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EU in the world / Migration Citizens’ recommendations and the EU context: Panel 4 of the Conference on the Future of Europe
As part of the Conference on the Future of Europe, 800 citizens debated their ideas for the European Union in four thematic panels. The citizens involved in Panel 4 considered the possibilities for two related themes: the EU in the world and migration. This publication presents their recommendations, as well as a selection of related European Parliament resolutions and EU legislation, funding programmes and other activities. These background elements are not exhaustive, but have been selected to ...
The potential of hydrogen for decarbonising steel production
The iron and steel industry is a major contributor to the overall anthropogenic CO2 emissions worldwide, and therefore a significant driver of climate change. This paper explores the possible options for decarbonising iron and steel production processes, focusing on the use of renewable hydrogen as an alternative to fossil coal. It explains the basic physical and chemical differences between the two alternative processes, their cost structures and potential for further cost reductions, as well as ...
What if smartphones could help contain COVID-19?
In recent years, smartphones have increasingly attracted attention as a key tools in emergency and disaster situations. Almost all smartphones are nowadays equipped with GPS sensors that can track the location of their owners. Comparing the location history of infected individuals with the location history of all other Smartphone users (tested positive or not yet tested) could help health authorities gain much better understanding of where the transmission might have occurred, and who else should ...
What if hydrogen could help decarbonise transport?
Cheap hydrogen produced with excess electricity from fluctuating renewable energy sources such as wind could help fuel-cell technology to break into the mainstream. This could at the same time further boost the competitiveness of wind and solar energy production
What if we let consumer electricity prices fluctuate?
Electricity production from renewable sources such as wind and solar energy is expanding rapidly in Europe and around the world. However, integrating these fluctuating sources into the grid is increasingly becoming a challenge for grid operators that need to match electricity supply with demand. Switching over to a new electricity market system where the demand would better adapt to the supply could be crucial for the success of the transition towards a low-carbon society.
What if we were to travel on levitating trains?
Magnetic levitation-based transport might be about to enter our lives, providing for faster, safer and more energy-efficient journeys. As it will enable longer distances to be covered more rapidly and cleanly, could it affect where we choose to live?
La salud pública
El Tratado de Funcionamiento de la Unión Europea (TFUE) reforzó la importancia de la política sanitaria, al estipular que, «al definirse y ejecutarse todas las políticas y acciones de la Unión, se garantizará un alto nivel de protección de la salud humana» (Artículo 168, apartado 1, del TFUE). La responsabilidad primaria de protección de la salud y, en particular, de los servicios de salud, sigue siendo competencia de los Estados miembros. Sin embargo, la Unión desempeña un papel importante en la ...
Los medicamentos y los productos sanitarios
Los medicamentos y los productos sanitarios están sujetos a las normas del mercado único y tienen un impacto directo en la salud de las personas. Un sólido marco jurídico permite proteger la salud pública y garantizar la seguridad de estos productos. Abarca todo el ciclo, desde los ensayos y las pruebas hasta la vigilancia y la retirada del mercado, pasando por la autorización de comercialización. El acceso a medicamentos asequibles, la lucha contra la resistencia a los antimicrobianos, la ética ...
La seguridad de los alimentos
La política europea en materia de seguridad de los alimentos persigue dos objetivos: proteger la salud humana y los intereses de los consumidores, y promover el buen funcionamiento del mercado único europeo. De esta manera, la Unión vela por que se establezcan y se apliquen normas de control en los ámbitos de la higiene de piensos y alimentos, la sanidad animal y vegetal y la prevención de la contaminación de los alimentos con sustancias externas. La Unión regula, asimismo, el etiquetado de los alimentos ...
La política de medio ambiente: principios generales y marco básico
La política medioambiental europea se basa en los principios de cautela, prevención, corrección de la contaminación en su fuente y «quien contamina paga». Los programas de acción plurianuales en materia de medio ambiente fijan el marco de las acciones futuras en todos los ámbitos de la política de medio ambiente. Se integran en estrategias horizontales y se tienen en cuenta en las negociaciones internacionales en materia de medio ambiente. La política de medio ambiente ha pasado a ocupar recientemente ...