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Tourism monitoring in Antarctica
German Environment Agency (UBA), Germany | The aim of this study is to present the current state of scientific knowledge the impacts of tourism activities, including the logistics used, on the relevant protected goods of the Antarctic environment.
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Water for the Green Deal
European Commission, DG Environment | In December 2019 the Commission set out a European Green Deal1 for the European Union (EU) and its citizens - a new growth strategy for the EU supporting the transition of the EU to a fair and prosperous society that responds to the challenges posed by climate change and environmental degradation, improving the quality of life of current and future generations.
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Climate change adaptation in the tourism sector in Lower Saxony
TourismusMarketing Niedersachsen GmbH | Climate change is already affecting the tourism sector in Lower Saxony and complex interactions influence the touristic demand. Therefore, the TourismusMarketing Niedersachsen GmbH (TMN) intends to support the Destination Management Organisations (DMOs) in dealing with current and future changes.
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International Ocean Governance Stakeholders Forum
Executive Agency for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (EASME) | The European Commission, in association with the European External Action service, is launching the International Ocean Governance Forum.
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Water Strategy Germany
German Environment Agency (UBA), Germany | Modern water management focuses on sustainable and balanced water use by all stakeholders. To achieve this today – and in the future - various legal as well as socio-economic frameworks need to be taken into account. The overall aim of this project is to initiate a target-oriented national dialogue at an early stage among various actors.
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EU Taxonomy Public consultation support
Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU), Germany | The EU taxonomy is a classification system, establishing a list of environmentally sustainable economic activities. It could play an important role helping the EU scale up sustainable investment and implement the European green deal.
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Conference on water, climate change, and adaptation
Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU), Germany | Climate change poses a key challenge to water management and water-dependent sectors in the EU. Increasing water scarcity, deteriorating water quality, and heavy rainfall events or floods have serious consequences for drinking water supply or freshwater conservation.
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Study on Integrating an Ecosystem-based Approach into Maritime Spatial Planning
Executive Agency for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (EASME) | The main objective is to propose feasible and practical approaches and guidelines for applying the Ecosystem-Based Approach (EBA) in Maritime Spatial Planning (MSP) with the presently available information and a practical method or tool for evaluating, monitoring and review the application of EBA in MSP.
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Climate change and tourism in Germany
German Environment Agency (UBA), Germany | The following project identifies the impacts of climate change on the tourism sector in Germany and possible adaptation mechanisms.
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Support of the European Innovation Partnership on Water
European Commission, DG Environment | The European Innovation Partnership on Water (EIP Water) is an initiative within the EU 2020 Innovation Union. The EIP Water facilitates the development of innovative solutions to address major European and global water challenges.
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Theory of change and Roadmap for the restoration of the Guadalquivir river estuary (Spain)
WWF Spain | WWF develops a roadmap for the restoration of the Guadalquivir river estuary (Spain) as a follow-up of a previously held workshop with relevant stakeholders in 2019. The roadmap will address vision, objectives, success indicators and prioritised action fiches with further details, and it will be based on the theory of change. Interviews and a workshop with experts and stakeholders are included.
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Framework Contract to support the implementation of the MSFD
European Commission, DG Environment | The overall objective of the framework contract will be to support the Commission in the implementation of the Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD). The work may need to be organised at the EU or MS level or by the marine region. It could concern one or several specific descriptors.
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Sustainable Integrated Management FOR the NEXUS of water-land-food-energy-climate for a resource-efficient Europe (SIM4NEXUS)
Executive Agency for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (EASME) | Water, land, food, energy, and climate are interconnected, comprising a coherent system (the ‘Nexus’), dominated by complexity and feedback. Putting pressure on one part of the Nexus can create pressures on the others.
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Support to the implementation of the Marine Strategy Framework Directive
European Commission, DG Environment | The of this contract was to support the MSFD implementation through: • support for the organisation and management of conferences, workshops and meetings associated with the MSFD implementation; • the development of specific MSFD related documentation (such as guidance documents, concept papers, technical documents, reports and meeting reports, etc.); • reporting and data management, including through adequate IT systems; • best practice exchange and communication activities not already covered by other specific contracts.
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EU-Iran environment and climate change exchanges
European Commission, DG Environment | Iran and the EU have agreed in 2016 to develop a cooperation on environment and adaptation to climate change.
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Framework contract for services related to coordination between the different marine regions in implementing the ecosystem approach
European Commission, DG Environment | The Marine Strategy Framework Directive (Marine Directive or MSFD, 2008/56/EC) aims to achieve ‘good environmental status’ of European marine waters by the year 2020 through the implementation of two overarching principles: the ecosystem-based approach to the management of human activities and an integrated, coordinated, approach at regional and sub-regional level.
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Marine Strategy Framework Directive – Bulgaria
German Environment Agency (UBA), Germany | The EU Marine Strategy Framework Directive (2008/56/EC; MSFD ) provides a framework within which each Member States shall take the necessary measures to achieve or maintain a "good environmental status" in the marine environment by the year 2020.
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Support to Activities related to the EU Policy on Integrated Coastal Management and Maritime Spatial Planning
European Commission, DG Environment | Coastal and marine areas face a multitude of activities often causing an unsustainable development. The need for integrated coastal management (ICM) and maritime spatial planning (MSP) in Europe stems from increasing competition for maritime space by diverse actors and industries.
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Assessment of the status of water bodies and ecosystems in Doñana
WWF Spain | WWF Spain is involved in the conservation of the Doñana wetlands since the 1960s.
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Support to ECOSTAT Nutrients Workshop
German Environment Agency (UBA), Germany | This contract supported the ECOSTAT Working Group under the WFD CIS process. For the Working Group's meeting in November 2015, a report on nutrient boundaries in transitional, coastal and marine waters in the EU was developed.
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Sharing of best practices on ICZM, in a context of Adaptation to climate Change in coastal areas
European Commission, DG Environment | Climate change is affecting European marine areas and coastal zones and resulting in, among others, sea-level rise, increased frequency and severity of storms, ocean acidification, coastal erosion, changes in sea surface temperature as well as changes in biodiversity and ecosystems.
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Support to the development of inland and coastal water project evaluation criteria and preparation of calls for proposals (Bulgaria)
Ministry of Environment and Water (Bulgaria) | The Financial Mechanism of the European Economic Area and Norway funds a number of programmes in different countries and priority areas. In Bulgaria, in the 2009-2014 period, one of the funded programs was called “BG02” and focused an improved integrated management of Marine and Inland Waters.
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Marine Litter Conference 2012
German Environment Agency (UBA), Germany | The project supported the German Environment Agency (UBA) in preparing an international conference on marine litter in the European regional seas.
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Climate Change Adaptation, coastal and marine issues
European Commission, DG Environment | Fresh-Thoughts prepared the background document for the development of a staff working paper on climate change adaptation in coastal and marine issues. As part of the commitment the EU made to adaptation under the White Paper, this document presented a comprehensive view of the main regional impacts of climate change on marine and coastal areas and the current policy framework, as well as policy options to better address adaptation.
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Support to the implementation of the Marine Strategy Framework Directive
European Commission, DG Environment | The implementation of the MSFD presents many challenges and both Member States and the Commission have a significant task ahead of them in converting the principles outlined in the Directive into practices which will bring about an improved marine environment.
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Benefit assessment for the German implementation of the MSFD
Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU), Germany | The European Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD) is intended to bring about more effective protection of the marine environment throughout coastal areas of Europe.