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28 April 2021 • nfcw.com Norway’s central bank Norges Bank is to test “various technical solutions for a central bank digital currency (CBDC) over the next two years”, the bank’s CBDC working group has announced in its third project report. “Norges Bank’s research into CBDCs has run for a good four years. A new element moving ahead will be technical testing combined with further analysis of the need for and the implications of introducing a CBDC,” the bank says.  “One of the ...

The recent federal budget promised tax credits for carbon capture projects. What can we learn about the economics of carbon capture from the world's only fully-functioning carbon capture project — at Boundary Dam 3 in Saskatchewan?

Duty Station:  Kampala, Uganda Reports to: Regional Care and Treatment Advisor   About US: Infectious Diseases Institute (IDI) is a Ugandan not-for-profit organization whose mission is to strengthen health systems in Africa, with strong emphasis on infectious diseases, through research and capacity development. IDI has six operational areas through which it works to achieve its mission: Prevention, Care and Treatment; Training, Research, Laboratory services (including the CAP-certified IDI ...

EC launches new Knowledge Centre on Earth Observation The European Commission (EC) has launched a new Knowledge Centre on Earch Observation. Its objective is to maximise the use of knowledge generated from Earth Observation, in particular from the European Copernicus Programme, in EU policymaking. The ultimate goal of the Centre is to support the efficient implementation of the Commissions political priorities, in particular the European Green Deal and the Digital Agenda. The Knowledg...

20/04/2021 20 April 2021, Brussels/Rome - “New solutions and modern approaches” are needed to face global challenges such as hunger, poverty, climate change, environmental degradation and the socio-economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, FAO Director-General QU Dongyu said today at the launch of the European Commission’s new Knowledge Centre for Earth Observation (KCEO). “Actionable information gained from earth observation data is an important enabler” for the transformation envi...

20 Apr 2021 EU sets up centre to get extract more value from Earth observation data Centre is launched just one day before European Court of Auditors is due to release a report calling on the Commission to make better use of space research The European Commission has launched a knowledge centre on Earth observation, with a mission to make more use of the data generated by Copernicus, the EU’s earth observation programme. The Knowledge Centre on Earth Observation will support implementation of...

STOA delegation virtual visit to the Joint Research Centre Scientific and technological advances lie at the heart of economic growth, and will be key to the economic recovery post-coronavirus. In line with their mission to support technological innovation, the legislators on the European Parliament’s Panel for the Future of Science and Technology (STOA) recently took part in a virtual visit to the Joint Research Centre (JRC) site at Ispra, Italy – Europe’s leading research campus with a w...

13 Apr 2021   |   News Four ways a sustainable bioeconomy could transform Europe’s industry Joint Research Centre’s foresight report outlines four scenarios showing how Europe could transform its agriculture and industry and meet (or miss) global climate targets Experts in the European Commission’s in-house science service, the Joint Research Centre (JRC), have built four alternative scenarios for how the EU bioeconomy could contribute to achieving the climate targets set in the Paris a...

Daily Times * Imran Khan says government is taking priority steps to engage IT experts and mainstreaming of field freelancers April 6, 2021 Prime Minister Imran Khan on Monday said establishment of Special Technology Zones (STZs) would ensure promotion of information technology in the country and directed finalization of a time-line based strategy in this regard. Chairing a meeting on promotion of IT sector in the country, the prime minister said the government was taking priority steps to enga...

31 Mar 2021 BD3 CCS Facility Reaches 4 Million Tonne Milestone The following commentary by Brent Jacobs, P.Eng. is a statement on behalf of the International CCS Knowledge Centre. It takes courage to be first. And now with SaskPower’s ground-breaking Boundary Dam 3 CCS Facility (BD3) having captured and prevented four million tonnes (4Mt) of CO 2 from entering the atmosphere, it is a milestone worth celebrating. REGINA, Saskatchewan, March 31, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- This amount of carbon...