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ActNow Transnational Partners Meeting in Cyprus

During the days of 14th to 15th of March, the consortium of ActNow, had a fruitful and productive meeting in …

The Actnow E-Learning platform is active!

PRESS RELEASE The Actnow E-Learning platform is active! The ActNow e-learning platform offers to the user a plethora of online …

The Act Now Erasmus+ Project comes to an end

PRESS RELEASE The Act Now Erasmus+ Project comes to an end On the 27th of March 2023, our colleagues from …

Title: ActNow Photography Exhibition Winners

On the 14th of March, CARDET hosted the Multiplier Event of the ActNow project, where it was combined with a …

Photography Exchibition in Cyprus by CARDET, “Capture it, Act on it”

On the 14th of March 2023, CARDET, organised a photography exchibition on Climate Change in Nicosia, Cyprus. Photographers from all …

MULTIPLIER EVENT IN SEVILLE!

On the 27th of March 2023, our colleagues from Acción Laboral organised their multiplier event in Seville. This event was …

Multiplier Event – Bulgaria

On the 11th of March, 31 youth workers Teachers, educational experts, volunteers, students participated in the Multiplier Event in Bulgaria …

Multiplier Event – Hungary

On the 2nd of March 2023 in Hungary, a Multiplier Event was organised by the consortium partner CROMO. Participants came …

Young people in Europe and Greece are calling for a change in environmental policy

Young people seem to have gotten the message of the pandemic, as for young people at European level, climate change …

The Smartkas Startup

And here we have another great Hungarian success, the Smartkas startup by Mészáros Dávid that changes the world at its …

The New High Seas treaty: An historic conquer for the protection of the oceans?

Last week, the world woke up with the sensation that progress is definitely taking place within climate change and environment …

Sustainable Entrepreneurship – Munch

Have you ever wondered what will happen to all those leftover baked goods, products that are edible but for some …

Larso – The Solar Butterfly

Have you heard about Larso, the Solar Butterfly? Larso visited Hungary, and Budapest in particular, between 9-11 September 2022 and …

How to finance climate change?

In order to respond to the current climate crisis, the major movement of capital in history will be necessary. For …

Greenwashing: Its lights and shades

Climate change has made that citizens become more and more conscious about its choices when consuming, travelling, … In that …

Films promoting climate change awareness

Do you wanna know about climate change, global warming, greenhouse effects and how else we are destroying our planet step …

Fighting deforestation within EU

In the fight against climate change deforestation is one of the main pillars to address. Historically, forests have been immense …

Earth Day – or “who says you can’t change the world?”

Earth Day is coming up soon, so we’ve put together some simple and effective ideas that you can incorporate into …

Rethinking climate security

As we have seen from the so-popular reports of the ICPP, climate change represents a huge risk for the global …

Climate refugees: the invisible ones

2021 and 2022 have been years marked by climate catastrophes. The big floods in China and India, the tremendous droughts …

Climate Change will reduce the eurozone’s GDP by up to 4% by 2030

Failure to act on climate change will take a heavy toll on the eurozone. According to a European Central Bank …

Climate-related disasters increase fivefold in 50 years

Climate change and increasingly extreme weather events, have caused a surge in natural disasters over the past 50 years disproportionately …

What Is Climate Change?

Climate change refers to long-term shifts in temperatures and weather patterns. Such shifts can be natural, due to changes in …

More than a Game: Virtual Reality as a Tool for Climate Change Mitigation

Despite skepticism about the virtues of technology, it can serve beneficial purposes with the right intentions and thoughtful implementation. Virtual …

How Can Virtual Reality Help Climate Change

Virtual Reality (VR) technology has come a long way in recent years and is increasingly being recognised as a tool …

6 ways VR & AR help you fight Climate Change

If someone is still concerned whether the use of technology in our daily lives could be right or wrong, it …

BIOSPERE VR: Motivating and entertaining people

Motivating and entertaining people BiosphereVR is a pioneering project using 360-degree, immersive film, also known as virtual reality (VR). Through …
science

European Commission releases “Science for Climate Action” brochure

“To celebrate the publication of the IPCC Working Group II report on Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability, this brochure highlights the …
strategy

Long Term Strategy for 2050

The Long-Term Strategy for 2050 is a Roadmap for the Greek Government on Climate and Energy, in the context of …
climate

An EU climate neutrality experimental program is launched; three Hungarian cities take part in it

Three Hungarian cities – Miskolc, Pécs and Budapest – are included in those 100 cities which are participating in an …
augmented reality

How Can Augmented Reality Encourage Sustainability?

