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The Bioeconomy strategy in Horizon 2020

di Giacomo Destro
Pubblicato il 09/05/2014
Research and development
Economy

What the economic crisis has clearly shown is that Europe cannot afford its economic growth with low R&D manufacturing products. Science and enterprises must merge into hi-tech outcomes to become markets leaders. The European Union is pushing a lot on the bioeconomy sector, namely businesses based on biotechnology. But what is exactly bioeconomy? Is it so important nowadays in Europe? And what is the situation in Italy?

What is a bioeconomy

EU research addresses air pollution

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di redazione
Submitted by redazione on 8 May, 2014 - 19:12

Poor air quality is a major health risk, causing lung diseases, cardiovascular diseases, and cancer. Air pollution also impacts the environment, affecting the quality of fresh water, soil, and ecosystems. 

In Europe we are certainly feeling the effects of air pollution. In 2010, more than 400 000 people are estimated to have died prematurely from air pollution in the EU and almost two-thirds of the EU land area was exposed to excess nutrient above safe levels. 

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Italy and African Countries scientific cooperation

di Cristina Da Rold
Pubblicato il 07/05/2014
Research and development

A specific call of Horizon 2020 promotes cooperation between Europe and Africa for scientific research, funding project for €80 billion between 2014 and 2020: €24.5 billion for strengthening research in science, €22.6 billion for strengthening industrial leadership in innovation and €31 billion addressed to societal challenges, like global warming, sustainable transport, food or renewal energy. Actually, Italy has been active in this field