07/04/2022: European Biotech Week 2022, DBE Lunch Seminar, Fossil Fuels, Radiation, Childhood Cancer, Green Deal, and more.

In today’s Morning Brief:
– European Biotech Week 2022;
– DBE Lunch Seminar: An Engineering perspective on 5P Medicine – Current research and a roadmap proposal;
– Commission’s Technical Support Instrument to help 17 Member States curb their reliance on Russian fossil fuels;
– Ensuring radiation protection: Commission takes Portugal to court to guarantee citizens’ protection from ionising radiation-exposure risks;
– Childhood cancer experts urge inclusion of UK and Swiss researchers in EU projects;
– Commission presents a new strategy to become climate-neutral by 2030;
– Green Deal: Modernising EU industrial emissions rules to steer large industry in long-term green transition;
– NASA plays down Russia’s threat to halt International Space Station cooperation.

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23/03/2022: Energy Efficiency event, Commission to review research agenda, Green Deal, AI in the EU, Green Hydrogen, and more.

In today’s Morning Brief:
– Event: Energy Efficiency – A science advice perspective;
– War in Ukraine: Commission to review research agenda, says Paquet;
– Artificial Intelligence: The EU needs to act as a global standard-setter;
– €750M funding gap could curtail ambitions for Copernicus from mid-2024;
– Sustainable forest use helps us tackle the climate crisis and achieve the SDGs;
– Europeans rally behind Green Deal in response to Russia’s war in Ukraine;
– Member states map out plans for green hydrogen R&I;
– Big Tech boosts lobbying spending in Brussels;
– Commission adopts new rules further developing the Fertilising Products Regulation;
– Extend life of key climate sensor that maps world’s forests, NASA told;
– Commission launches one-stop-shop to support researchers of Ukraine;
– Public transportation operators to demand solution to rising energy prices.

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