published on Innovation and […]
Climate change is a growing threat with a potential impact on our lives and, even more, on the ones of future generations. This is a risk widely spreading all around the world: due to climate change, frequencies of extreme weather events such as floods, droughts and heat waves are expected to increase in the future. […]
The rise in youth activism on climate change is not only uplifting to see – it’s frankly essential. This is particularly true at a time when Brexit dominates everything, and the UK is gripped with political uncertainty. In recent weeks, the sight of thousands of school children skipping lessons to deliver dire warnings to those […]
In this issue of NEU we will try to put together three main actors of the future. One technology, the 5G, one political actor in deep crisis: the EU, and one leader in innovation and possibly the new superpower of the world: China. How these three factors interrelate with economy, policies and the future of […]
In the framework of the Societal Challenge ‘Europe in a changing world – Inclusive, innovative and reflective societies‘ (SC6), new scientific and innovation priorities under work programme 2018-2020 are focused around three major themes: migration, socio-economic and cultural transformations stemming from the fourth industrial revolution, and governance for the future. The objective of the Societal […]
Being aware that due to space and time needs a short article can’t properly analyse a huge and complex phenomenon as migration and its consequences over China, however, it is interesting to have a little glance over one of the key factors of currently China superpower status: internal migration. Internal migration indeed it is one […]
The remarkable growth of China’s technology in the international stage has demonstrated Beijing’s determination to become a global leader in the digital space.Mobile technology has become a key area in which China hopes to command globally, giving the Asian country a leading role in the race of 5G development. Member countries of the European Union, […]
This year`s European politics will achieve its institutional peak as the EU Parliament elections are about to be held soon. Vast number of organizations and subjects are advocating for more integrated and consequently federalized Union, inviting the Europeans to cast their votes. JEF Europe is the leading one dealing with it, simultaneously engaging youth people […]
In the next decades the mobility sector will go through some dramatic changes because of several factors such as the growing number of people moving to (and within) urban areas, the shift towards an even more individual and personalized mobility and the growth of tourism flows. The ecological and environmental problems are also changing people’s […]