Augmented Reality has all the trapping to encourage sustainability.Lets take a look According to Conservation.org, the concentration of CO2 has …
AWorld

AWORLD, the Italian App that incorporates people, companies and institutions

THE UN HAS CHOSEN AN ITALIAN APP FOR ITS INDIVIDUAL CLIMATE CHANGE CAMPAIGN AWorld is the Italian App downloaded by …
national strategy

National Strategy for the Circular Economy and the National Operational Action Plan

As early as December 2018, the Ministry of Environment and Energy published the National Strategy for the Circular Economy and …
prime minister

Australia will have an environmentally friendly Prime Minister

The Labor Party won the Australian election and Anthony Albanese is to become the next Prime Minister. He has pledged …
wwf

WWF ‘s latest report: “From nature a great help to stem the climate crisis”

WWF recently released a report,[1] commissioned by WWF itself to the Institute for Environmental Policy, on the restoration of degraded …
climate change

What Can AR Do for Climate Change Communication?

AR has emerged as a popular approach to interacting with technology – creators are leveraging it for video games, educational …
national geographic

Nat Geo’s Instagram interactive shows what the world will feel like in 2070

Tied to Earth Day, National Geographic’s first augmented reality–enabled cover comes to life with a cautionary look at climate change …

How Extended Reality Can Bring Climate Change Front Of Mind

Earthwatch Europe  A new augmented reality experience initiated by environmental charity Earthwatch Europe allows users to tackle the challenge of …

Fix the climate problem in one generation

This year world leaders, high-level officials, activists and industry groups from nearly 200 countries gathered in Glasgow for the COP26, …

Do you know the difference between weather and climate change?

In fact if you’re feeling hot or cold or feeling the rain fall on you, then you’re experiencing the effects …
water

EU commitment to sustainable water and marine management

The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe declared that “access to water must be recognised as a fundamental human …

Consider sustainable tourism, you may ActNow during your holiday, too

Sustainable tourism Can you imagine not considering nature, the wildlife and the local inhabitants when travelling? Tourism is good for …

Does the sea level rise due to climate change play a role in the decision to move the capital Jakarta ?

Jakarta city: A capital that’s moving Since it has been elected as capital city, riverine floods have been common in …
food sustainability

Sustainability: starting with food!

The European Green Deal sets the ambitious goal of making Europe the first climate neutral continent by 2050. It outlines …

Next Generation EU: Making Europe Greener by the Recovery and Resilience Facility

The Recovery and Resilience Facility (the Facility) makes €672.5 billion (in 2018 prices) in loans and grants available to support …
climatic migrants

“What do young Europeans think about the link between migration and climate change?” – Action Aid Report on Greece

According to the results of the survey conducted by ActionAid, in the framework of the pan-European campaign “No to Climate …
climate change

Climate Change and Impact

Introduction The problem The Atmospheric and Climate Research Division has been instrumental in providing evidence that the Eastern Mediterranean and …
itc

The universalization of ICT contributes to reduction of environmental impact

We must highlight the importance of introducing environmental education in schools and accompanying it with a digital transformation to reduce …
budapest

Climate Strategy Outline of Budapest Municipality, Hungary

Introduction The Metropolitan Local Government in Budapest develops an independent municipal environmental protection program related to the urban environment, its …

OPEN-ES: Companies united for the energy transition

Open-es, an open business platform for collaboration, sustainable development and energy transition, is born. Announced in December 2020, it has …

EU budget: green, digital and resilient future for Europe 2022

On 8 June, the European Commission presented a draft EU budget for 2022 that includes a share of funds earmarked …