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Last week, the Commission presented a proposal on how to integrate the landmark Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction Agreement into EU law. Click for more.

The Commission yesterday published several key documents related to the implementation of the EUDR

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On 6 December, the European Commission adopted the Horizon Europe work programme 2023-24, announcing €13.5 billion investment for research and innovation action, with the first calls for proposals on Zero Pollution now being open.

Are you passionate about climate action and sustainability? Then this photo competition is for you! The main aim is to celebrate climate action in all parts of Europe and reward citizens who are actively fighting climate change at the local level. Deadline to apply: 28 June!

The European Business Awards for the Environment (EBAE) are now open. The awards celebrate businesses for their eco-innovation and their respect for the environment as a core business principle. And this year there is a new award category for Business and Biodiversity!

Natura 2000 is a Europe-wide netwrok of over 27,800 nature conservation areas. It covers almost a fifth of Europe’s land area and nearly 10% of the surounding seas. The European Natura 2000 Award honours conservation achievements and rewards excellence in the management and promotion of the Natura 2000 network.

The Green Public Procurement (GPP) Helpdesk has launched a short survey to gather feedback from our subscribers on both the News Alert in general and the case studies in particular. We want to hear about your experience with the News Alert. Don't miss the opportunity to give us your feedback!

On 1 December, the Commission launched the largest public consultation ever held on the past, present and future of the EU's Horizon research and innovation programmes 2014-2027. It is open for 12 weeks and contributes to the final evaluation of Horizon 2020, the interim evaluation of Horizon Europe, and lays the groundwork for preparation of the Horizon Europe Strategic Plan 2025-27. The survey is still open for a few more days and Zero Pollution Stakeholders are welcome to provided their feedback at the link:

Business for Nature invites businesses from all sectors, geographies, and of all sizes to respond to a policy consultation and share their views on: 1) Reducing negative direct impacts; 2) The role to be played by SMEs; 3) Addressing environmentally harmful subsidies; 4) Mechanisms to incentivize sustainable use and penalise negative impacts; and 5) Legislation on deforestation and conversion free supply chains.

The Biodiversity Strategy for 2030 set the target to make at least 25 000km of rivers free-flowing again by 2030. This brochure supports all actors involved to achieve this target.

The overall objective of this service is to improve the uptake of new scientific findings in environment policy development and its implementation and to improve the Science-Policy Interface in general.

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The Biodiversity Action Plan Monitoring Tool (BAP-Monitor) aims to guide actions to regenerate biodiversity through examples of targets, measures and methods for gathering data, simple scoring system, statistics and graphics.

Capitals Coalition announces the start of the business implementation program for the UN TEEBAagriFood project. TEEBAagriFood – The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity for Agriculture and Food – is a study which aims to provide a comprehensive economic evaluation of the eco-agri-food systems nexus.

Interview with Fergal Grogan, from the Office Government for Procurement (OGP), Ireland. The OGP operates as part of the Department of Public Expenditure NDP Delivery and Reform, and aims to shape a future for public procurement that is transparent and socially, environmentally and economically sustainable. Last year, the OGP hosted a workshop in Ireland as part of the Public Procurement Dialogues project, which culminated in the publication of Ireland’s Strategic Public Procurement Roadmap earlier this year.

Interview with Uwe Flach, who is the project manager of the PPE+ programme and the Head of Consulting, Organisational Development & International Affairs at Austria's Federal Procurement Agency (BBG), the central purchasing body for the public sector in Austria. BBG is part of the Consortium implementing PPE+ Europe 2024 - 2028, which aims to enhance the strategic procurement capabilities of centralised procurement organisations across Europe.

Interview with Sandra Simões, Member of the Board of Directors of the Institute of Public Markets, Real Estate and Construction (IMPIC). Ms Simões participates in the Community of Practice on Social Procurement Community in the framework of BBWT project, which supports collaboration between public procurers with large purchasing power and promotes wider use of strategic public procurement for innovative and sustainable solutions.