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New Campaign will Inspire Business to Value Nature

25 November 2018

The European Commission has provided over €2 million over the next three years to support a new collaborative campaign, We Value Nature.

The campaign has been launched during natural capital week in Paris by: The Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW), World...

Mainstreaming Biodiversity Goals for the Private Sector

20 November 2018

How do we make international biodiversity goals relevant to businesses?

A new joint report from the Valuing Nature Programme, Joint Nature Conservation Committee, and the University of Oxford analyses avenues of action that businesses can take to manage their own biodiversity impacts and...

New Solutions to Extreme Climate Change Published

7 November 2018

The 5-year EU-funded project IMPRESSIONS, which studied high-end solutions to extreme climate change, has launched a new online resource. The resource is openly available at http://www.highendsolutions.eu and twelve explanatory videos are available to view on YouTube .

The project...

The URBES project wins the BiodivERsA Prize for Excellence and Impact

18 October 2018

The URBES project has been awarded the opportunity to present their work in an animated video as part of the BiodivERsA Prize for Excellence and Impact.

The URBES project demonstrated, for the first time at this scale, the importance and the value of ecosystem services and nature-based...

Launch: BiodivERsA launch call on Biodiversity and its influence on animal, human and plant health

2 October 2018

BiodivERsA has announced their 2018-2019 Joint Call on the theme: Biodiversity and its influence on animal, human and plant health .

17 funding organisations from 12 countries have provisionally reserved 10 to 12 million Euros for this call. The countries participating are: Austria,...

Launch: Natural Capital Protocol – Forest Products Sector Guide

1 August 2018

New Guide shows how the forest products sector can value nature into their business decision-making.

The World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) and the members of the Forest Solutions Group (FSG) today launch the Forest Products sector Guide to the Natural Capital Protocol,...

Nominations open for the Pathfinder Award for Innovation in Conservation

1 August 2018

Pathfinder Award for Innovation in Conservation has been launched by The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), the World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA), and WildArk . The award celebrates, honours and supports individuals,...

Lake Cap-de-Long in French Hautes-Pyrenees, At an elevation of 2161 m its 130 deap. Its created by grate dam used for hydroelectric energy station.

State of Water report published by EEA

24 July 2018

European waters getting cleaner, but big challenges remain

The 'state of water' report published by the European Environment Agency shows that despite progress in improving the quality of Europe’s lakes, rivers, coastal waters and groundwater sources, threats such as pollution, structures like...

Study released on future changes in flood, heatwave, and drought impacts on European citites

18 July 2018

A team of Newcastle University researchers have released a study that assesses the future changes in flood, heatwave, and drought impacts for 571 European cities, finding that heatwave days will increase across all cities. Additionally, the high-end climate change scenario projects that most...

City Finance Lab opens its first call for ideas

21 June 2018

The City Finance Lab (CFL), a joint venture between EIT Climate-KIC and South Pole, has opened its first call for cutting edge climate finance solutions for cities.

Selected ideas will be announced in early September and will receive guidance to develop and improve their proposals from...