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How do we envision the sustainable society we want to create?

Here, Professor Masahide Sakamoto uses Japanese pollution research as a case study for thinking about and understanding how to create a sustainable society.

An exploration of the Portuguese Council for Health and Environment

Here, Dr. Mónica Rodrigues explores the Portuguese Council for Health and Environment (CPSA) efforts to prevent climate change, promote sustainability, enact a Global Health System Strategy and so much more.
Taroko gorge, Taiwan. River and mountain sides

Microbial farming for habitat recovery in the Taiwanese mountains

Professor Tzen-Yuh Chiang’s team looks toward microbial farming in the mountains slopes of South Taiwan to aid habitat recovery, as low-land slopes have been affected by climate change.
Trans-sectoral approaches,

Trans-sectorial approaches sustainable disease control across agribusiness districts

Professor Laura Grenville-Briggs shares her stance on working together to counter the threat of oomycete diseases, focussing on trans-sectoral approaches to support sustainable plant and fish production systems in Europe.

Seaweed farming: Biomass production from algae

Algae are a high-potential yet underexplored source of renewable biomass, could seaweed farming be the future for biomass production?
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Low Carbon Timber® – European best practice in climate-friendly chains

We call on all interested parties from politics, administration, local authorities and business to use Low Carbon Timber®
New european central bank in frankfurt germany with europe flags

Credit and collateral: How central banks can spur a greening of finance

With calculations suggesting that the financial system is effectively funding temperature increases of over three degrees centigrade, how can central banks promote the greening of finance?

Tackling the whole-life emissions of the European built environment

Stephen Richardson, Director of European Regional Network at WorldGBC looks toward the built environment and its climate impacts across ten European Green Building Councils.
garden towers of food systems

Innovation in Territorial Food Systems: Collaboration is Key

Professor Moya Kneafsey at the Centre for Agroecology, Water and Resilience argues the importance of EU and national public policies in the transition toward sustainable territorial food systems.
autonomous shipping

Autonomous Shipping – from autonomy to sustainability

Marco Molica Colella, Senior Innovation Consultant at CiaoTech (PNO Group) looks at the autonomous shipping industry and the journey it will take to improve its sustainability.

Integrating the Level(s) Framework into green buildings

More than 2700 European building sector stakeholders have been trained to use the Level(s) Framework indicators on the sustainability of buildings.
South Africa coastline

Climate services to support coastal municipalities in South Africa

GERICS supports the development and use of climate change information and climate services to support coastal municipalities in South Africa.
energy systems

Sustainable urban systems and just FEW nexus transitions

Jana Fried, Adina Paytan and Waste FEW ULL project participants look at lessons from the Waste FEW ULL project for reducing waste and increasing efficiency in the FEW nexus.
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Financing the green transformation

The role of finance is key to an efficient green transformation, needing a large-scale reallocation of capital and labour, argues Christian Keuschnigg, Professor at the University of St. Gallen.
wastewater treatment

Wastewater treatment and resource recovery for a sustainable water future in India

Unlocking wastewater treatment, water reuse and resource recovery opportunities is a key approach for sustainable water solutions in India, explains Dr. Paul Campling, Business and Relationship Development Manager at VITO.

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