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How desalination can help address the freshwater challenge
OceansWater
August 24, 2020

How desalination can help address the freshwater challenge

Fresh water is a scarce resource. While water covers 70% of our planet, only 3% of the world’s water is fresh water. Also, two-thirds of that 3% is hidden in glaciers or unavailable for drinking, bathing or irrigating our farm fields. As climate change will further increase the risk of droughts, changes in water availability are likely to intensify water stress.

Seawater desalination is expected to play a vital role in limiting the gap between water demand and supply. Sixteen thousand desalination plants are currently estimated to be active. These plants already produce 95 billion litres of desalinated water per day for human use.

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Realising long-term solutions for marine plastics pollution
Circular economyOceans
June 22, 2020

Realising long-term solutions for marine plastics pollution

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How COVID-19 exposed challenges for technology in education
EducationICT
June 1, 2020

How COVID-19 exposed challenges for technology in education

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SDG entrepreneurship fuelled by Copernicus Earth Observation
Geospatial data
May 18, 2020

SDG entrepreneurship fuelled by Copernicus Earth Observation

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Champions of change fighting for sustainable development
Conference
May 4, 2020

Champions of change fighting for sustainable development

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Ensuring sustainable drinking water supply in rural areas
Water
April 20, 2020

Ensuring sustainable drinking water supply in rural areas

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How desalination can help address the freshwater challenge
OceansWater
August 24, 2020

How desalination can help address the freshwater challenge

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Realising long-term solutions for marine plastics pollution
Circular economyOceans
June 22, 2020

Realising long-term solutions for marine plastics pollution

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How COVID-19 exposed challenges for technology in education
EducationICT
June 1, 2020

How COVID-19 exposed challenges for technology in education

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SDG entrepreneurship fuelled by Copernicus Earth Observation
Geospatial data
May 18, 2020

SDG entrepreneurship fuelled by Copernicus Earth Observation

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Champions of change fighting for sustainable development
Conference
May 4, 2020

Champions of change fighting for sustainable development

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Ensuring sustainable drinking water supply in rural areas
Water
April 20, 2020

Ensuring sustainable drinking water supply in rural areas

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Expert stories

Envisioning progress towards the SDGs

Eva Kaili
Policy making

Making digital transformation work for the benefit of all citizens

Eva Kaili

Chair of the Future of Science and Technology Panel, European Parliament

As we move from one innovation wave to the next one, disruptive digital transformations are increasingly challenging traditional systems – up to the point of destroying the link between employment and income. We have to ensure technological innovation fosters inclusive growth.

That’s why, with the EU, we need to create a unique competitive advantage through innovation-friendly regulation that respect citizens’ social rights and individual rights. And we need to invest in social infrastructure, supporting social entrepreneurship and other areas of the social economy.

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Making digital transformation work for the benefit of all citizens

Eva Kaili

Chair of the Future of Science and Technology Panel, European Parliament

As we move from one innovation wave to the next one, disruptive digital transformations are increasingly challenging traditional systems – up to the point of destroying the link between employment and income. We have to ensure technological innovation fosters inclusive growth.

That’s why, with the EU, we need to create a unique competitive advantage through innovation-friendly regulation that respect citizens’ social rights and individual rights. And we need to invest in social infrastructure, supporting social entrepreneurship and other areas of the social economy.

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Alain Bernard
Industry

Pushing the boundaries of innovation to drive blue growth

Alain Bernard

Director, DEME

DEME continues to explore new horizons, looking for new ways to deploy its knowledge and expertise. Focused on its core strengths, DEME develops innovative solutions addressing global, worldwide challenges that relate to specific SDGs: rising sea levels, a growing population, CO2 emissions, polluted rivers and soils, and the scarcity of mineral resources.

DEME’s policy to develop such innovative solutions for blue growth is to reach out and join forces with partners to work across sectors and disciplines.

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Pushing the boundaries of innovation to drive blue growth

Alain Bernard

Director, DEME

DEME continues to explore new horizons, looking for new ways to deploy its knowledge and expertise. Focused on its core strengths, DEME develops innovative solutions addressing global, worldwide challenges that relate to specific SDGs: rising sea levels, a growing population, CO2 emissions, polluted rivers and soils, and the scarcity of mineral resources.

