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Remote Sensing for Urban and Rural Development & Resilience (ReSiDeR) in South Africa (VLIRUOS Community Talks)

📅 Wednesday 26 February 2025 11h00 – 12h00 (CET) Register here What is this Community Talks about? Climate change is hitting both rural 🌾 and urban 🏙️ environments hard. ⚠️Cape Town’s water crisis ...

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Modelling Infectious Diseases in Sub-Saharan Africa: Current trends and policies implications (VLIRUOS Community talks XL)

What is this Community Talks about? The COVID-19 outbreak in 2020 highlighted the critical need for preparedness in responding to future pandemics. Effective disease control relies on the swift and a...

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Multidisciplinary Workshop Water, a Critical Resource

Brussels, Monday 1 December 2025 First Announcement and Call for Contributions Venue: Palais des Académies – Paleis der Academiën Rue Ducale 1 – Hertogsstraat 1 1000 Brussels AIM OF THE THEME DAY Th...

2.3 Study, monitor and minimise the impacts of climate change and ocean acidification on...

As we indicate in the first part, some of the effects of climate change on biodiversity are already evident. They are likely to continue to increase as a result of predicted temperature increases. Climate change poses a direct threat to biodiversity...

2.4 Investigate, monitor and reduce the impact of pollution from all sources to levels that do not...

Pollution comes from various sources, including chemical emissions, pesticides, light and noise. Discharges of nutrients, chemical pesticides, pharmaceuticals, hazardous chemicals, urban and industrial wastewater and various types of waste, including...

2.4.1 Reduce excess nutrients lost to the environment by at least half, in particular through more...

Nutrients are essential for life, but excess nutrients in the air, water and soil have major impacts on human health, climate and the environment. In Europe, excess nitrogen and phosphorus in the environment already exceed global safety limits (EEA/...

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Swapping paving for plants - the City of Antwerp regreens through public participation

A common problem in the urban landscape is that of hard, impervious surfaces such as pavements, concrete buildings or asphalt roads, preventing the infiltration of rainwater into the soil. This has th...

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Biodiversity Learning Platform

The Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) was signed at the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in 1992, and entered into force on 29 December 1993. It is the first global agreement to cover al...

 
 
 

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