Households, i.e. all the individuals living within one dwelling, are the basic geographical unit of socialization. Falling fertility rates, leading to smaller families, and ageing populations, resulting in a higher proportion of (small) elderly households, have led to a decline in average household size in the EU27. However, despite the fact that t...
status: accepted
Published in Environmental Research Letters
As a key material for manufacturing clean energy technologies, steel is crucial for energy transition, but its production causes 2.6 Gton of CO2 emissions at global level each year. In 2020 the European Union (EU) set a net-zero emissions target by 2050, fostering innovation in the steel industry to reduce its environmental impact. However, a scena...
France's National Energy-Climate Plan (PNEC), presented in October 2023, is structured around the Multiannual Energy Program (PPE) and the National Low-Carbon Strategy (SNBC). These documents describe France's energy and climate strategies for the next dec- ade, aiming for carbon neutrality by 2050 and a significant reduction in greenhouse gas emis...
A) A regulation that fits into an economic context 1) The EU certification project 2) The proposal for a European Committee on Artificial Intelligence B) The challenges of the IA Act draft 1) The challenge of the legal definition of AI 2) The challenge of a risk-based method of regulation PART 2: THE PYRAMID OF RISKS 1 st level: no risk 2 nd level:...
The Russian invasion of Ukraine was a shock to the EU gas market, as Russian gas supply dwindled and prices spiked. Previous exogenous shocks to the gas market resulted in policy reforms aimed at diversification and reducing dependency on Russian gas. However, their effectiveness was reduced. This study seeks to examine the policy changes under REP...
Tin is an important metal for society with a high risk of supply disruptions. It is, therefore, classified as a critical material in many parts of the world. An exception is the European Union, for which tin was classified as a non-critical material in 2023. However, there are many discrepancies in the literature regarding the definitions and value...
This PhD thesis focuses on the use of the term ‘European sovereignty’ by the Frenchgovernment in the context of its EU policy. My aim is to elucidate the practical meaningattached to this term by French political and administrative elites. Using 5719 primarysources (located between 1958 and 2023) where the term 'sovereignty' appears, as well as90 s...
V kmetijstvu se soočamo z dvema izzivoma. Uveljavlja se kmetijstvo 4.0, ki prinaša nov tehnološki razvoj, ki pa je trajnostno naravnan. Za izboljšanje ekonomskega položaja in družbenih zahtev trajnosti, se poslužuje novih digitalizacijskih pristopov. Digitalizacija tako omogoča uvedbo preciznega kmetijstva, ki omogoča boljše upravljanje s čredo in ...
En juin 2016, l’électorat britannique s’est prononcé en faveur d’une sortie de l’Union Européenne. Pourtant, au lendemain des résultats du référendum, on a pu observer un phénomène inédit au Royaume-Uni : une mobilisation militante pro-européenne.Principalement menée par des groupes locaux amateurs et peu politisés, la campagne Remain a, dans une c...
