The theme the of EU Green Week 2020 is nature and biodiversity. After the adoption of a new EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030 in May, Green Week will highlight the contribution biodiversity can make to society and the economy, and the role it can play in supporting and stimulating recovery in a post-pandemic world, bringing jobs and sustainable growth.
Do you care about our oceans and seas and got a great idea how to support them? Then maybe the EU missions’ call for ideas is just for you!
The theme of the second edition of World Microbiome Day 2020 will be ‘Diversity’; celebrating the diversity of microbes, microbiome habitats and diets to feed & fuel microbiomes. Part of the programme will be to introduce international microbiome researchers to the public-at-large in order to raise awareness of the vibrant and diverse world of microbes and microbiomes.
The increasing demands from a growing global population for food, feed, bioenergy, timber and other commodities are the main drivers of deforestation. In our increasingly interconnected and globalised world, our rate of consumption, individually and locally, has an impact at the other side of the globe. A forest area measuring 1.3million square kilometers was lost between 1990 and 2016. This is the equivalent of 800 football fields of forest being lost by the hour, every day of the year!
On 16th of October is World Food Day, a day of action dedicated to tackling global hunger.
