Focus: COVID-19
We inaugurate a new format for EDJNet's newsletter: once a month, we send out a special newsletter with a thematic focus, while the standard newsletter comes out every two weeks. Here's the March focus.
Glocal climate change: methodology
EDJNet has done a data-driven analysis of rising temperatures in Italy between the 1960s and the 2010s, municipality by municipality. This note highlights the sources, the method and the techniques that were used
How to find the population-weighted centre of local administrative units
Centroids are sometimes quite far from the actual centre of a town or municipality. A presentation of another strategy to detect its coordinates, based on the European population grid.
COVID-19: dealing with gaps in the data
Since the data available on the coronavirus pandemic is patchy and incomplete, it needs to be approached with caution and an awareness of what it can – and cannot – tell us about the deadly virus.
Coronavirus: 5 decisions the EU should make right now
Calls have been coming from all sides for the EU to intervene in the COVID-19 crisis in the name of European solidarity. Although the Union has little room for manoeuvre in the public-health sphere, it can use the powerful lever of economic and monetary policy to counter the coming economic downturn.
Europe’s dependence on medicine imports
Most of the drugs sold worldwide come from India and China, where production is cheapest. As a result, Europe’s supply of medicines is in the hands of a few companies.
The “irresponsible” reliance of European Big pharma on China
The COVID-19 outbreak has revived fears over acute drug shortages in Europe, sparking calls to repatriate the production of pharmaceutical ingredients from China. But rebuilding capacity would take years, if it were even possible.
The countries where coronavirus is putting hospitals most under pressure
How prepared are European hospitals to manage a steep increase of intensive care hospitalizations, needed in severe cases of coronavirus syndrome? We have collected some data, but the picture is far from complete.
The long road to accessibility
According to the European Commission, 1 out of 5 European citizens has a disability which prevents them from fully taking part in society.
Climate crisis makes beaches disappear
Europe is set to lose up to 15,000 km of shoreline due to erosion. The UK, France, Greece, Spain and Italy will be especially affected. And European holidaymakers will find less sand on beaches during their trips to warm destinations around the world.
