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The ozone layer is recovering, and research in Africa will get new funding
How much is being invested in the green transition, how much the ozone layer has recovered, and doctoral inequalities at US universities. We look at some figures from the world of science and scholarship.
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300
million US dollars is the sum that the countries of the African Union would like to invest in a fund to support science, technology, innovation and education. It was decided by the relevant ministers at a recent meeting in Johannesburg.
14%
of projects funded by the ERC through Horizon 2020 promoted the so-called ‘green transition’ that aims to combat global warming and promote biodiversity, clean energy, sustainable mobility and a secure food supply.
50
years is how long it will take until the ozone layer recovers to pre-1980 levels, according to researchers quoted in an online article for Deutsche Welle. But this is only if we keep to the goals stipulated in international treaties.
80%
of all academics at US universities were awarded their doctorate from just 20 percent of universities, according to a study published in Nature about inequalities among US university staff from 2011 to 2020.
