You are invited by the European Commission, Directorate General for the Environment, the Spanish Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Environment and the Generalitat de Catalunya to participate in the 18th European Forum on Eco-innovation […]
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Deep-water fish living along the Irish-UK continental slope remove more than a million tonnes of CO2 from the atmosphere each year, according to a recent study. Continental slope ecosystems play an important role in […]
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“Small is…Festival is a great chance for people to get in touch with ideas that can really help to build solutions for a world locked into big-business market forces, helping to put people […]
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As Britain’s summer threatens to come to a soggy end, beach lovers still seeking their sun-drenched break should head to Aruba in September – where they can also join the island’s biggest environmental […]
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It has taken less than eight months for humanity to use up nature’s entire budget for the year and go into ecological overshoot, according to data from Global Footprint Network, – last year it […]
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Mars Incorporated released its fourth annual Principles in Action Summary today. A few highlights include: Mars is now the world’s largest purchaser of cocoa from certified sources. A new Deforestation Policy launched in […]
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The eastern Polish region of Lubelskie is putting smart specialisation at the heart of its economic development strategy for the 2014-2020 period, and eco-innovation is set to play a significant role. Lubelskie was […]
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While national and international Climate Change policies are mired in a bog of ideological obfuscation, cities all around the world have quietly been getting on with things. In the UK, Bristol is the […]
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The International Union for the Conservation of Nature updated its “red list,” also adding temperate slipper orchids and the Japanese eel to the 22,103 species on the list classified as critically endangered, endangered […]
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The European Commission’s Roadmap for moving to a low-carbon economy says that to achieve the EU’s 80 to 95% greenhouse-gas-reduction objective by 2050 would require a 40% domestic reduction compared to 1990 as a […]
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