BERLIN, DEUTSCHLAND/ Eine Fläche von der Größe Österreichs wird benötigt, um den Hunger auf Fleisch der Deutschen zu befriedigen.

PHILADELPHIA, UNITED STATES/ Matthew D. McHugh, PhD, CRNP, MPH, JD, an assistant professor at the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, has won a competitive grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) to study the relationships among where people live, where they receive hospital care, and the outcomes of that care.

Dr. McHugh is one of just 12 nurse educators from around the country to receive the three-year $350,000 Nurse Faculty Scholar award this year. It is given to junior faculty who show outstanding promise as future leaders in academic nursing.

AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS/ Studies have estimated that converting manure from the 95 million animal units in the United States would produce renewable energy equal to 8 billion gallons of gasoline, or 1% of the total energy consumption in the nation.

NORWICH, UNITED KINGDOM/ A new study by an international team of scientists including the University of East Anglia (UEA) will assess the future impact of global warming on allergic diseases.

Recently launched, the study is the first of its kind and will focus on the spread of the invasive species Ambrosia Artemisiifolia – or common ragweed. 

FREIBURG, GERMANY/ Everyone is talking about electric drives, and the scientists from Germany are working on how to protect the new electric batteries from accidents.

Engineers have replaced a battery box for lithium-ion batteries with a lightweight component. Not only does the housing save weight and sustain no damage in an accident – for the first time ever, it can also be mass-produced.

BERLIN, DEUTSCHLAND/ Vielleser, die jährlich zehn oder mehr Bücher auf einem E-Book-Reader lesen, können damit zum Umwelt- und Klimaschutz beitragen.

Wer statt in gedruckten Büchern mit dem elektronischen Gerät schmökert, spart Papier, Energie und Treibhausgase.

BERLIN, DEUTSCHLAND/ Aufläufe, Braten und Co.: Mit den kühleren Tagen steigt auch die Lust auf Herzhaftes aus dem Backofen.

Damit der Genuss nicht zu Lasten von Umwelt und Klima geht, empfiehlt das Öko-Institut energieeffiziente Geräte, welche die Kriterien des Blauen Engels erfüllen.

BRUSSELS, BELGIUM/ The European Union have allocated €5 million to respond to the urgent humanitarian needs of Bangladeshis who recently have been affected by severe monsoon floods.

This emergency funding will provide food assistance, nutritional care, clean drinking water, shelter, sanitation facilities and access to healthcare to those who have lost their homes and livelihoods.

LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM/ A new study assessing the availability and stability of food supplies in 196 countries has rated the food security of Somalia and the Democratic Republic of Congo as lowest in the world, whilst countries in the drought stricken Horn of Africa are also at ‘extreme risk’.

The Food Security Risk Index (FSRI), released by risk analysis and mapping company Maplecroft, is based on the key elements of food security as laid out by the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).

FREIBURG, GERMANY/ Germany is one of the countries around that shows a real compromise with the environment. Most climate actions are not just promoted to come true, also are laws to overtake real changes.

The country, that has decided to accelerate change in energy policy, says that success comes only with the help of the consumers.