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Reducing the carbon footprint of energy-intensive industries
Energy-intensive industries are responsible for a large share of Europe's greenhouse gas emissions. This means they have a key role to play in implementing the EU's roadmap to decarbonisation.
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Speech by Commissioner Hogan at European Forest Institute 2018 Scientific Seminar
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Biodegradable films to save crops and cut farming costs
Spanish researchers have created a plastic film that protects crops before biodegrading completely after harvest.
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EU food sector raises the bar on biodiversity
Environmentally-friendly farming practices such as lining fields with hedges and rotating crops are finding their way into mainstream agriculture.
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Commissioner Phil Hogan meets with Colombian Minister Carlos Holmes Trujillo
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Climate Action project applicants seek nearly €200 million from LIFE
Applicants have submitted 124 proposals for traditional LIFE projects under the Climate Action sub-programme in the 2018 funding round. The deadline for applications was Wednesday 12 September. Half (62) of the proposals are for Climate Change Mitigation projects, with 51 for Climate Change Adaptation projects and the remaining 11 for the Climate Governance and Information (GIC) strand.
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Enabling invertebrates to play an essential role in ecosystems
Bees, beetles, snails and other invertebrates make up 80% of the animal kingdom. Without them – and their crucial services like pollination and pest control - our ecosystems would collapse. This means that conserving bugs is of vital importance to us all – or at least it should be.
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"Αγκινάρα Ιρίων (Agkinara Irion)"
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"Marrone di Serino/Castagna di Serino"
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European Commission provides €87.8 million to support financing instrument for Romanian farmers
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New app for greener travel by public transport
Public transport use is relatively low in Greece. LIFE GreenYourMove is hoping to change this with its new web platform and smartphone applications, designed to help users make the most environmentally-friendly journeys on public transport, and so cut greenhouse gas emissions.
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Towards stronger EU-Africa cooperation
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Speech by Commissioner Phil Hogan at Opening of Wageningen University Academic Year
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Speech by Commissioner Hogan at Kennedy Summer School, New Ross, County Wexford, Ireland
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How LIFE is improving our seas
"Clean and healthy oceans are crucial to the wellbeing of our planet," says European Commissioner for Environment, Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, Karmenu Vella. From boosting biodiversity to stopping marine litter, LIFE is making a big contribution to EU efforts to achieve 'good environmental status' for marine waters. Now these success stories have been brought together in one publication: LIFE and the marine environment.
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Bringing soils back to life
Toxic pollutants from industrial waste can accumulate in fields and enter food chains, raising serious public health concerns. ECOREMED’s innovation was to grow combinations of pollutant-removing plants and trees to rehabilitate contaminated soils in Campania, southern Italy.
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