National Biotechnology Week has just ended, and across Canada numerous discussions addressed the issues confronting this industry. The term biotechnology refers to “the application of science and technology to living organisms as well as parts, products and models thereof, to alter living or...

Nem állt meg a negatív tendencia, a legfrissebb adatok szerint a világon az éhezők száma tovább növekszik. Egybehangzó vélemények szerint a fő élelmezésbiztonsági probléma nem a megtermelt élelmiszer hiánya, hanem annak nem megfelelő elosztása. Ivóvíz, valamint elegendő...

Information comes to us from millions of sources all over the world and through every possible channel of communication. The world of business tends to rely on language nowadays. In a world of information businesses can be successful or not if they are able to share knowledge, overcome...

China has become the world׳s largest CO2 emitter since 2006, and will continue to keep a rapid economic expansion with increasing energy consumption and emissions. China is facing the increasingly worse environment and rising pressure of emission reduction from home and abroad. Recent years...

With the rapid growing number of automobiles, new energy vehicle is becoming one of approaches to mitigate the dependence of the auto industry on petroleum so as to reduce pollutant emissions. The Chinese government has promulgated a number of policies from the perspectives of industrial...

Air transport describes an inevitable part in the day to day life of the modern world. It is highly responsible for the worldwide social contacts and business developments. The use of petroleum fuels as energy source for air transport is not sustainable. Aviation is one of the leading...

Stress testing has become an essential and very prominent tool in the analysis of financial sector stability and development of financial sector policy. Starting with 2010 stress test led by the Committee of European Banking Supervisors (CEBS), and reinforced by 2011 stress test and the bank...

Climate change is now a reality, and is already having devastating effects on the natural environment and human populations across the world. Many studies (Maathai, 2006; UNFCC 2006; CCDI 2007; IPCC 2007 and UNDP 2009) have confirmed that Africa contributes the least to global warming but the region is the...