Good news from around Europe
The EU LIFE programme is hosting a waste workshop in Sardinia, Italy, highlighting LIFE funding opportunities and latest advances in Europe in waste management solutions. The workshop takes place at one of the largest gatherings on waste management science and technologies in Europe. Powered by WPeMatico
Conservation measures, including those carried out under two LIFE projects, have had a beneficial impact on moorland in the Peak District and South Pennines, according to new monitoring and research undertaken by the LIFE projects, Moors for the Future Partnership and the University of Manchester. Powered by WPeMatico
On 31 May 2017, the LIFE+ small scale CHP project team inaugurated the ORC (Organic Rankine Cycle) unit at the district heating plant of Bräkne-Hoby in south east Sweden. It was the first ORC unit to be installed in a district heating plant in Sweden. The unit will enable the
The PIROSLIFE project has released new images of brown bears (Ursus arctos) in the Pyrenees. At the end of June, a female and two cubs were filmed by the PIROSLIFE monitoring team in the forests of the L’Alt Pirineu Natural Park in Catalonia (Spain). These youngsters are the offspring of
Are you a company that offers sustainable products or services that is looking to expand? An organisation that supports small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs)? A regional authority? If so, why not get involved in a new project from the European Commission that aims to kick start the circular economy among
LIFE projects help advance cities’ leading role in taking concrete actions to tackle climate change. That was one of the conclusions of the recent LIFE platform meeting on climate action in urban areas, which took place in Barcelona. One example comes from the insurance industry, where the Italian project LIFE
The LIFE programme will organise a side event entitled “The LIFE programme: funding opportunities and innovative solutions on water and wastewater treatment” in the framework of the 2017 conference of the European Innovation Partnership on Water. The event will take place on 26 September at 2pm in Porto, Portugal. The LIFE
A recent LIFE platform meeting in Barcelona on urban climate action gave 33 participating LIFE projects a great networking opportunity and produced important lessons relating to policy, stakeholder engagement and project replicability.Projects and other expert delegates were split into four working groups, covering the following topics: Implementing sustainable energy and
The LIFE project, WASP Tool (LIFE10 ENV/GR/000622) has now made its waste prevention support tool for local authorities available in English, as well as Greek. The free web-based decision support system, dubbed WASP-Tool, was developed by the Harokopio University of Athens and partners to enable local authorities to select and
A regional platform meeting for LIFE projects from Ireland and the UK has given new insight into managing project risks. The meeting, which took place in Cambridge on 8 June 2017, was hosted by the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) and attended by representatives of all current