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The NetworkNature Task Force 4 (Communicators) is pleased to provide you with a summary of upcoming events and opportunities announced by Horizon 2020/Europe projects and select Missions. This Task Force is responsible for synergising and enhancing communication approaches and messages across Nature-based Solutions (NbS) projects. If you are not a task force 4 member, but would like to submit to this informal digest, please reach out to hello@networknature.eu. We will get back to you as soon as possible with instructions!
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TF 4 Digest: October 2025
Project Updates
- Did you miss the NetworkNature Annual Event? View the presentations.
- ICLEI Europe just released a new position paper, High- Integrity Nature- Markets for Cities, which shows how voluntary nature markets can help close the financing gap for urban nature-based solutions. The aim is to make cities more resilient, healthier and more liveable, while supporting Europe's climate and biodiversity goals. Projects and networks like NetworkNature EU, GoNaturePositive, VARCITIES, NATURANCE, as well as REGREEN, NATURVATION and CO-CARBON are integral to building knowledge bases to unlock the full potential of NbS and high integrity carbon markets, with many involved in the review process of the publication. Explore the position paper.
- As a fitting conclusion to the Nova Gorica Consortium Meeting, GreenInCities took the stage at the Venice Biennale with the panel “Desired and Unwanted Non-Humans in Urban Environments.” The session invited participants to rethink the city as a shared habitat, where fungi, lichens, insects, plants and humans coexist and influence one another. Through contributions from project partners including IAAC, UNG, ABUD, IES and URBANA, the discussion explored how design, data and nature-based solutions can help cities better understand and care for their invisible residents — turning coexistence into a cornerstone of urban resilience.
Upcoming Events
November 2025
- BIOFIN-EU Workshop: Sustainability Reporting in the EU: Challenges, Changes, and Opportunities
Date: 4 November; Location: Online
This online workshop is organised by ILSI Europe, with main speakers Prof. John Garvey and Ellen Jordan from University of LImerick. Tune in to understand how recent EU regulatory developments may affect your business and how these changes may impact your reporting obligations in the coming years. - Mission Soil Week 2025: Leading the transition towards healthy soils: finance and landscape perspectives
Date: 5-6 November; Location: Aarhus, Denmark
The conference is organised by the Danish Ministry of Green Transition, Aarhus University, and the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development, under the auspices of the Danish Presidency of the Council of the EU. SPADES will be there!- SPADES to present in session From soil sealing to regeneration: Business models for sustainable soils in urban and industrial areas
- Plans, projets et trajectoires au prisme de l'agroécologie et du paysage
Date: 6-7 November; Location: Reims, France
This Symposium aims to explore the relationship between plan/project and trajectory through three interrelated prisms: agroecology, (large-scale) landscape, and counter-narrative(s) in the field of spatial planning. SPADES will present. - COP 30 - UNFCCC
Date: 10-21 November, Location: Belém, State of Pará, Brazil
The roots of the UN Climate Change secretariat lie in the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) which entered into force on 21 March 1994. - 5th Baltic MSP Forum
Date: 11-12 November; Location: Riga, Latvia
This event, organised by the Baltic Sea2Land project partnership of the Interreg BSR Programme, will take place in Riga (Latvia) on 11 and 12 November 2025. It will gather spatial planners, policymakers, researchers and stakeholders to discuss the advancements in coastal and maritime spatial planning practices and strengthen multi-level cooperation for the Baltic Sea Region and beyond. - Nature Futures 25
Date: 12 November; Location: Online
This event is organised by Connecting Nature Enterprise Platform in collaboration with GoNaturePositive! And Invest4Nature projects. This year, we are focusing on new opportunities for financing nature and how the trend towards nature-positive in large businesses may be creating opportunities for nature-based enterprises. It will be 90 minutes long (3 sessions) and will be fully online. Register here! - STOA-ERC event: From Science to Policy: Shaping a Sustainable and Competitive Europe
Date: 12 November; Location: Brussels, Belgium & Online
The event will highlight the crucial role of research in driving urgent transformations to tackle climate change and social inequality. It will include three thematic sessions: Rethinking Growth and Prosperity, Clean and Sustainable Energy, and Water Resilience. The event is now at full capacity, but it can also be followed by web-streaming. - “Understanding Nature-Based Solutions: Sustainable Solutions for Urban Resilience,”, organised by URBREATH in collaboration with GreenInCities, Regreeneration and Commit2Green.
Date: 19 November; Location: Online
This 75-minute session (11:00–12:15 CET) will explore how cities across Europe are implementing NBS to tackle climate, health and biodiversity challenges. Through real case studies from Cluj-Napoca, Porto, Paris and The Hague, experts will share practical insights and lessons learned for building greener, more resilient urban environments. Register here! - Enterprise Europe Network Annual Conference 2025
Date: 26-28 November; Location: Aalborg, Denmark
The conference will be conducted as an on-site event. Only the opening and closing plenary sessions will be web-streamed, accommodating approximately 800 onsite participants. The event will include a variety of session types and networking opportunities. Additionally, matchmaking sessions (online and onsite) will be scheduled throughout the duration of the conference. Register here!
December 2025
- Danish EU presidency conference: Transformative Governance for Food Systems and Biodiversity
Date: 3 December; Location: Copenhagen, Denmark
An official EU-presidency conference that will focus on transformative governance for food systems and biodiversity, bringing together European leaders and change agents. - Water Resilience Forum
Date: 8 December; Location: Brussels, Belgium
Following the launch of the European Water Resilience Strategy, the first Water Resilience Forum will unite experts, decision-makers, and stakeholders to discuss how to build a water-resilient EU by 2050. The forum will address key water challenges through sessions on innovative solutions, industrial resilience, and scaling water efficiency from local to global levels. Online streaming will be available, and you can still join the in-person reserve list. Registration form here. - Cities and Regions Forum
Date: 8-10 December; Location: Brussels, Belgium
The Forum will focus on the role of Local Regional Authorities in EU Global Gateway strategy. The main aim of the edition of this year is to “showcase the concrete added value that Local and Regional Authorities (LRAs) bring to the EU’s approach to international partnerships and sustainable development, particularly in the implementation of the Global Gateway investment strategy”. - One Health for Cities Conference
Date: 10 December; Location: Brussels, Belgium
This one-day event brings together policymakers, experts, researchers, and city representatives to advance the One Health approach in urban areas, exchange practical solutions, and strengthen collaboration between science, policy, and society. It aims to spotlight the achievements of the One Health 4 Cities Network, address pressing urban health challenges, and foster collective reflection on the future of cities through a global health lens. Register here! - SOIL Matters: Spatial Planning and Design with Soil at Smart and Sustainable Planning for Cities and Regions
Date: 11 December 2025; Location: Bolzano, Italy
The contributions to the session examine the integration of soil health objectives into planning education and planning frameworks, the tools and methodologies required to mainstream soil considerations into planning and design practices, and the dual impacts of infrastructure development on soil consumption. Register here!
Calls for Proposals (Events)
- Nothing to report
Calls for Abstracts (Publications)
- Nature Collection Call
Deadline: 30 November 2025 - Urban Infrastructure Resilience: Interdependencies & Cascading Failures
Deadline: 31 October 2026
Other Opportunities
- Shared Green Deal Launches SSH Researcher Awards
This opportunity will promote early career and PhD researchers, working on sustainability.