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Launch: Natural Capital Protocol – Forest Products Sector Guide

1 August 2018

New Guide shows how the forest products sector can value nature into their business decision-making.

The World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) and the members of the Forest Solutions Group (FSG) today launch the Forest Products sector Guide to the Natural Capital Protocol,...

Nominations open for the Pathfinder Award for Innovation in Conservation

1 August 2018

Pathfinder Award for Innovation in Conservation has been launched by The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), the World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA), and WildArk . The award celebrates, honours and supports individuals,...

Lake Cap-de-Long in French Hautes-Pyrenees, At an elevation of 2161 m its 130 deap. Its created by grate dam used for hydroelectric energy station.

State of Water report published by EEA

24 July 2018

European waters getting cleaner, but big challenges remain

The 'state of water' report published by the European Environment Agency shows that despite progress in improving the quality of Europe’s lakes, rivers, coastal waters and groundwater sources, threats such as pollution, structures like...

Study released on future changes in flood, heatwave, and drought impacts on European citites

18 July 2018

A team of Newcastle University researchers have released a study that assesses the future changes in flood, heatwave, and drought impacts for 571 European cities, finding that heatwave days will increase across all cities. Additionally, the high-end climate change scenario projects that most...

City Finance Lab opens its first call for ideas

21 June 2018

The City Finance Lab (CFL), a joint venture between EIT Climate-KIC and South Pole, has opened its first call for cutting edge climate finance solutions for cities.

Selected ideas will be announced in early September and will receive guidance to develop and improve their proposals from...

Wroclaw creates space for nature-based solutions to improve quality of life

18 May 2018

The city of Wroclaw in Poland is one of the frontrunner cities of the GrowGreen project, which is creating new high quality green spaces in order to demonstrate how nature can contribute to improving the local climate, urban water management and air quality. Green roofs, green walls and pocket...

Municipality of Sluis, the Netherlands: newly developed tidal nature in combination with recreation and coastal defense at Waterdunen project

New paper: Benefit-to-cost ratios of wetland and reef restoration

11 April 2018

'Comparing the cost effectiveness of nature-based and coastal adaptation: A case study from the Gulf Coast of the United States' has recently been published in Plos One. The paper finds that wetland and reef restoration in the Gulf can yield benefit-to-cost ratios of above 3.5 on average,...

Did you miss the OPERAs webinar 'What should the EU consider to move towards No Net Loss (NNL)'?

16 October 2017

'What should the EU consider to move towards No Net Loss (NNL)?', the fifth in the six-part series of OPERAs' webinars, took place in Thursday 12 October 2017.

You can watch the recording below or on the Oppla YouTube channel .

If you would like to ask the speakers any questions...

Did you miss the OPERAs webinar 'How to engage citizens in applying the ecosystem services approach'?

16 October 2017

'How to engage citizens in applying the ecosystem services approach?' the sixth and final in the OPERAs' webinars, took place on Monday 16 October 2017.

You can watch the recording below or on the Oppla YouTube channel .

If you would like to ask the speakers any questions then...

Join OPPLA at EUGIC 2017 Budapest

11 October 2017

Join OPPLA at EUGIC 2017 Budapest – book your OPPLA Member discount ticket of 200 EUR (from 300 EUR) which includes the EUGIC 2017 Awards Ceremony here: www.eugic.events/booking-form

Celebrating Nature-Based Solutions for Cities 2nd European Urban Green Infrastructure Conference 29-30...