DEME’s policy to develop such innovative solutions for blue growth is to reach out and join forces with partners to work across sectors and disciplines.

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Karl Vrancken
Research

Building strong foundations for a globally connected circular economy

Karl Vrancken

Research Manager Sustainable Materials, VITO

Circular economy research efforts go far beyond matters of technology. There is no choice, really, as circular economy is indispensable in realising sustainable consumption and production patterns.

Networking and engaging in stakeholder processes have enabled researchers to put circular economy central on the policy agenda. Developing research alliances and learning from local circular economy initiatives help them build a strong basis for implementing smart circular economy practices. By setting up business innovation projects, they encourage entrepreneurs to develop sustainable business models.

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Building strong foundations for a globally connected circular economy

Karl Vrancken

Research Manager Sustainable Materials, VITO

Circular economy research efforts go far beyond matters of technology. There is no choice, really, as circular economy is indispensable in realising sustainable consumption and production patterns.

Networking and engaging in stakeholder processes have enabled researchers to put circular economy central on the policy agenda. Developing research alliances and learning from local circular economy initiatives help them build a strong basis for implementing smart circular economy practices. By setting up business innovation projects, they encourage entrepreneurs to develop sustainable business models.

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Discovery of geothermal systems
EnergyICT
October 20, 2020

Discovery of geothermal systems

A holistic toolkit powered by machine learning

Building on decades of successful research to develop exploration tools for the geothermal industry, the Great Basin Center for Geothermal Energy is set on accelerating the discovery of commercially viable geothermal systems.

The Center plans to develop a best practices workflow that combines boots-on-the-ground mapping with advanced analytical techniques. This should result in a playbook for industry combining play fairway analysis, machine learning, advanced geostatistics and other techniques into a comprehensive and holistic exploration toolkit.

Source: Think GeoEnergy
Making infrastructure smart
Circular EconomyClimateICT
October 13, 2020

Making infrastructure smart

People, connectivity, sustainability and digitalisation

Source: World Economic Forum
Accelerating sustainable development
Circular EconomyHealthICT
October 6, 2020

Accelerating sustainable development

3 areas where blockchain could be an SDG game changer

Source: World Economic Forum
Saving our forests
ClimateICT
September 29, 2020

Saving our forests

Solutions emerging from UpLink Trillion Trees Challenge

Source: World Economic Forum
Fresh water shortage
OceansWater
September 22, 2020

Fresh water shortage

Keeping a vital lifeline flowing worldwide

Source: Forbes
Renewable energy generation
Energy
September 18, 2020

Renewable energy generation

Flexibility and storage are what matters most

Source: VITO
Discovery of geothermal systems
EnergyICT
October 20, 2020

Discovery of geothermal systems

A holistic toolkit powered by machine learning

Source: Think GeoEnergy
Making infrastructure smart
Circular EconomyClimateICT
October 13, 2020

Making infrastructure smart

People, connectivity, sustainability and digitalisation

Source: World Economic Forum
Accelerating sustainable development
Circular EconomyHealthICT
October 6, 2020

Accelerating sustainable development

3 areas where blockchain could be an SDG game changer

Source: World Economic Forum
Saving our forests
ClimateICT
September 29, 2020

Saving our forests

Solutions emerging from UpLink Trillion Trees Challenge

Source: World Economic Forum
Fresh water shortage
OceansWater
September 22, 2020

Fresh water shortage

Keeping a vital lifeline flowing worldwide

Source: Forbes
Renewable energy generation
Energy
September 18, 2020

Renewable energy generation

Flexibility and storage are what matters most

Source: VITO
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The G-STIC conference is hosted jointly by VITO (the prime research and technology organization on cleantech and sustainable development in Belgium) and 7 other not-for-profit independent technology research institutes: ACTS (African Centre for Technology Studies, Kenya), FIOCRUZ (Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Brazil), GIEC (Guangzhou Institute of Energy Conversion, China), GIST (Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology, South Korea), IITD (Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, India), NACETEM (National Centre for Technology Management, Nigeria) and TERI (The Energy and Resources Institute, India).

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