FutureLakes

FutureLakes is one of four projects recently funded by the European Commission on #LakeRestoration to contribute to the Mission Ocean (which also includes freshwater catchments 😉). You can read more about the specific objectives of all four projects 🐸 🚣♀️ 💶 using the link below and this includes a further link to a description of all four projects and the partners involved... #MissionLakes #RestoringEuropesLakes FutureLakes, EUROLakes, FERRO Project, ProCleanLakes project https://lnkd.in/ernDF2ex

Every little action counts on our mission to protect and restore our ocean and waters 🌊! Did you know that many people still flush their waste down the toilet, effecting not only the sewage systems in cities, but also the health of our ocean and waters 🌊? #MissionOcean & Waters project CLIMAREST reveals that cotton buds, contact lenses and wet wipes are just some of the products that end up in our rivers and seas, polluting and harming #marine life 🐟. The problem is not just carelessness, but also the mislabelling of products as ‘flushable’, which creates further confusion. Learn more about what the public can do to prevent harm to nature 👉 https://lnkd.in/dhVy92Gm CINEA - European Climate, Infrastructure and Environment Executive Agency EU Science, Research and Innovation EU Environment and Climate EcoDaLLi Project BlueMissionAA BlueMissionMed Blue Mission Banos Project CLIMAREST

🌍 20 projects from 11 countries have been selected in the first cycle of the #MissionOcean & Waters call for technical assistance! 💡 Are you ready to join them? Don’t miss the opportunity to benefit from expert recommendations, tailored technical assessments and feasibility studies 🤝. Contribute to the goals of #MissionOcean & Waters and take part in the open call for technical assistance today! Apply before 13 December 🗓️! Learn more 👉 https://lnkd.in/dZbBXmRJ CINEA - European Climate, Infrastructure and Environment Executive Agency EU Science, Research and Innovation EU Environment and Climate Elisabetta Balzi EcoDaLLi Project BlueMissionAA BlueMissionMed Blue Mission Banos Project LIFE Programme European Regional Development Fund Water4All - Partnership JPI Oceans

FutureLakes is one of four projects recently funded by the European Commission on #LakeRestoration to contribute to the Mission Ocean (which also includes freshwater catchments 😉). You can read more about the specific objectives of all four projects 🐸 🚣♀️ 💶 using the link below and this includes a further link to a description of all four projects and the partners involved... #MissionLakes #RestoringEuropesLakes FutureLakes, EUROLakes, FERRO Project, ProCleanLakes project https://lnkd.in/ernDF2ex

👉 In a new report from the European Topic Center for Biodiversity and Ecosystems (ETC BE), a group of experts has investigated societal aspects of biodiversity loss.   📢 The need to address the human drivers of biodiversity loss is gaining increasing recognition and was emphasized, among other messages, at the recent @CBD COP16. − A clear message is emerging from a multitude of studies: Effectively halting and reversing biodiversity loss requires transformative changes in our consumption and production patterns, says @Alessandro Galli, lead author of the report.   ❓ But what societal factors influence human needs and wants, and how do these desires shape our current consumption and production?   − In this new report, we propose seven potential success factors that, if further investigated and leveraged, could help overcome these barriers. I hope our findings help bridge knowledge gaps and inspire further research and discussion toward shaping a new approach to addressing the biodiversity crisis, Galli adds.   🎯 The ETC BE report highlights the fact that a bottom-up mechanism of behavioral change is possible and achievable. − For that to happen, we need to understand the societal barriers that hinder behavioral change. This will enable us to identify and put in motion the factors that allow to overcome the same barriers, says @Serena Mancini, research scientist at Global Footprint Network and co-author of the report. 🌿 By analyzing real-life situations where a change towards perceiving and valuing nature differently actually happened, the research group made a first attempt at identifying actionable factors of success, which can support actions to ensure Europe’s biodiversity is on a path to recovery by 2030.   − We explored which factors encouraged people to change their behavior, which socio-economic, political, and cultural factors had the power to influence their choices and lifestyles, Mancini says.    🏛️ Structural interventions from the institutional level are also necessary for change to happen.   − Policies that take into consideration enabling factors and conditions for success can effectively support and influence a behavioral change, which, in turn, can ultimately trigger societal transformative change − to restore and protect the ecosystems and biodiversity in which we as humans live and thrive, Mancini says.   🔑 Key findings are also expected to offer the civil society with useful insights and material in support of awareness campaigns and educational activities.   The coordination team at The Norwegian Institute for Water Research (NIVA) thanks the report team Alessandro Galli; Maria Serena Mancini; Global Footprint Network; Nike Sommerwerk; Fresh Thoughts Consulting GmbH; Sampo Pihlainen, Finnish Environment Institute (Syke) - Suomen ympäristökeskus (Syke); #ETCBE European Environment Agency