The series of LCSS -Life Cycle Summer Schools - is dedicated to exploring the applicability of life cycle approaches to sustainable regional development. It seeks to integrate the usual focus of life cycle assessment and life cycle management on products from corporations into the framework of regional socio-economic development challenges and decision-making.
This is the On-line de Climate Smart Agriculture prepared gy the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS). This is the gateway to implementing climate-smart agriculture. It will help get started and guide right through to implementation on the ground, connecting with all the resources to dig deeper.
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With over 200 participants from all around Europe, Water Innovation Europe is the landmark event for the European water sector. The event brings together all the aspects of the sector: scientists and technology developers, utility representatives, large water users, European and national/ regional policy makers and finance experts. Water Innovation Europe offers an open platform for information gathering and networking among the most influential stakeholders from within and beyond the water sector.
Clean, safe water will remain out of reach for millions of people and billions of investment dollars will be lost if government leaders, utilities, and investors do not stem corruption in the global water industry, according to a report released last month by the Berlin-based Water Integrity Network (WIN).
MedPAN, RAC/SPA, the Moroccan Haut Commissariat aux Eaux et Forêts et à la Lutte contre la Diversification and many other partners* organise the 2nd forum of Marine Protected Areas in the Mediterranean in Tangiers, Morocco, from 28 November to 1 December 2016.
Mediterranean Ministers recently adopted the Athens Declaration, in which they pledged to implement the instruments, programmes, action plans and guidelines adopted at Barcelona Convention CoP19 - to prevent pollution from maritime transport, marine exploration, and land-based activities, protect biodiversity, manage coastal zones, and increase the resilience of the Mediterranean to the impacts of climate change - as crucial means for the achievement of the objectives of the Barcelona Convention and its Protocols.
During the high level event of the Barcelona Convention CoP 19 meeting, hosted by the Greek Government in Athens last 11th February 2016, Mediterranean ministers and parties contracted to the Convention, renewed their commitment to enhance measures to reduce pressures on their marine and coastal environment.
Solutions, methods and tools developed in and for Europe are, therefore, relevant at a global scale. The Joint Programming Initiative on Agriculture, Food Security and Climate Change (FACCE-JPI) identifies innovative solutions applicable at the European scale down to the local level and supports European policies and initiatives.
The next European Conference on Operational Research will take place at the Poznan University of Technology on July 3-6, 2016. It is the place to present your work and find out about cutting edge ideas emerging from the Operational Research community.
The international symposium was held in FAO headquarters in Rome from 15 to 17th February 2016. It explored how the application of science and technology, particularly agricultural biotechnologies, can benefit smallholders in developing sustainable food systems and improving nutrition in the context of climate change. The symposium took a multisectoral approach, covering the crop, livestock, forestry and fishery sectors.
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