This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. The European Commission has approved, under EU State aid rules, a €6.5 billion German scheme to partially compensate energy-intensive companies to address the risk of carbon leakage from higher fuel prices resulting from the German fuel emission trading system (‘German fuel ETS’). The German […]State aid: Commission approves €6.5 billion German scheme to address carbon leakage risk for energy-intensive companies resulting from national fuel emission trading system
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This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. The European Commission has approved, under EU State aid rules, a €6.5 billion German scheme to partially compensate energy-intensive companies to address the risk of carbon leakage from higher fuel prices resulting from the German fuel emission trading system (‘German fuel ETS’). The German […]2023’s top risks 6 months on – according to Chief Risk Officers
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This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Kate Whiting, Senior Writer, Forum Agenda Halfway through 2023, chief risk officers (CROs) are most worried about “continuing volatility in geopolitical and geoeconomic relations between major economies”, while most of them are anticipating “upheavals at a global scale”. […]How wildfire risk and extreme heat is changing the insurance industry
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This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Daniel Murphy, Risk and Resilience Specialist, World Economic Forum Climate change poses a conundrum for the insurance industry. Extreme weather events have been occurring with heightened frequency, severity and unpredictability in recent years, upending the climate models and […]Could fear of AI pose the biggest risk of all to humanity?
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This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Mika Lauhde, Head of Technology, International Committee of the Red Cross A version of this article originally appeared in Huawei’s magazine, Transform. Few technologies generate the fear factor induced by artificial intelligence (AI).But excessive caution creates another risk: […]Mental Health and Suicide Prevention: How can we reduce the risk?
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This article was exclusively written for The European Sting by Ms. Tashfeen Nasira, a third-year medical student currently studying at Amna Inayat Medical College, Pakista. She is affiliated with the International Federation of Medical Students Associations (IFMSA), cordial partner of The Sting. The opinions expressed in this piece belong strictly to the writers and do not necessarily […]Eliminating the Risks of Substance Use: Harm Reduction Approach
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This article was exclusively written for The European Sting by Ms. Laveeza Fatima, a 19 years old medical student at Allama Iqbal Medical College, Pakistan. She is affiliated with the International Federation of Medical Students Associations (IFMSA), cordial partner of The Sting. The opinions expressed in this piece belong strictly to the writers and do not necessarily […]Cancer research put at risk by General Data Protection Regulation? The possible dangers of a data privacy EU mania
July 30, 2014 by Leave a Comment
One of the most important debate topics of the last months in the EU has been data privacy and data protection regulation. Whether it was for a major trade agreement proposal or for the biggest search engine of the world, it makes no difference since all data privacy stakeholders have been always kept busy. Having remained basically static for […]
