Food waste in Romania – from luxury to responsibility
This is the third part in a series that Universul.net is running about food waste in Romania and the world and ways to combat it.
In a world where more than 700 million people suffer from hunger and natural resources are becoming increasingly limited, the huge amounts of food that are thrown away every day raise an increasingly pressing question:...
Romania faces worst drought in modern history with dry spell set to continue
Romania is facing the worst drought in the last 150 years when weather records began and it looks set to continue a top meteorologist says.
"Unfortunately, the drought that has gone on for 43 months is continuing,” said Monica Ioniță, a climatology researcher in Germany, in an interview with HotNews, speaking at the presentation of the State of the Climate...
Romgaz dă în judecată Comisia Europeană. Obligația de stocare a CO2 a României reprezintă mai mult de 20% din obiectivul UE, în vreme ce țara noastră emite doar 3%
Romgaz a depus la Curtea de Justiție a Uniunii Europene o acțiune directă împotriva Comisiei Europene, prin care solicită în principal anularea Regulamentului NZIA, ce impune producătorilor de petrol și gaze din Uniunea Europeană să asigure până în 2030 o capacitate de stocare CO2 de 50 milioane tone/an, din care României îi revine o cotă de 10,25 milioane tone...
A new ‘Iron Curtain’? Only two bridges link Romania, Bulgaria along 475-km stretch of Danube-minister
The Bulgarian transport minister said that having only two bridges over the 475 km Danube border its shares with Romania creates an “Iron Curtain” within the EU and called for at least one more crossing.
Only two bridges connect Bulgaria and Romania along our 475 km of common river border - this is a transport deficit that functions as a...
World Food Day: In one in four families in rural Romania, children go to bed hungry
In rural Romania, 30% of children from disadvantaged backgrounds do not eat lunch at home, and 28% do not eat breakfast or lunch, according to data from the World Vision Romania Foundation released Thursday.
In almost a quarter of vulnerable families (23%), there isn't enough food to go round for the evening meal, and children are not eating dinner so...
Millions of tons of food end up in the trash. Food waste – a luxury the planet can no longer afford
October 16 marks World Food Day, a day dedicated to tackling global hunger and food waste.
It was established by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations in 1945 to raise awareness about hunger and promote sustainable food systems.
Currently, 150 countries mark the day with events that focus on issues food insecurity, sustainable diets, and reducing...
Pământul dispune de un „termostat” care i-ar permite să corecteze schimbările climatice – studiu
Pământul poate răspunde la cantitățile de dioxid de carbon (CO2) pe care civilizația le pompează în atmosferă prin ''supracorectarea'' dezechilibrului, fapt care va asigura că următoarea epocă de gheață va sosi la timp, în loc să fie întârziată cu zeci de mii de ani, așa cum a fost prevăzut anterior, transmite sâmbătă Live Science care citează un studiu publicat...
