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The 2026 edition of the Summit will take place in Dublin, Ireland on 20-21 October 2026 at the Convention Centre Dublin, during Ireland’s Presidency of the Council of the European Union. The Irish Governament (Departments of Climate, Energy, and the Environment and Agriculture, Food, and the Marine) and the International Advisory Council of the Global Bioeconomy (IACGB) will jointly organise the summit.
This report, produced by Bio-based Industries Consortium in cooperation with Zero Waste Europe, argues that if the EU is serious about its food waste, climate, and circular economy goals, it must make those who profit from selling food take financial and operational responsibility for preventing food from becoming waste.
To reverse current challenges in the plastics recycling sector, urgent action is needed to facilitate recycling, the uptake of recycled materials and to promote innovation, including in recyclable bio-based plastics. These efforts are aligned with the EU Bioeconomy Strategy and are supported through research and innovation funding under Horizon Europe, which has financed the development of new bio-based plastics for different applications. Such innovation complements broader measures to strengthen circularity, competitiveness and resilience across the plastics value chain.
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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.
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The increasing threat of soil degradation presents significant challenges to soil health, especially within agroecosystems that are vital for food security, climate regulation, and economic stability. This growing concern arises from intricate interactions between land use practices and climatic conditions, which, if not addressed, could jeopardize sustainable development and environmental resilience.
The article India’s agroecology programme, ‘Zero Budget Natural Farming (ZBNF)’, delivers biodiversity and economic benefits without lowering yields published in Nature Ecology & Evolution.
Agroecology has been advocated as a promising approach in Africa to increase productivity, preserve natural resources, ensure economic viability and achieve social justice. However, supporting evidence has been so far limited to single case studies, while a more systematic analysis is lacking.