UNESCO's Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission launched the United Nations Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development in 2021 to boost global and sustainable Ocean governance. The initiative resulted from historical and political dynamics at the global and lower political scales, with maritime environmental and economic concerns becoming more prominent in 2010. The Ocean Decade's pillars include s...
As relações formais da China com a Europa comunitária tiveram início em 1975, ainda antes da “abertura ao mundo” encetada por Deng Xiaoping. Dessa aproximação estratégica viriam a resultar intensas ligações, sobretudo comerciais, beneficiando as duas partes. Ao longo ciclo de convergência política, económica e diplomática nas relações sino-europeias sucedeu uma União Europeia (UE) mais crítica da China. A compe...
This special issue is a result of the challenging times that we live in and the possibility of a transformation of the global order, in which the EU and China will both play determinant roles. The researchers participating in this special issue reflect on the topics mentioned above and problematize the impact of this conjuncture on the present and future of EU China relations.
The People’s Republic of China and countries of the European Union (EU) have signed multiple diplomatic documents for cooperation under different types of conception. France was the first EU country to start a comprehensive partnership with China in 1997, and, by 2021, among the 27 EU member countries, 19 had already established partnerships with China (the exceptions were Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg...
Noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) present a major public health challenge, prompting their inclusion in the United Nations’ 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. In response, the World Health Organization (WHO) has implemented various initiatives, including a comprehensive monitoring framework with global targets and indicators. However, the extent to which these initiatives have shaped the scientific discours...
No ano em que se completam os vinte anos sobre a transição de soberania de Macau, importa refletir sobre os novos papéis daquela Região Administrativa Especial da República Popular da China. Macau sofreu grandes transformações nestas duas últimas décadas. A mais conhecida de todas foi indubitavelmente o crescimento do setor do jogo e a proliferação de casinos por todo o território da Região Administrativa Espec...
Seaports were, for centuries, the most continuous exchange platform between Europe, Africa and America. Port cities emerge as structures and social constructions with their own characteristics. Taking them as study foci favours the debate of issues related to urban and social complexity, as they usually bring together marks of diversity, both human and cultural, and for this reason they present themselves as pr...