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Publication:Policy Brief
 
This policy brief assesses how relevant CAP instruments currently address pesticide use and identifies adjustments to better support and accelerate the transition toward more sustainable farming practices.

Using the CAP to Reduce Pesticide Dependence

Creating the Conditions for Structural Change

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Publication:Infographic
 
Infographic on climate-ready marine protected areas (MPAs) outlining research questions, transdisciplinary methodology, analytical dimensions, and 11 policy recommendations for climate adaptation, governance, and sustainable ocean management.
Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) are key to conserving biodiversity and strengthening the resilience of marine social-ecological systems. As climate change intensifies, their effectiveness increasingly depends on integrating climate considerations into design, management, and governance. The infographic, "Towards Climate-Ready Marine Protected Areas: Challenges and Strategic Pathways," visualises the conceptual approach of the underlying study. It combines ecological, governance, and socio-economic aspects and shows how they work together to evaluate and improve the climate-readiness of MPAs.

Towards Climate-ready Marine Protected Areas

Challenges and strategic pathways

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Publication:Infographic
 
Infographic illustrating nature-based solutions for climate risks such as heat, drought, and heavy rainfall, with icons representing sun, dry conditions, and rain.
Climate change is affecting cities in various ways: heatwaves are becoming more frequent, flooding is occurring more often, and prolonged periods of drought are putting pressure on water resources. This series of infographics provides an overview of key climate-related risks and shows how nature-based solutions can help mitigate them.

Hitze, Starkregen, Trockenheit: Klimarisiken in Städten und die Rolle naturbasierter Maßnahmen – Infographic series

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Publication:Infographic
 
Black-and-white illustration showing urban nature-based solutions, including trees, water management, and green infrastructure, alongside a city map with marked locations.
Cities are increasingly facing challenges from heat, heavy rainfall, and drought. Nature-based measures offer a wide range of approaches to address these developments while simultaneously improving quality of life in urban areas. This infographic series developed by Ecologic Institute illustrates ten key nature-based adaptation measures and highlights their effects on the urban climate, water balance, and biodiversity.

Naturbasierte Maßnahmen für klimaresiliente Städte – Infographic series

Zehn Ansätze für die kommunale Praxis

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Publication:Article
 
This article examines how innovations in stakeholder engagement can contribute to sustainability transitions in water governance. Based on a systematic review of 61 studies, the paper shows that engagement approaches take diverse forms and often combine multiple governance modes. Public authorities frequently act as initiators, while civil society actors play a central role in many cases.

Innovations for Stakeholder Engagement in Water Governance

A Systematic Literature Review From a Sustainability Transition Perspective

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Project
 
The TrueFoodS project, funded under the European FutureFoodS Partnership, aims to make Europe’s post-harvest systems more sustainable, equitable, and resilient. The project adopts an integrated Food Systems Approach that considers environmental, economic, social, and regulatory dimensions.

Transforming European Food Systems (TrueFoodS)

Sustainability, Equity, Governance and Resilience as Core Elements

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Publication:Report
 
This pilot roadmap is designed to support national authorities and stakeholders in Romania in develo ping a strategic framework for planning coastal wetland restoration, for example in the context of National Restora tion Plans. It draws on the latest scientific data, tools and methods developed by the EU-funded project RESTORE4Cs.

Restoring Coastal Wetlands in Europe – Romania

Pilot roadmap on coastal wetland restoration in Romania

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Presentation:Lecture
 
On 24 March 2026, Doris Knoblauch delivered a lecture on "Plastics and the Environment" as part of a postgraduate course. The session brought together 21 professionals from ministries, public authorities, municipalities, NGOs and industry, representing low-income countries and emerging economies, and offered a valuable platform for exchange and discussion.

Plastics and the Environment


Doris Knoblauch

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Publication:Infographic
 
Infographic showing assessment of progress along the clean industrial value chain in Europe, covering upstream inputs, production, and demand side, including clean energy access, industrial decarbonisation, electrification, circularity, energy efficiency, and clean technology supply, with cross-cutting factors like finance, skills, and trade highlighted (ECNO 2026).
The infographic underscores a central insight of the Clean Industrial Transition Monitor: Europe has put in place many of the necessary building blocks for a clean industrial transition. However, achieving scale will depend on addressing remaining bottlenecks and ensuring coherent implementation across all parts of the value chain.

Assessment of Progress Along the Value Chain

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Presentation:Speech
 
As Europe moves towards implementing the Nature Restoration Regulation, a central question comes into focus: how can freshwater restoration be financed at scale? At the joint policy event in Brussels, Dr. Josselin Rouillard presented MERLIN’s approach to addressing this challenge, combining practical tools, policy insights and financial innovation to support restoration on the ground.

The MERLIN Restoration Financing


Dr. Josselin Rouillard

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Presentation:Speech
 
Presentation slide titled “Assessment of coherence of the Green Architecture” by Dr. Josselin Rouillard at the European Evaluation Helpdesk for the CAP, Larnaca, Cyprus, March 2026.
At the Good Practice Workshop on the assessment of the Green Architecture (GA) of CAP Strategic Plans, held in March 2026 in Larnaca (Cyprus) Dr. Josselin Rouillard presented key considerations for evaluating the coherence of CAP instruments. The workshop, organised under the EU CAP Network with support from the European Evaluation Helpdesk for the CAP, brought together evaluators, policymakers and experts to exchange approaches and practical experiences on assessing the GA.

Assessment of Coherence of the Green Architecture


Dr. Josselin Rouillard

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Project
 
This project aims to ensure that the overdue national penalty regimes under the EU Methane Regulation (EUMR), and their enforcement, are sufficiently effective and dissuasive to make full compliance the default rational choice for all companies subject to the EUMR. This is necessary to avoid a race to the lowest level of ambition that would undermine the EUMR's ability to reduce methane emissions in the EU Member States as well as in the countries from which the EU imports fossil fuels.

EU Methane Regulation Penalty Regimes

Strategic analysis and work tools for environmental NGOs

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