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Intentionally allowing or promoting invasion by non‐native trees into areas characterized by treeless vegetation could contribute to climate‐change mitigation by increasing carbon (C) sequestration. In some areas...

This brief is one out of a series of Knowledge Centre for Bioeconomy's briefs which intend to provide independent evidence for EU policy in this field. 1. Assessing the role of the forest-based...

The report “Nature-based solutions in Europe: Policy, knowledge and practice for climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction”, which will be presented during this event, aims...

The European Commission published the final report of a two-year study on how to set up and implement carbon farming in the EU.

This report analyses the existing capacity and needs for bioeconomy modelling to integrate all three dimensions of sustainability (economic, social, environmental) and provides recommendations for developing new and improved...

The Green Deal Going Local scheme is a new initiative of the European Committee of the Regions whose aim is to put cities and regions at the core of the European Green Deal and ensure...

A CoR Multi-Level Dialogue underscores the crucial need to involve local and regional authorities in national plans to phase out coal and successfully roll out the EU's Just...

In a study a scientific team proposes a method for improving the assessment of collective progress towards the Paris Agreement’s goal of limiting the global temperature increase to 2oC above preindustrial...

UNESCO is the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization. It seeks to build peace through international cooperation in Education, the Sciences and Culture. UNESCO's programmes contribute...

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is the United Nations body for assessing the science related to climate change. The IPCC provides regular assessments of the scientific basis of climate...