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  • Aid for Local Sustainability

    The Basque Government offers a A series of grants aimed at Town Halls and other local entities, so that they can carry out projects and actions related to sustainable development. The deadline to request them is about to end, we invite you not to miss this opportunity. These aids allow carrying out plans, programs and…

  • Pioneering postgraduate course in Industrial Circular Economy in the Basque Country

    The University of the Basque Country and the Department of the Environment, Territorial Planning and Housing of the Basque Government launch the first state postgraduate degree in Circular Economy with an industrial approach, the third of its kind in Europe. The postgraduate course entitled “University Specialization in Circular Economy: Application to business” is will take…

  • Vitoria-Gasteiz, Global Green City Award

    Vitoria-Gasteiz has been awarded the Global Green City Award 2019 by the Global Forum on Human Settlements, an organization sponsored by the UN, at its annual event held on September 6 in Addis Ababa (Ethiopia). For the deliberation of this award, the candidate cities are evaluated based on 85 indicators aligned with the Sustainable Development…

  • CLIMATE CHANGE: Political problem, political solution?

    News about the impacts that climate change is beginning to have on the natural environment and our society continue to increase. The problem with climate change is that the possible solutions or ways of addressing it proposed have been simplifying. So much so that all we have to do is develop the technology to stop…

  • The monomaterial alternative to tetra brik

    The brand Finnish company Arla Oy has introduced packaging that uses wood-derived bioplastic for its milk products, replacing the inner layers of polyethylene and aluminum plastic found in tetra briks. This innovation responds to calls for the use of single-material containers, which are more easily recyclable than composite ones. Arla’s new single-material containers use an…

  • R&D investment variation

    The 2019 Report of the COTEC Foundation highlights that Spain has lost its way in innovation compared to Europe, with Spain, Finland and Portugal being the only states that have not recovered the levels of investment in R&D prior to the crisis. At the same time, the increase in investment in R&D in Europe (22%…

  • Sustainable alternatives to concrete

    Concrete is the most common construction material, but its production is the source of about 8% of CO2 emissions in the world. In these videos, Euronews and BM1 respectively show us innovations that even lead to carbon negative solutions.

  • The Carbon Footprint of Transportation

    In recent times, in view of the verification of the climate emergency, there are several calls that urge us to reduce the number of air travel, or even eliminate them. However, the plane is generally the means of transport with the highest carbon footprint – a London-New York flight, for example, produces about 986 kg…

  • What should a Smart city be like to be more sustainable, inclusive and democratic?

    The Smart City must be an inclusive and participatory city. Cities no longer belong to one or the other, they belong to those who inhabit them and share from a glocal understanding. Coexistence, respect and collaboration are the fundamental ways for the development of new cities. The correct approach to face the challenges that cities…

  • Ranking of global innovation clusters

    In the Global Innovation Index, produced by INSEAD and the World Property Organization Intellectual), European countries top the ranking of the most innovative economies in the world, with seven of the places of the Top 10. In the ranking of the main innovation clusters, on the other hand, the agglomerations of Asia-Pacific stand out, with…