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.
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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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To celebrate the 30th anniversary of the LIFE Programme, the #LIFEis30 exhibition showcases powerful images from some of the most innovative, inspirational, and effective LIFE projects. Check it out!
Explore different types of subsidies in use across the EU Member States and those that can be considered harmful to the environment.
Financing environmental projects is essential for their success. Consult this guide to assess the funding opportunities that address the environmental objectives of the European Green Deal.
Containing guidance, examples and funding opportunities, this document aims to support EU countries and other actors involved in river restoration to achieve the target of making at least 25 000 km of rivers free-flowing again by 2030.
Get your products and technologies verified!
The Scientific and Technical Centre for Building (CSTB) is an ETV verification body headquartered in Marne-la-Vallée, France.
FuturaMat is a bioplastic compounder based near Poitiers, France, that develops and markets bioplastics in order to both use renewable raw materials and provide an alternative to using fossil fuel resources.
The new LIFEproETV project supports the promotion, market acceptance and recognition of ETV. It aims to explore the potential of Environmental Technology Verification (ETV), communicate it to stakeholders and thereby boost the market acceptance and recognition of the scheme.
A beginner's guide on business and biodiversity for business. This report outlines the major risks that biodiversity loss poses for businesses and presents a guide on the opportunities for businesses that aspire to become biodiversity-positive.
Dear Subscriber, Don't miss the European Commission virtual seminar on the ‘search for sustainable buildings’ at EU Green Week. It will explain the New European Bauhaus initiative by the Commission, set up to explore how real building projects can make a difference by applying principles based on “beautiful, sustainable, together”. In this session we will also outline how Level(s) can support the Bauhaus initiative, as it provides a robust and tried and tested methodology to assess and report on the sustainability and circularity of buildings.
The Cambridge Institute for Sustainable Leadership (CISL) has published a risk framework and guide to nature-related financial risks – the Handbook for Nature-related Financial Risks - which has been co-created with University of Cambridge academics and members of CISL’s Investment Leaders Group and Banking Environment Initiative to ensure it is practitioner led and useful to the market.
The EU Business @ Biodiversity Platform has started collecting case studies, i.e., real life applications by businesses and financial institutions of biodiversity measurement approaches. The first 16 case studies are now available. They are accompanied by summary descriptions of measurement tools.
As the loss of biodiversity becomes ever more urgent, financial institutions are looking for ways to quantify the impact of their finance and investment activities on biodiversity. To help them better understand the variety of biodiversity measurement approaches for financial institutions, the EU Finance@Biodiversity Community and the signatories of the Finance for Biodiversity Pledge have developed the Guide on biodiversity measurement approaches.
The third report of the “Assessment of Biodiversity Measurement Approaches for Businesses and Financial Institutions” series is out now! Join the presentation webinar on 16 March.
A new report from Portfolio Earth titled “Bankrolling Extinction” details the role of the banking sector in the biodiversity crisis. Another recent report from ShareAction titled “Point of No Returns – Biodiversity” evaluates asset managers’ approaches to biodiversity and similarly finds that the asset management sector’s approach to biodiversity is critically underdeveloped.