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Ecologic Institute experts will convene and contribute to three sessions at the upcoming Nature-based Solutions (NbS) International Congress in Paris from 2 to 6 November 2026. The sessions were selected as part of a competitive scientific conference programme featuring 33 sessions chosen from more than 100 international proposals. The Congress has now opened its Call for Abstracts and Posters, inviting researchers and practitioners to contribute to the thematic sessions and engage with the global NbS scientific community.
 

Submit your Research to Ecologic Institute's Sessions at the NbS International Congress

Call for Abstracts and Posters

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Project:Horizon Europe
 
The transition towards a sustainable and circular bioeconomy is central to achieving Europe’s climate, biodiversity and resilience goals. However, stakeholder engagement and coordination across the European bioeconomy landscape remain uneven, particularly across regions and sectors. STRONGBIONET addresses these challenges by strengthening and connecting bioeconomy networks across Europe and beyond. The project will establish an EU-wide, multilingual digital platform designed as a “network of networks” to support stakeholder engagement, knowledge exchange, investor readiness, education and science-policy dialogue.

Strengthening and Connecting Bioeconomy Networks to Improve Resilience, Competitiveness and Growth (STRONGBIONET)

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Publication:Policy Brief
 
This policy brief, developed within the Horizon Europe project CAFAMORE, examines the proposed EU Buyers’ Club for carbon farming. The brief sets out how the Club should be designed to support early demand for CRCF carbon farming certificates while ensuring environmental integrity and that it benefits farmers.

The Do’s and Don’ts of a Buyers’ Club

Recommendations for an EU Buyers’ Club for Carbon Farming

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Publication:Report
 
This report identifies and characterises systemic environmental risks, explores how they interact across societal systems, and analyses governance approaches that can respond to them. It introduces risk constellations as a practical way to discuss complex risk interactions. This approach allows experts and policymakers to map drivers, magnifiers and impacts at a manageable scale while still keeping sight of the wider system in which risks unfold.

Systemic and Complex Risk Governance for Europe’s Preparedness and Sustainability

Environmental risk drivers and transformative governance responses in Europe

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Publication:Report
 
This publication documents informational and educational materials for the fields of medicine, pharmacy, and health communication. The project aimed to reduce the release of pharmaceutical substances into the environment and to strengthen the integration of environmental knowledge into education, teaching, and professional practice. The project produced openly accessible materials for universities and continuing education programmes, pharmacies, and the general public. In addition, an online platform was established to consolidate scientific background information, infographics, and teaching resources.

Zu Risiken und Nebenwirkungen fragen Sie ... das Umweltbundesamt!

Informations- und Lehrmaterialien für einen umweltbewussten Umgang mit Humanarzneimitteln

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Publication:Policy Brief
 
ECNO’s 2026 update provides the first comprehensive assessment of all 27 final National Energy and Climate Plans (NECPs). It evaluates whether Member States’ contributions and policy frameworks are sufficient to meet the EU’s 2030 climate and energy targets. The results show a clearer and more complete picture than previous assessments. However, the overall conclusion remains unchanged: despite some progress, the EU is still not fully on track to meet its 2030 targets.

Delivering the EU's 2030 Climate and Energy Targets

Gaps in national contributions and policies

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Publication:Book Section
 
As Europe seeks to restore its degraded freshwater ecosystems, a key question comes into focus: is the EU’s main agricultural policy delivering on its environmental promises? In a new paper published in the special issue Wetlands in a Changing Climate: Restoring Coasts and Floodplains, Dr Josselin Rouillard examines whether the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) 2023–2027 is effectively supporting freshwater restoration.

Does the Common Agricultural Policy 2023–2027 Support the Restoration of Freshwater Ecosystems?

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Presentation:Panel discussion
 
How can the EU sustain and strengthen its environmental leadership in a decade shaped by geopolitical instability, accelerating climate impacts and growing demands for competitiveness and resilience? This was at the centre of the Think2030 Conference in Brussels, marking 50 years of the Institute for Institute for European Environmental Policy (IEEP), where our Executive Director, Christoph Heinrich, joined a panel discussion on systemic risks and Europe’s environmental future.

Christoph Heinrich at the Think2030 Conference


Christoph Heinrich

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Publication:Article
 
Nature-based solutions (NbS) at the landscape scale are increasingly recognised for their role in supporting biodiversity, enhancing ecological connectivity and contributing to climate change adaptation. However, their assessment and implementation remain complex. This article examines these challenges using the concept of pondscapes – networks of ponds and their surrounding terrestrial habitats – as a case for landscape-scale NbS.

Challenges for Assessing and Implementing Nature-based Solutions at Landscape-scale

Insights from project on ponds and pondscapes

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Event:Workshop
 
On 12 and 13 October 2026, a specialist workshop will take place in Berlin at Ecologic Institute on the carbon storage potential of seagrass ecosystems in the North Sea and Baltic Sea. The aim is to strengthen collaboration between ongoing research and funding projects, as well as to systematically compare methods, data sets and findings to date.

The Potential of Seagrass Ecosystems as Carbon Sinks

Modelling, eutrophication and the transferability of results

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Berlin, Ecologic Institute, Germany

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Publication:Document
 
This paper reviews a secretive Joint Statement (JS) on Gas Supply Security to Central and Eastern Europe that was signed in Washington, D.C., on 24 February 2026 on the sidelines of meetings organised by the White House, its ‘National Energy Dominance Council’, and the ‘Donald J. Trump Institute of Peace’. Signatories comprise the US, eight EU Member States and four candidate countries.

European Energy Security or Acquiescence?

A critical review of the 24 February 2026 United States-Central and Eastern Europe Joint Statement

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Event:Digital Event
 
The third TropicalAdapt workshop, dedicated to scaling up ecosystem-based adaptation (EbA), will take place virtually on 1 and 2 July 2026. Bringing together experts from policy, science, and practice, the workshop will explore how EbA can move beyond local pilot initiatives towards broader, sustained impact in sub- and tropical coastal regions.

Ecosystem-based Adaptation for Coastal Resilience (III)

In-depth Workshop on Scaling Up Ecosystem-based Adaptation in Coastal Areas

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The development of the National Restoration Plan (NRP) is a key step towards implementing the EU Nature Restoration Regulation (EU 2024/1991). This regulation requires all Member States to plan and implement concrete measures to restore degraded ecosystems and halt biodiversity loss. The Ecologic Institute leads the project, which provides technical and administrative assistance to the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation (BfN) and the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Climate Action, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMUKN) in the preparation of the first draft of the NRP.
 

Draft of the First National Restoration Plan

Public Consultations Starting in April 2026

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