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EU Report Highlights Nature-based Solutions as Key to Climate-Resilient Water Management

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20 September 2024

In response to the growing threat of climate change to Europe's water systems, the European Union has published an updated guidance document, River Basin Management in a Changing Climate, which calls for a shift towards nature-based solutions (NbS) to improve resilience. The publication, which...



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Group of Chief Scientific Advisors of the European Commission: call for nominations for membership

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19 September 2024

The European Commission has launched a call for nominations for the membership of the Group of Chief Scientific Advisors , the deadline for submission of nominations is on  30th September 2024 at 18:00 CET . Public European research and science organisations are invited to nominate top-level...



Annie Spratt

EURACTIV Op-Ed: Bridging the policy gap - bringing nature-based solutions to the forefront of EU strategies

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18 September 2024

Europe is set to face immense socio-ecological challenges in the coming decades, including extreme heat and flooding, with dire impacts for community health and city infrastructure. There is, however, good news: we have a powerful tool at our disposal: Nature-based Solutions (NbS). NbS use the...



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Vitaly Gariev

New EUBP sub-group on Nature Restoration Regulation - call for applications for organisations

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17 September 2024

To support the work of the European Commission around the Regulation, a call for applications to select members of the expert sub-group on the Nature Restoration Regulation has been released! The Nature Restoration Regulation entered into force on August 18th, 2024.

This new expert group...



NetworkNature Task Forces align experts on NbS Standardisation for a greener Europe

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16 September 2024

This year the Nature-based Solutions Task Forces are committed to collaborating towards a more standardised effort to establish NbS more sustainably. We believe that standards can be one important tool for mainstreaming NbS. The mainstreaming of efforts to standardise NbS falls in line with...



Simon Racé


Learn about a decision-making tool to support cities implementing decentralised NbS for water treatment

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10 September 2024

NICE-R, a free, open source user-tailored tool to explore the potential of NbS for treating different types of wastewater in cities, rural and peri-urban areas

Urban and rural regions face a moment of difficulty related to water pollution and lack of means to access clean water...