TalTech professor Alar Konis warns that the speed of the green transition must not come at the expense of system reliability and the competitiveness of the economy.
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Denying human-induced climate change is like denying a solar eclipse by arguing that it is also dark at night. Erik Puura explains why climate change is a fact and how humanity has already successfully tackled an environmental crisis once before.
The European Union’s new Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) has sparked mixed reactions among entrepreneurs – is it a necessary tool promoting transparency and responsible management, or just another bureaucratic burden? Estonian business leaders and experts discussed this topic at the Economic Vision Conference organized by TalTech, focusing on the practical value, challenges, and opportunities of sustainability reporting.
Estonia’s bioindustry is ready for its next leap, where biomass valorization and innovation open doors to sustainable economic growth and global competitiveness.
Even in climate change science and scientific-based policymaking, ideology and activism must be left at the door, writes Annela Anger-Kraavi, head of the Climate Change Policy Research Group at the University of Cambridge.
One ton of mobile phones contains more precious metals than one ton of ore. We need to turn our focus toward the circular economy.
Electric cars have made rapid progress over the past decade, but the European automotive industry is facing serious challenges. It may take a few more years before Europe rolls out its own affordable electric vehicles – but one day, we’ll all be driving electric cars anyway, writes Jüri Rute.
The focus of future innovation policy should not be narrowly economic, but on broader societal benefit.
Has the development of the Energy Sector Development Plan 2035 taken into account the possibility that by 2035, almost every household and business could have its own solar power system?
We can no longer ignore the fact that around 4.2 billion people worldwide lack access to safely managed sanitation services, including clean drinking water. As a result, wastewater reuse is becoming another truly “hot” global topic—one that will also affect Estonia in the future.