Overview

Joint Action EUnetCCC, part of EU4Health, creates a European network of Comprehensive Cancer Centres (CCCs) to ensure the EU population accesses top‑level cancer care. Funded with €112 million (€90 million EC co‑funding) and involving 234 organisations from 27 EU states and four partners, it targets at least 100 certified CCCs—one per Member State—reaching 90 % patient coverage by 2028. CCCs combine prevention, treatment, research and education, promoting cross‑border collaboration and greater equity.

This event will showcase how EU4Health and Horizon Europe 'Health' projects in HaDEA’s portfolio work together on cardiovascular health, with a focus on their contribution to the main pillars of the EU Safe Hearts Plan.The event will be organised around panel discussions with involved projects and policy interventions from the European Commission's Directorate-General for Health and Food Safety (SANTE) and for Research and Innovation (RTD).Agenda and registration link will follow.

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The Global Bioeconomy Vision 2040 has been published at the Global Bioeconomy Summit 2026. This Vision is underpinned by three Global Bioeconomy Goals (Economic Sustainability, Climate and Nature Positive Action, Social Inclusion and Equity), each with Sub-goals, to guide understanding of how the bioeconomy can contribute to sustainable development worldwide, including at local and regional levels.

The International Advisory Council on Global Bioeconomy (IACGB) has published a review of global bioeconomy policy from 2024 to 2026, analysing 217 documents from 74 countries and macro-regions. Strategies keep spreading, especially across Africa, Latin America and Asia, while sub-national plans multiply. Geoeconomic concerns (competitiveness, strategic autonomy, resilience) are rising, risking tension with sustainability and inclusion. AI-biotech convergence, constrained public finance and the need for private investment shape implementation. A second generation of strategies and a common narrative are needed.

The Global Bioeconomy Summit 2026 (GBS2026) took place in Dublin, Ireland, on 20–21 October 2026, as a key event of the Irish Presidency of the Council of the European Union. It brought together over 1,900 delegates from more than 65 countries. The Summit explored how bio-based innovation move from discovery to scale, how enabling policies, investment and markets accelerate deployment, and how international cooperation helps address shared global challenges.

This study analyses the potential of organic agriculture (OA) for sustainable intensification and food security in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) and more specifically: a) how different organic interventions enable farmers to practice organic agriculture; b) how organic agriculture comparatively performs in terms of productivity and profitability.

This study analyses the potential of organic agriculture (OA) for sustainable intensification and food security in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) and more specifically: a) how different organic interventions enable farmers to practice organic agriculture; b) how organic agriculture comparatively performs in terms of productivity and profitability.

Blue foods include thousands of species of aquatic plants and animals, many of them rich in protein and micronutrients. This vast diversity offers enormous potential. Sustainably harvested blue foods can help achieve the SDGs by alleviating hunger and malnutrition; improving health; reducing pressure on oceans, water, land and climate; and maintaining or creating decent livelihoods for hundreds of millions of people worldwide.

Compound shocks are set to reshape global agrifood systems in 2026, driven by converging pressures from extreme weather, geopolitical conflicts, and fiscal constraints. This publication offers a timely analysis of how El Niño-induced weather anomalies, ongoing conflicts including the Ukraine war and Near East tensions, and economic strains such as debt crises and humanitarian funding cuts are collectively disrupting food production and trade. It highlights critical vulnerabilities and emerging risks that demand urgent attention.

As of August 2026, acute food insecurity remains at very high levels across many countries, according to the mid-year update of the Global Report on Food Crises 2026. The report points to conflict, insecurity and weather extremes as the main drivers, aggravated by high food and fertiliser prices. At the same time, new risks linked to the climate phenomenon El Niño, the Middle East conflicts and reduced humanitarian funding are expected to worsen conditions further in late 2026 and into 2027.

This paper by ActionAid synthesises the findings of an extensive review of uptake of agroecology in 10 African countries: Ethiopia, the Gambia, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Nigeria, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe.