World News

2020年02月25日

+STI Policy Articles Overseas (February 13-19, 2020) collected by CRDS

Center for Research and Development Strategy (CRDS)

This page is for weekly articles collected by the Center for R&D Strategies (CRDS) whose mission is to monitor, examine, and analyze the trends of 'STI and Society' and the policies in Japan and overseas. Based on the analyses, CRDS comes up with problems to be solved and proposes the solution and strategies to the government. The following articles are expected to be of help to those involved in STI policymaking activies.


UK : GOV.UK
Latest updates on ministerial appointments: February 2020
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/latest-updates-on-ministerial-appointments-13-february-2020

UK : GOV.UK
£1.2 billion for the world's most powerful weather and climate supercomputer
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/12-billion-for-the-worlds-most-powerful-weather-and-climate-supercomputer　

UK : UK Reseasrch and Innovation
Powering towards Net zero: Pioneering energy projects get the green light
https://www.ukri.org/news/powering-towards-net-zero-pioneering-energy-projects-get-the-green-light/

USA : Environment Protection Agency (EPA)
EPA highlights projects funded by the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative in 2019
https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/epa-highlights-projects-funded-great-lakes-restoration-initiative-2019　

Germany : Federal Ministry of Eucation and Research (BMBF)
10 German Research Networks exhibiting at AI Expo in Tokyo
https://www.internationales-buero.de/en/5925.php

USA : Department of Energy (DOE)
Department of Energy Announces $50 Million for Fusion Energy R&D
https://www.energy.gov/articles/department-energy-announces-50-million-fusion-energy-rd

USA : DOE
Department of Energy Announces $38.5 Million to Develop Technology to Rehabilitate Natural Gas Distribution Pipelines
https://www.energy.gov/articles/department-energy-announces-385-million-develop-technology-rehabilitate-natural-gas

USA : DOE
Department of Energy to Provide $100 Million for Solar Fuels Research
https://www.energy.gov/articles/department-energy-provide-100-million-solar-fuels-research

EU : European Commission
EU invests more than €100 million in new LIFE Programme projects to promote a green and climate-neutral Europe
https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/IP_20_251