News
31 July 2025
Digest
The NetworkNature Task Force 4 (Communicators) is pleased to provide you with a summary of upcoming events and opportunities announced by Horizon 2020/Europe projects and select Missions. This Task Force is responsible for synergising and enhancing communication approaches and messages across Nature-based Solutions (NbS) projects. If you are not a task force 4 member, but would like to submit to this informal digest, please reach out to hello@networknature.eu. We will get back to you as soon as possible with instructions!
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TF 4 Digest: August 2025
Project Updates
- September is a NetworkNature event trifecta in Brussels, Belgium! Sign up for the NetworkNature Annual Event September 16 2025! September 15 we will also host a policy event (stay tuned) and our annual TF meeting will take place on September 17.
- TF Digest published!
- Urban Nature Plans plus (UNP+) has finalised a new policy brief: “Urban Nature Restoration: National-level imperatives under the Nature Restoration Regulation”. The policy brief will be soon available here!
- Are you involved in spatial planning? Are you interested in the relationship between soils and planning and design? Do you want to help shape the future of soil health? SPADES wants to hear from you. This survey aims to collect inputs from the planning communities, notably planners and municipalities.
- NICE NbS has just made its NICER software publicly available for further testing and review following a BETA testing round with select users. NICER is a new open-source modelling tool to support planning of Nature-based Solutions for urban water.Register and access four modules in Canvas. Don’t forget to provide feedback once you have tested the software! For access to Canvas, contact neil.sang@slu.se.
- The BIOFIN-EU Project Video has just been released! Explore how we're working together across Europe to finance a nature-positive future. Watch the full video here: BIOFIN-EU Project | Aligning Finance with Nature
Upcoming Events
September 2025
- FEAST Summer School
Date: 1-4 September 2025; Location: Ludwigsburg, Germany
Join a dynamic four-day retreat designed for future educators and early-career teachers passionate about reshaping how we teach food, health, and sustainability. This Summer School offers an immersive, hands-on programme exploring food literacy, policy, insecurity, and behaviour change, empowering you to bring food systems education into any classroom.
Register here; spots are limited! - Beyond SUPERB: The Future of Forest Restoration in Europe
Date: 8-9 September; Location: Leuven, Belgium
Limited spots available. Participants will have the chance to engage in expert discussions on upscaling effective restoration with policymakers working on NRPs, EC actors, large-scale restoration network representatives, other high level policy actors, and leading academics in the field. Reach out to SUPERB by August 7th if you are interested. - VII EuroSoil 2025
Date: 8-12 September 2025; Location: Seville, Spain
The EUROSOIL is the official meeting of the European Confederation of Soil Science Societies (ECSSS). This is the preliminary list of general topics for EUROSOIL 2025. Additionally, depending on the submitted contributions, specific sessions will be arranged under each broad topic or theme. The organisers will also consider proposals (sessions or workshops) from other organisations and sectors. Register here. - NetworkNature Science-Policy Dialogue
Date: September 15 2025; Location: Brussels, Belgium
This dialogue will bring together economic policymakers, finance institutions, businesses and EC funded projects to discuss the challenges and opportunities for scaling up finance from both public and private finance through policy. It will be open to the public. More info coming soon! - NetworkNature Annual Event
Date: 16 September 2025; Location: Brussels, Belgium
The 2025 edition of the NetworkNature Annual Event, titled “Choose Nature,” will focus on bridging biodiversity and the economy in a time of pressing global challenges, with Nature-based Solutions at the core. The event will bring together voices from across the public and private sectors to share insights, explore initiatives, and present case studies that connect nature with innovation, finance, and business. Register here! - NetworkNature Task Force Meeting (invite only)
Date: September 17 2025; Location: Brussels, Belgium
Connect with TF members in Brussels. - Daring Cities 2025: Cities Shaping Fit-for-Purpose Environmental Plans
Date: September 24 2025; Location: Online
We will dive into how cities around the world are aligning with national environmental plans in order to meet ambitious biodiversity and climate targets and foster community wellbeing. - Computational Methods in Science Communication Research – Opportunities, Challenges, and Current Applications
Date: September 25 2025; Location: Landau in der Pfalz, Germany
The SCOPE (Societal COmmunication in times of PErmacrisis, https://rptu.de/s/scopeLD) potential area at RPTU invites researchers to an interdisciplinary conference focused on opportunities and challenges of computational methods in science communication research.
