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Social impacts (both positive and negative) are currently not addressed in REDII and EU national legislation. However, the public debate shows a keen interest in social issues for all supply chains, including biomass production and processing. Social risks are specific to local and regional conditions. How can we learn from the experience of other supply chains to find a practical and impactful way to address social risks and promote benefits?

The 13th Global Forum on Food and Agriculture (GFFA) “How to feed the world in times of pandemics and Climate Change?” is scheduled to be held online from 18 – 22 January 2021. The GFFA is an annual international conference, organised by the German Federal Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection. The aim of the conference is to address key questions regarding the future of the global agri-food industry. The conference provides representatives from the worlds of politics, business, science and civil society with the opportunity to share ideas and enhance their understanding on a selected topic of current agricultural policy, and is the world’s largest conference of agriculture ministers.

The COVID-19 pandemic has radically changed global perspectives for 2020, not to mention our own personal lives. This health crisis, one of the most severe in the modern era, quickly became economic and societal, putting our ability to collectively respond in a coordinated manner to the test. Only collective action on a global scale can help prevent the most extreme consequences of this multifaceted crisis. The current situation requires governments to devise unprecedented recovery plans. It is our responsibility to propose a new model of prosperity founded on resilience, sustainability and solidarity.

In 2021, UN Secretary-General António Guterres will convene a Food Systems Summit to raise global awareness and land global commitments and actions that transform food systems to resolve not only hunger, but to reduce diet-related disease and heal the planet. The Secretary General is calling for collective action of all citizens to radically change the way we produce, process, and consume food. Food is a life force for our families, cultures, and our communities. But profound changes in the way food is grown, processed, distributed, consumed, and wasted over the last several decades has led to increasing threats to a future of food that is sustainable, equitable, and secure.

From the Covid-19 crisis to green recovery.

The 2020 Biodiversity Strategic Planning Timeline This interactive timeline provides information on the various events leading to the adoption of a post-2020 global biodiversity framework. This new framework will be agreed at the Convention on Biological Diversity’s Conference of the Parties in 2020, guided by a large number of relevant meetings that inform and drive this process.

Series of webinars on case studies in evaluation of EU policies on November 24, December 2 and 9, 2020

The COASTAL Biogas project objective is to provide solutions based on anaerobic digestion of cast seaweed to coastal regions to tackle eutrophication, contribute to the transition to a circular bio-economy and improve prosperity.

This ThinkForest event aims to understand and discuss potential challenges, possibilities and policy implications on the European-China forest-based bioeconomy development.

This year, we invite you to challenge yourself to fight food waste. Choose which parts of the Digital Food Waste Fest 2.020 you want to join and create a programme that fits your schedule and ambitions. Let’s take the fight against food waste together to the next level!

"Green economic recovery - Reshaping business for nature and people"

As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to create so much uncertainty, we have made the decision to cancel the in-person 4th International Conference on Global Food Security that was scheduled for 6-9 December 2020 in Montpellier, France.

As the spread of COVID-19 continues and the situation is still uncertain, Elsevier and the Conference Chairs have taken the decision to postpone the 4th International Conference on Global Food Security to 6-9 December 2020, in the same venue in Montpellier, France.

The 6th webinar of the SMARTER 2020 conference will address the nexus between urban development and innovation and explore the possible integration of different policy instruments and frameworks.

The 1st Biennial Africa Climate Smart Agriculture Stakeholders Conference is scheduled to hold on the 1st and 2nd December, 2020.

This year’s CAS workshop focuses on the contribution of the CAS to three important Commission priorities: 'A Europe fit for the digital age'; 'An economy that works for the people'; and 'A European Green Deal'.

Is  Europe’s lifestyle sustainable?  There’s a growing conviction that it’s not. One of the responses is the European Commission’s Green Deal which aims at making the Continent carbon neutral by 2050. But it’s not just about cutting carbon dioxide emissions. The Green Deal affects all economic sectors. If it is to work, all Europeans will have to use less energy, waste fewer materials and pollute much less — all of which will demand a redesign of just about every aspect of their lives, starting with the way they move .  The EU is now trying to balance the immediate response to the COVID-19 outbreak with its longer-term climate priorities — but there’s no doubt that the Green Deal, one year after its launch, isn’t being forgotten. That means the way we live will be radically changed.

The European Union — in partnership with the International Labour Organization, UNICEF and the Global Coalition for Social Protection Floors — is implementing a thematic flagship programme aimed to strengthen Social Protection systems and ensure sustainable financing while improving Public Finance Management. Currently, the overall programme is being implemented in 18 partner countries. The programme immediately reoriented funds to respond to Covid-19 needs.

Action Track 4 (AT4) is concentrating on the livelihoods at the various points within food systems - from the small-scale farmer to the retailer - and how we advance equity throughout. The COVID-19 pandemic has revealed fundamental flaws in food systems, leaving millions of people without access to adequate nutritious foods and without reliable sources of income to provide for themselves and their families. This reality is no truer than for women who represent 43 per cent of the farming workforce in developing countries. Women are a key—yet often invisible—actor in food systems. True transformation means women must have a seat at the table as the leaders, innovators, farmers, caretakers, and saleswomen that they are . And as the rights holders they are.