Industry
Industry (Manufacturing) is the creation or production of goods with the help of equipment, labor, machines, tools, and chemical or biological processing or formulation. It is the essence of the secondary sector of the economy. The term may refer to a range of human activities, from handicraft to high-tech, but it is most commonly applied to industrial design, in which raw materials from the primary sector are transformed into finished goods on a large scale. Such goods may be sold to other manufacturers for the production of other more complex products (such as aircraft, household appliances, furniture, sports equipment or …
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UNEP: United Nations Environment Programme · 10 December 2024 English
Registration and more information. The UN Environment Programme Finance Initiative (UNEP FI) is hosting its 18th Global Roundtable on 10-11 December in Geneva, Switzerland and online. The flagship event will …
key event for driving action within the finance industry, offering thousands of professionals the chance …
UNEP: United Nations Environment Programme · 19 November 2024 English
Clean Air Plan launched in early 2022, the largest sources of air pollutants are the transport, industry, residential and waste sectors, and electricity generation, industrial process emissions and charcoal … economic growth, contributing significantly to employment and export revenues. However, the garment industry faces increasing pressure to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, particularly from boiler operations …
largest sources of air pollutants are the transport, industry, residential and waste sectors, and electricity … employment and export revenues. However, the garment industry faces increasing pressure to reduce greenhouse … Unsplash reduction technologies. Engaging with industry and private sector: Foster dialogue among stakeholders … stakeholders, including factory owners, industry associations, and policymakers, to explore potential JCM … Increased awareness of the JCM framework among industry stakeholders. Identification of potential collaborative …
Digital Science · 28 October 2024 English
This report investigates the evolving landscape of academic research, driven by advancements in AI, open access, and a heightened focus on societal impact. Key insights reveal shifts toward open research …
research institutions to funders, publishers, and industry has placed us in a unique position to facilitate … changing role of research is affecting academia and industry, and how new technologies can make research more … research world – researchers, universities, funders, industry, and publishers – so that research can become … reaction to these challenges, along with growing industry wide concerns around research integrity, OA-only … related to trust among the various institutions and industry players. The question is why would firms or educational …
28 October 2024 English
Each year, Future Earth, The Earth League and the World Climate Research Programme gather leading scholars from around the world to review the most pressing findings in climate research. This …
Multi-stakeholder participation Governments, industry, civil society, Indigenous groups and multilateral … and Asia. • Going beyond the development of industry standards and voluntary frameworks, an essential …
WHO: World Health Organization · 28 October 2024 English
This report covers the activities of the WHO Regional Office for Europe for the period 1 September 2023 to 31 August 2024. These activities are guided by the European Programme …
stakeholders – patients, payers, policy-makers and industry – to discuss issues and to collaborate. The Platform … partner organizations and six European-level industry representative organizations. Four working groups – …
Oxfam International · 28 October 2024 English
This briefing from Oxfam explores the immense climate impacts caused by the top 1% of the wealthiest individuals and proposes measures to address this "carbon inequality." It emphasizes that the …
and material use in the fashion industry or, in the technology industry, the full carbon cost of cloud … has a greater carbon footprint than the airline industry, with a single data centre consuming the equivalent …
WHO: World Health Organization · 26 October 2024 English
This report presents the results of the Health-Enhancing Physical Activity Monitoring Framework conducted in the European Union Member States in 2024, updating the information published in 2015, 2018 and 2021. …
SDG8 (decent work and economic growth), SDG9 (industry, innovation and infrastructure), SDG10 (less …
PIK: Potsdam-Institut fur Klimafolgenforschung · 25 October 2024 English
on the universe of German employment biographies, we apply the model to the archetypical fossil industry—coal mining. Contrary to public discourse, unemploy- ment is a small factor in welfare costs of …
we apply the model to the archetypical fossil industry—coal mining. Contrary to public discourse, unemploy- …
Individual Contributors to Policy Commons · 25 October 2024 English
The landscape of the politics of Brexit remains a broad and highly contested terrain, ranging from those convinced it was a great and necessary triumph, to be defended at all …
anything other than bad for the UK financial services industry. Even <a href="https://www.telegraph.co.uk/bu …
World Bank Group · 25 October 2024 English
of Agriculture and Forestry (MAF); Ministry of Industry and Commerce (MOIC); Ministry of Public Security … of Import and Export (DIMEX) of the Ministry of Industry and Commerce (MOIC) to oversee and support implementation …