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Workshop on Evidence and Policy Making (30 Aug. - 2 Sept. 2016, Ispra, Italy) [18.04.2016]
Workshop on Evidence and Policy Making, which is jointly organised by the European Commission and the African Union Commission, together with the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA). The workshop will be held from 30 August to 2 September 2016, in Ispra, Italy. more
Symposium "Wie innovativ ist Nachhaltigkeitsforschung in Deutschland" am 13. Juni an der HAW Hamburg [18.04.2016]
Die HAW Hamburg veranstaltet am Montag, den 13. Juni ein Symposium zum Thema „Innovation in der Nachhaltigkeitsforschung: ein Beitrag zur Umsetzung der UNO Nachhaltigkeitsziele“.more
Global agricultural research and innovation community pledges action for sustainable development [15.04.2016]
International representatives from key sectors in agri-food research and innovation have pledged to ‘leave no one behind’, by committing to create more opportunities for rural women and youth, to equip tomorrow’s farmers and researchers with the skills they need, and to push for more investment so rural communities can grow and flourish. These were just some of the commitments...more
Permanent grassland: profitability, carbon sequestration and biodiversity [13.04.2016]
Permanent grasslands cover more than 60 million hectares across the EU-28 and they have a crucial role for many livestock production systems and other ecosystem-services. The EIP-AGRI Focus Group addressed the challenge of evaluating the current situation of Permanent Grassland (PGs) and the required paths for increasing their productivity in a sustainable way.more
2016 Global Food Policy Report [13.04.2016]
The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) released its flagship publication, the 2016 Global Food Policy Report, which provides an in-depth look at major food policy developments and events in the past year, and examines key challenges and opportunities for the coming year.more
Roadmap towards an Africa-EU research and innovation partnership on food and nutrition security and sustainable agriculture [13.04.2016]
At the third meeting of the EU Africa High Level Policy Dialogue (HLPD) on 4-5 April 2016 in Addis Ababa, senior officials adopted a roadmap towards an Africa-EU research and innovation partnership on food and nutrition security and sustainable agriculture.more
5th Sustainable Phosphorus Summit to take place in Kunming, China, August 2016 [11.04.2016]
SPS 2016 is the fifth of a young and successful series of Sustainable Phosphorus Summits that was launched in Linköping (Sweden) in 2010, and then went to Tempe (USA) in 2011, Sydney (Australia) in 2012 and Montpellier (France) in 2014, as related to the Global Phosphorus Research Initiative. It is a global, multidisciplinary event to discuss the phosphorus production and...more
8th International Phosphorus Workshop (IPW8) in Rostock (Germany), September 12-16, 2016 [11.04.2016]
The Leibniz ScienceCampus Phosphorus Research Rostock is pleased to host the 8th International Phosphorus Workshop (IPW8) in Rostock (Germany) with the theme PHOSPHORUS 2020 — CHALLENGES FOR SYNTHESIS, AGRICULTURE, AND ECOSYSTEMSmore
Pollinators Vital to Our Food Supply Under Threat – The first global assessment of pollinators released by IPBES [11.04.2016]
The assessment, titled Thematic Assessment of Pollinators, Pollination and Food Production and the first ever issued by IPBES (Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services), is a groundbreaking effort to better understand and manage a critical element of the global ecosystem. It is also the first assessment of its kind that is based on the...more
Conference “Implementation of the 2030 agenda and the Sustainable Development Goals in and through Germany” on 10 and 11 May 2016 in Berlin [31.03.2016]
The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (Sustainable Development Goals – SDGs), which was adopted in September 2015 by the United Nations, every UN member country has to develop a plan how to bring the new agenda and the SDGs into reality – also Germany. The implementation of the 2030 Agenda and the SDGs in Germany will be discussed in the planned conference. more
Joint conference “Jump-starting the SDG’s in Germany: Natural resources and sustainable consumption and production” on 2 – 4 May 2016 in Berlin [30.03.2016]
The German Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture (BMEL) and the Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies (IASS) cordially invite you to the joint conference “Jump-starting the SDG’s in Germany: Natural resources and sustainable consumption and production” on 2 – 4 May 2016 in Berlinmore
Online consultation for developing the Voluntary Guidelines for Sustainable Soil Management
[03.03.2016]
The Global Forum on Food Security and Nutrition team invites you to an open online consultation on the ‘Zero draft’ of the Voluntary Guidelines for Sustainable Soil Management (VGSSM), which have just been released.more
Tropentag 2016 [16.02.2016]
Tropentag 2016 will take place at the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences (BOKU Vienna), Vienna, Austria, from September 18 - 21. This year's theme is 'Solidarity in a competing world - fair use of resources' and the call for papers addresses prospective procedures for solidarity and the fair use of increasingly scarce natural and non‐renewable resources around...more
SDG-Workshop "Walk the Talk" Anmeldeschluss morgen Mittwoch, den 11.11.2015 [10.11.2015]
Workshop am Donnerstag, den 19. November zum Thema der "Sustainable Development Goals" an. Zu Gast sind Frau Holzapfel und Francesco Burchi vom Deutschen Institut für Entwicklung.more
Walk the Talk - Wissenschaftliche Begleitung der Umsetzung der Sustainable Development Goals [19.10.2015]
Herzliche Einladung zu einem universitätsinternen interdisziplinären Workshop am Donnerstag, 19. November 2015, 10 - 12 Uhr im Hörsaal 36 (Kavaliersgebäude)more
“Save the Date“ SDG-Workshop [13.10.2015]
Das Forschungszentrum für Globale Ernährungssicherung und Ökosysteme lädt ein zum Workshop: Walk the Talk - Wissenschaftliche Begleitung der Umsetzung der SDG- Zielemore