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LIFE Programme
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Newsletter
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In this issue
- November 2017
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This issue of LIFEnews looks forward to EU Green Week 2018. It also reports on LIFE’s latest contributions to the circular economy, notably supporting events at COP23, Ecomondo and the European Week of Waste Reduction.
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Highlight
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Join EU Green Week 2018 and show off your city
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The next EU Green Week will run from 22-24 May 2018. Join Europe’s environmental transition with your own Partner Event on “Green Cities for a greener future” in the month before. Save the date and check online for details.
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News
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Ecomondo breathes LIFE into the circular economy
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From turning old tyres into surfaces for new roads, and recycling poultry manure in the tanning industry to soften leather, this year’s visitors at the Ecomondo exhibition in Rimini, Italy, saw how the LIFE programme was turning the circular economy into reality with a raft of innovative projects.
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Sign up for European Industry Day
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Get your business out there by organising an event or policy workshop for European Industry Week. The event offers a forum for smart, innovative and sustainable industry in Europe, and can help your firm remain competitive in the global age.
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LIFE’s Talanoa dialogue at COP23
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Climate talks get personal this year as Fiji’s presidency of the 23rd Conference of Parties calls for participation from citizens and civil society. On cue, the LIFE Programme held a side-event in which NGOs, academics and private companies swapped tips on taking climate action.
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Events
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5 December
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LIFE Elia-RTE closing conference on power lines and nature conservation
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Belgium’s largest electricity transmission operator will hold a conference to conclude the LIFE Elia-RTE project. The event will provide an overview of more than six years work in the electricity transmission sector reconciling electrical safety with the protection of biodiversity.
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5 - 6 February 2018
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21st European Forum on Eco-innovation
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This year’s European Forum on Eco-innovation invites companies and public authorities to examine solutions for improving air quality. Innovators will present technologies, business models and governance plans to raise air quality to new standards.
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Project news
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Italian communities prepare for the flood
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Climate change is making floods in the north of Italy more frequent and less predictable. As part of the LIFE-funded PRIMES project, communities are learning to read early warning systems and respond together to future emergencies.
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Happy European Week of Waste Reduction
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The 9th edition of the European Week for Waste Reduction (EWWR) has swept across Europe. The past week have seen over 13 000 events pull in crowds of volunteers to reduce waste, reuse products and recycle materials.
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Stinky mushrooms introduce ice-age bogs
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Nature lovers visiting Fenn's, Whixall and Bettisfield Mosses in Wales, have celebrated 25 years of LIFE-funded conservation work with a stroll through prehistoric peatlands. Visitors were introduced to the site’s heritage by hosts as unlikely as creepy crawlies and reeking fungi.
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About this e-mail
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