by Teuvo Tuomi | Jul 20, 2024 | News, Business, Economy, Finland, Innovation, Trade, Visions
Master of Laws, Master of Science Lassi Noponen has been appointed Director General of the Innovation Funding Agency Business Finland. His five-year term will start on 1 September 2024. Noponen has made a long career in corporate management and responsibility tasks....
by Teuvo Tuomi | Jul 12, 2024 | Climate, Business, China, Energy, Environment, Lifestyle, News, Sustainability, Visions
Almost 25 million green power certificates, corresponding to 24.8 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity generated from renewable sources, have been traded in the last week of June on the Guangzhou Power Exchange Center in Guangdong province. This marks China’s...
by Teuvo Tuomi | Jul 10, 2024 | Indonesia, Business, Economy, Investment, News, Society, Visions
The US$32 billion Nusantara Capital City (IKN) project has met with another delay, as key infrastructure remains incomplete just weeks before its planned inauguration in mid-August in East Kalimantan. President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo says that the issuance of a...
by Teuvo Tuomi | Jul 7, 2024 | Innovation, Environment, News, Technology, Thailand, Tourism, Visions, Weather
A new alert system that can send out messages to all mobile phone users in the event of an emergency or disaster will be introduced in Thailand next year, according to the government. Cell broadcast technology allows emergency warnings to be sent to all devices...
by Teuvo Tuomi | Jun 30, 2024 | Finland, Climate, Environment, News, Reports, Visions
Finland is falling behind on meeting its 2035 carbon neutrality goal and must take more action, particularly in land use, an annual government report shows. The report says that additional reduction required to attain the 2035 neutrality would amount to half of...
by Teuvo Tuomi | Jun 26, 2024 | China, Infrastructure, News, Transportation, Travel, Vietnam, Visions
Work on a 1,500-kilometer high-speed rail link between the northern and southern regions will start in 2026 or 2027, Vietnam’s Minister of Transport Nguyen Van Thang says. Work is set to begin next year, connecting China with the northern province of Lao Cai,...