October 2025
- SUITMA 13
Date: 5-9 October 2025; Location: Pisa, Italy
The 13th conference of SUITMA (Soils of Urban, Industrial, Traffic, Mining and Military Areas) will focus on “SUITMA from a One Health Perspective”. The event will address SUITMAs as pollutant sinks and sources, tools for soil quality and biodiversity, contributors to ecosystem services, and future challenges including emerging contaminants and war-related pollution. Register here! - LAND4CLIMATE Mid-term Forum
Date: 6 October 2025; Location: RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany
Join us at the LAND4CLIMATE Mid-Term Forum to explore how nature-based solutions (NbS) can be scaled across Europe. The event brings together experts, policymakers, and practitioners for a day of keynotes, policy roundtables, and hands-on exchanges. Discover insights from front-running regions and connect with the NBS4EU community. Sister projects will also have opportunities to contribute and showcase their work. More details will follow soon. Register here by 31 August. - Forum on Green Finance and Investment 2025
Date: 7-8 October 2025; Location: Paris, France
This year’s Forum will offer a space for open dialogue and knowledge sharing on the latest developments, addressing current challenges and exploring practical solutions to transform ambition into action during this pivotal decade. The agenda is currently being prepared, with further details and logistics to be shared in the coming months. - Berlin Urban Nature Pact Annual Event
Date: 8-10 October 2025; Location: Berlin, Germany
More info coming soon. - IUCN World Conservation Congress 2025 – Learning Zone Session
Date: 9 October 2025; Location: Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
The session "Speedy Learning on NbS Finance: Unlocking Investment in Nature-based Solutions", submitted by NetworkNature, has been accepted for inclusion in the official programme of the IUCN Congress 2025 Forum. It will be featured as an onsite session in the Learning Zone. Register here. - IUCN World Conservation Congress
Date: 9-15 October 2025; Location: Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Held every four years, the Forum is the world’s largest gathering of nature conservation experts, leaders, and decision-makers. The Congress is structured around three key components: the Forum, the largest knowledge marketplace for conservation and sustainable development; the Exhibition, hosting pavilions, booths and events; and the Members’ Assembly, where key votes shape global conservation and sustainable development policy. Register here. - World Health Summit 2025
Date: 12-14 October 2025; Location: Berlin, Germany & Online
The World Health Summit is a leading global forum for health, held annually in Berlin, uniting key actors to drive solutions for better health worldwide. The theme of the 2025 edition is 'Taking Responsibility for Health in a Fragmenting World.’ - European Week of Regions and Cities
Date: 13 October 2025; Location: Brussels, Belgium
The European Week of Regions and Cities is a large annual event where cities and regions come together to highlight their role in driving economic growth, creating jobs, and implementing EU Cohesion Policy. It also emphasises the vital contribution of local and regional authorities for effective European governance.
Registrations will open mid-July. - European Business & Nature Summit 2025
Date: 23-24 October; Location: Helsinki, Finland
This summit will gather forward-thinking leaders from the business and finance sectors to discuss how to embed nature and biodiversity into corporate strategies and operations. Stay tuned for more details and registration information. The launch of the forthcoming EC Expert Publication on Transformative Change towards a Nature-Positive Economy, developed under Task Force 3, is included in the official programme. The session will present practical case studies from across Europe to stimulate discussion and showcase concrete business action aligned with nature-positive approaches. - Forum mondial de l'Economie Sociale et Solidaire
Date: 29-31 October; Location: Bordeaux, France
The Forum will bring together over 4,000 participants from around the world to explore the future of the social and solidarity economy. It features three days of discussions, a day of local discovery tours, and vibrant spaces across the city. With forums, public events, networking, and festive evenings, the event celebrates innovation, cooperation, and community. Register here.
November 2025
- Mission Soil Week 2025: Leading the transition towards healthy soils: finance and landscape perspectives
Date: 5-6 November; Location: Aarhus, Denmark
The conference is organised by the Danish Ministry of Green Transition, Aarhus University, and the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development, under the auspices of the Danish Presidency of the Council of the EU.
December 2025
- SOIL Matters: Spatial Planning and Design with Soil at Smart and Sustainable Planning for Cities and Regions
Date: December 11 2025; Location: Bolzano, Italy
The contributions to the session examine the integration of soil health objectives into planning education and planning frameworks, the tools and methodologies required to mainstream soil considerations into planning and design practices, and the dual impacts of infrastructure development on soil consumption.
Calls for Proposals (Events)
- Smart and Sustainable Planning for Cities and Regions Presentation and Poster Submissions
Deadline: August 3 2025 - LIFE Programme Proposals
Deadline: circa end of September 2025
Calls for Abstracts (Publications)
- Ecsa Conference: Call for Papers, Contributions, Posters and Showcase Pitches
Deadline: October 7 2025 - Nature Collection Call
Deadline: 30 November 2025
Other Opportunities
- Roadmap on Nature Credits Has Been Adopted: The Commission invites all interested parties — businesses, scientists, governments, and civil society — to engage in shaping this initiative through an open call for feedback open until 30 September 2025.
- Consilience Journal: Poetry Submissions
The theme for Issue 23 is ‘Tension’ and submissions will open on Monday 29th September 2025 09:00 BST and close on Sunday 5th October 2025 12:00 BST.
