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While reported losses of climate-related hazards are at historically high levels, climate change is likely to enhance the risk posed by extreme weather events. Several regions...

Background Increasing safety and security online can help boost the opportunities for people and businesses to trade, innovate and interact in digital markets. The level of online security is affected...

Ethiopia was hit by an El Nino induced drought during 2015/2016 that left millions across the country without access to adequate water supply. More than 220...

Food supply chains are increasingly associated with environmental and socio-economic impacts. An increasing global population, an evolution in consumers’ needs, and changes in consumption models pose serious...

Green Infrastructure (GI) is defined as a network of high quality green spaces and other environmental features. GI includes natural and semi-natural areas, features and green spaces...

This paper introduces a modeling approach for the assessment of policy options within the forest-based bioeconomy. The feedback between the forestry dynamics model and the economic model of the global forest-based sector...

Taking a European Union focus, this paper empirically focuses on the role of biomass for achieving a sustainable model of growth. To this end, an advanced multi-region multi-sector economic modelling approach...

Background Dyslipidemias are common in HIV-infected children, especially if treated with protease-inhibitors, but there are data on how to treat dyslipidemias in this population. We estimated the dislypidemia...

In order to achieve the EU 20% reduction on primary energy consumption target by 2020, a change in consumer behaviour and energy consumption practices is needed. Following this principle, article...

There is an urgent migrant crisis in much of Europe, fueled by conflict in the Middle East. With a rise of seaborne migration from Turkey to Greece and Italy, there is a need to save lives...