Future Europe

Explore why accelerating energy efficiency renovations is one of the fastest and most effective ways to cut energy demand, reduce emissions and lower energy bills.

The podcast looks at why renovation rates remain too low, what’s holding back households, businesses and cities, and how investment and public support can help unlock action. We also examine the role of digital tools and artificial intelligence in planning renovations...

Climate Solutions 2122 is going to blow your mind. Coming to you from 100 years into the future, the podcast tells you about the new technologies that are going to make it possible to beat climate change. And they’re already being developed as you listen to this podcast. Subscribe to Climate Solutions 2122 on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music and all other major podcast platforms. Find out how you’re going t...

Listen to this episode of Future Europe if you want to know:

·        How the Tallin airport is becoming more eco-friendly

·        How the La Mure line in France is reshaping the economy of a whole community in a sustainable way

·        … and why Londoners (and not only) are so enthusiast about Crossrail, a new hig...

Listen to this episode of Future Europe if you want to know:

-         how Ilunion improves the lives of disabled people and gives them jobs across Spain

-         how food waste factory Verspillingsfabriek is changing food production and making a social impact

-         …and why prunes that are 3 mili...

Listen to this episode of Future Europe if you want to know:

·        how renovating and improving educational institutions, museums, entertainment centers and concert halls inspires teachers and students and makes citizens feel better about the future

·        how future culture investments revitalize city centers and regenerate old architecture

· &n...

Listen to this episode of Future Europe if you want to know:

·        how tomorrow’s doctors and nurses are being trained (you had better listen, because you may need them to save your life one day…)

·        how nurses practice for births with a doll and a recording of a woman yelling at them in pain, so they’ll learn how to deal with stress—and how to d...

Listen to this episode of Future Europe if you want to know:

·        How a Swedish company expanded small business electronic payments for shops and cafés to sell their products

·        How cash-free is Sweden? Very. Hear how that happened

·        How the European Investment Bank gave early support to the small bu...

For the future of energy, we need to be sure that our supply is secure and that we use it efficiently. Three projects in Lithuania, the Czech Republic and Romania illustrate how the EU bank is financing projects Help achieve these goals.

Listen to this episode if you want to know:

·        how alternative sources of energy can boost energy security

·       &nbs...

From massive university projects to science toys, here’s how future education will change the way we learn. This special episode of Future Europe examines how future education will change, and shows you the projects from across Europe that illustrate these changes as they’re happening now. Listen to this episode of Future Europe if you want to know:

·        how schools and universities will d...

From using wasted food to lasers that sort through tonnes of sunflower seeds, here’s how future food will be produced—and how it might taste. This special episode of Future Europe examines how future food will change, and shows you the projects from across Europe that illustrate these changes as they’re happening now. Listen to this episode of Future Europe if you want to know:

·        how sy...

From range anxiety to open-tolling, here’s how companies are making future driving safer and more sustainable. This special episode of Future Europe examines how future driving will change, and shows you the projects from across Europe that illustrate these changes as they’re happening now. Listen to this episode of Future Europe if you want to know:

·        How companies test new electronic ...

Find out how a new EIB financial instrument supports companies that want to consume less energy:  

•            Businesses in the Czech Republic can receive loans at good rates to lower energy use

•            Lending facility helps small and medium firms in a range of sectors

•    &...

Find out how innovative research and development into green technologies will change the global automotive industry.

•        Automated, electric cars are solutions for a zero-emission future in our cities. Here’s how they’re being developed in Austria

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Find out how scientists at a 78-year-old Danish company are developing innovative solutions for today’s environmental concerns:

•  Without fertilizer world could feed only 4 billion of its current 7 billion people

•  Innovative technology cuts energy consumption for the production of ammonia (for fertilizers) by 3%

•  Energy efficient ammonia means less greenhouse gas produced in making the fertilizers ne...

Find out how the EU bank, with its Cyprus university finance, is helping young Cypriots stay on their island—even after the financial crisis—to build the island’s future:

•      The number of students studying at the University of Cyprus has grown from 486 to over 10,000 in the last 15 years

•      Eight major building projects are underway, with 75% of the costs covered by ...

Find out how the design and construction of new facilities countrywide is helping Finland respond to a growing, and aging, population:

•     Constructing over 58 new premises across the country as it faces an ever-increasing demand for care facilities both for young and old

•     Designing and constructing bright, clean and modern buildings tailor-made to the requirements of the users...