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The study, developed under the ReFoPlan project "Natürlich Klimaanpassung! Resiliente naturbasierte Lösungen für Kommunen", provides an overview of the current state of NbS implementation for municipal climate adaptation in Germany. It identifies key barriers that hinder local action – from limited resources to conflicting interests – and highlights strategies and tools that can help overcome them.

Naturbasierte Lösungen für die kommunale Klimaanpassung stärken: Herausforderungen und Lösungsansätze

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The agricultural sector holds enormous potential to reduce GHG emissions, enhance carbon removals, and support climate adaptation. Delivering these environmental objectives requires adequate funding and support to unlock opportunities that drive the transition toward greater sustainability and are a useful tool as part of a broader policy mix to promote the transition.

Event: Climate Farm Demo Annual Meeting

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Seinäjoki, Finland

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Publication:Policy Brief
 
The EU must rethink its energy security in light of increasingly renewable, decentralized, and electrified energy systems. Energy security already benefiting from the early start of the energy transition. In the transition phase now beginning, a forward-looking and adaptable approach is needed to maximize synergies and manage potential conflicts between decarbonization and energy security.

Europe's energy security on the path to climate neutrality

Devising a resilience strategy for the mid-transition

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On 25 September 2025, the Sowing Solutions: Science & Policy for a Sustainable and Thriving EU Agriculture event, organized by the Environmental Defense Fund Europe, explored these challenges. A dedicated session on "livestock methane in CAP Strategic Plans" brought together scientists, policymakers, and stakeholders to share evidence and discuss how the CAP can drive real impact. The goal was to spark fresh thinking, informed debate, and practical pathways forward.

Leveraging the Common Agricultural Policy to Accelerate Livestock Emission Reductions

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On 15 September 2025, Ecologic Institute and BC3 Basque Centre for Climate Change hosted the ACCREU Workshop: "Heat Resilient European Regions", focusing on what drives or hinders the implementation of health-related adaptation to heat at regional and local levels. This interactive workshop gathered insights and experiences on enabling factors and barriers, helping us understand why adaptation efforts have succeeded – or struggled –on the ground.

Heat Resilient European Regions


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Publication:Policy Brief
 
With the 2027 deadline of the Water Framework Directive approaching and the new Nature Restoration Regulation mandating large-scale ecosystem recovery, the CAP’s role in safeguarding rivers, wetlands, and catchments has become critical. This Policy Working Paper argues that long-term agricultural resilience is inseparable from healthy freshwater ecosystems and illustrates how water restoration can be embedded in future agricultural policies to enhance water resilience.

Restoring Healthy Rivers and Wetlands

How can agricultural policies support the uptake of water resilient farming practices?

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The adoption of the EU Nature Restoration Regulation (NRR) marks a turning point in European biodiversity policy. To meet its binding targets, all Member States must prepare National Restoration Plans (NRPs) by 2026 – with a dedicated focus on cross-border cooperation. Against this backdrop, the German Federal Agency for Nature Conservation (BfN), the Alpine Convention, and Ecologic Institute convened the international online workshop "Synergies for Nature Restoration in the Alpine Region" on 4 September 2025.

Enhancing Synergies in Alpine Nature Restoration Planning


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Ecologic Institute's task is to analyse the governance frameworks that influence Arctic ecosystems and to identify where adaptive management strategies could strengthen resilience. For this purpose, Ecologic Institute brings together the research results of YESSS that are relevant for governance, and investigates local, regional, and international legal and policy frameworks, including those shaped by the Svalbard Treaty and the UN Convention on Biological Diversity.

Year-round EcoSystem Study on Svalbard (YESSS)

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The Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), with the support of the Czech Hydrometeorological Institute and Charles University, is organising an in-person workshop dedicated to the use of climate data and services for Czech users. The half-day workshop will take place in Prague, as a side event of the Czech National Copernicus User Forum. The workshop is designed for scientists, policy officers, businesses and students who currently use or are interested in using C3S data for their work in the field of climate change.

C3S User Engagement Workshop with the Czech User Community


Prague, Czech Republic

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Cover page of the "2025 Flagship Report: State of EU progress to climate neutrality" by the European Climate Neutrality Observatory (ECNO). The image shows a panoramic view of a green urban park with various climate-related icons overlayed, and a city skyline in the background. The title highlights the report’s focus on indicator-based assessment across 13 building blocks for a climate-neutral future. Dated September 2025.
The EU is making promising progress on the road to climate neutrality but needs to keep up the pace to achieve the goal. This is the result of the third progress report by the European Climate Neutrality Observatory (ECNO), which has analysed developments in over 150 indicators across all areas of society. The weak points identified provide crucial information for the work of the EU institutions.

State of EU Progress to Climate Neutrality

2025 Flagship Report

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Infographic showing three phases of the SCALE-UP community-driven bioeconomy development framework: (1) Design, which includes contextual analysis and regional platform establishment; (2) Implementation, with stakeholder engagement, innovation support, and pathway realization; and (3) Monitoring, which involves setting indicators and mechanisms for tracking progress. Themes of competitiveness, resilience, and social dimension guide the process toward sustainable, small-scale bioeconomy solutions.
This report presents the evidence-based guidance framework developed in the SCALE-UP project to support the design, implementation and monitoring of small-scale bio-based solutions in rural areas. The framework draws on the experiences of six regional platforms established under the SCALE-UP project – in Mazovia (Poland), Northern Sweden, Strumica (North Macedonia), Upper Austria, the French Atlantic Arc, and Andalusia (Spain) – each reflecting distinct geographical, socio-economic, and institutional contexts.

Evidence-based Guidance Framework for Designing, Implementing and Monitoring Small-scale Bio-based Solutions in Rural Areas

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On 17 and 18 September 2025, the European Commission invites selected experts to the regional workshop "Designing Climate-Resilient Landscapes" in Berlin. The event aims to gather practical insights and good practices from diverse governance and landscape contexts, supporting the development of new EU guidance on landscape-based climate adaptation. Participants can look forward to keynoting inputs and hands-on breakout sessions focused on real-world challenges and solutions.

Designing Climate Resilient Landscapes in Europe

Regional Expert Workshop

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Berlin, Germany

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carbon removals in the EU
While cutting emissions remains the primary objective of EU climate policy, achieving climate neutrality and eventually net-negative emissions will also require large-scale deployment of carbon dioxide removal (CDR) solutions. This report provides an overview of the current state and future potential of permanent CDR in Europe.

Carbon Removals in the EU

Review of current carbon removal projects and early-stage financing

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This report explores options for an EU purchasing programme for permanent carbon removals to address a critical gap in climate change mitigation. While emissions reductions remain the primary objective of EU climate policy, achieving climate neutrality and eventually net-negative emissions necessitates the large-scale deployment of carbon removals. This requires the swift development and deployment of cost-effective and socially beneficial carbon removal technologies.

An EU Purchasing Programme for Permanent Carbon Removals

Assessment of policy options and recommendations for short-term policy design

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Publication:Policy Brief
 
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How can small-scale bio-based businesses secure the support they need to thrive? This BE-Rural policy brief highlights the main barriers to financing and outlines key recommendations for policymakers.

Funding for Bio-based Business Models

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