Future Europe

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

·        how saving money motives people to save energy

·        how climate action can be triggered by a combination of supply-side and demand-side incentives.

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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 develop to attract innovation and funding

·        how one company is making toys designed to attract children—and girls, in particular—to science

·        what makes the perfect environment for learning at kindergarten level

·        and of course if you just like cute kids.

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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 synthetic fertilizers can cut energy consumption

·        the weight of one sunflower seed

·        the social impact of a project to cut food waste by 50%

·        and what happens to the rest of the tomato, after the restaurant puts a single slice on your burger.

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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 and automated vehicles

·        How an “open-tolling” highway saves fuel consumption and makes driving safer

·        What the world’s fastest electric car sounds like

·        And how an Italian company works to eliminate “range anxiety” for e-drivers.

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Find out how an EIB loan helped make the Internet educational and safer in countries around the world.

• Upstream plans to give billions of people around world mobile internet access
• Company also offers safe online surfing and transactions 

For more information visit eib.org/future-europe.

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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

•            A Czech Bank uses its contacts and local knowledge to lead the project

For more information visit eib.org/future-europe.

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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

For more information visit eib.org/future-europe.

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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 needed for a growing population

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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 EIB funding

For more information visit eib.org/future-europe.

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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, from kindergarten onwards

•     Providing further support and care for the elderly – in a country with the most rapidly ageing population in Europe!

For more information visit eib.org/future-europe.

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