Incorporating the German Energiewende into a comprehensive European approach – New options for a common energy and climate policy

22 Oct Incorporating the German Energiewende into a comprehensive European approach – New options for a common energy and climate policy

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National Academy of Science and Engineering (acatech) 2017 The working hypothesis underlying the academies’ position paper is that climate protection is the main objective in the efforts leading to a transition of the energy system (“Energiewende”). The statement describes different options for an incorporation of...
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22 Oct Medical care for older people – what evidence do we need?

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National Academy of Science and Engineering (acatech) 2017 In Germany today, reaching a very old age is no longer an exception. About 4.5 million people (5.4 percent of the population) are 80 years of age and older, and their numbers continue to grow. In recent...
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22 Oct Academies call for consequences from the Ebola virus epidemic

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National Academy of Science and Engineering (acatech) 2017 The Ebola virus is spreading rapidly and to an unexpected extent. The outbreak does not follow the patterns experienced in the past and the virus shows a new disease dynamic in regions, where it has never been...
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22 Oct On Designing Communication between the Scientific Community, the Public and the Media. Recommendations in light of current developments

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National Academy of Science and Engineering (acatech) 2017 Science and journalism are among the essential pillars of a democratic society. Despite their necessary mutual independence and their often divergent purposes, both freedoms also fulfil similar functions. They supply policy-makers and society with a diverse array...
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22 Oct Food for All Forever

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Danish Academy of Technical Sciences (ATV) 2010 The world population is increasing and with this the amount of mouths to feed. How do we ensure that our food systems are environmentally, economically and socially sustainable; and that the world’s poorest people are no longer hungry?...
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22 Oct Scientific Development of Spin-Offs from Non-University Research Institutes

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National Academy of Science and Engineering (acatech) 2010 Innovations have a special significance in knowledge-based economies. The efficient knowledge and technology transfer from research to industry constitutes a decisive factor in the competition between the national economies. The commercial use of information via spin-offs in...
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22 Oct Technologies for social development in isolated rural communities

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Real Academia de Ingenieria (Spain) (RAI) 2011 Human development and international cooperation. The rural isolated communities. Suitable technologies and innovation for human development. Energy supply. Water and sanitation supplies. Access to ICT and network society services. Agriculture and forests management. Country and Landscape: the essential...
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21 Oct Population Growth, Climate and World Food Supply

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National Academy of Technologies of France (NATF) 2011 This report studies the possibility to adequately feed 9 billion people in 2050, and shows that it is feasible, on certain conditions: – Give priority to the agricultural question among the political concerns of nations and set...
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21 Oct The Real Academia de Ingenieria headquarters. The history of the Villamagna Palace

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Real Academia de Ingenieria (Spain) (RAI) 2009 The urban environment of Villafranca Marquises’ Palace up to the 19th Century. Palace building, structure, decoration and life stages. A new nobility stage. The property breaking down. Bibliography.
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21 Oct Philosophy of Engineering: Volume 1 of the proceedings of a series of seminars held at The Royal Academy of Engineering

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Royal Academy of Engineering (UK) (RAEng) 2010 The papers in this volume are from the first three of a series of seminars in the philosophy of engineering organised by The Royal Academy of Engineering. The papers were given by philosophers and engineers with an interest...
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