Under the Transformative Change for Biodiversity cluster, a group of Horizon Europe-funded projects— CLEVER, BioValue, RAINFOREST, TRANSPATH, BAMBOO, BEDROCK, BIOAGORA, BIONEXT, and BIOTraCes—are pleased to announce a two-day event dedicated to biodiversity, to be held on June 4-5, 2025, both in Brussels and online. It will bring together key stakeholders from research, policy, business, and civil society to discuss innovative approaches to address the biodiversity crisis and integrate biodiversity into policy and business decisions.
The event will feature keynote presentations from the European Commission, renowned experts, and interactive discussions on biodiversity and transformative change. Through collaborative sessions, it aims to highlight the importance of integrating biodiversity into spatial and urban planning, policymaking, and business strategies.
The agenda will include parallel sessions on different themes in the morning and afternoon of June 4, focusing on spatial planning, policymaking, and business strategies for integrating biodiversity. On the first day, special attention will be given to the BioValue project, which will host its final conference in the morning.
The event will conclude the day after, with a Policy Dialogue Session, offering a platform for stakeholders to engage in high-level discussions on mainstreaming biodiversity in policy frameworks at the European and global levels.
The online registration for the two major thematic events is still available.
BioValue Final Event: Transforming pathways for mainstreaming biodiversity in spatial planning- Morning June 4, 2025
The event will present results from case studies that explore the integration of biodiversity considerations into spatial planning and environmental assessments, with examples from Germany, Portugal, and Italy. Participants will have the opportunity to learn about the transformative strategies being tested across Europe.
Online registration: https://forms.office.com/e/qQpfvdgGKh.
Policy Dialogue Session: Mainstreaming Biodiversity in Policymaking – Morning June 5, 2025
The session will provide a platform for policymakers, businesses, and researchers to explore the integration of biodiversity into policy-making processes. It will revolve around two panels with the participation of key speakers.
- Panel I: How to mainstream biodiversity for policy making at local/regional scale in the EU – BIOVALUE
Nature and biodiversity need to be made endogenous to sectoral policies, with spatial planning enabling the territorialization, and therefore an integrated governance, of sectoral policies. It is therefore an ideal governance mechanism to promote an integrated alignment and coherence of sectoral policies to enhance the value of biodiversity.
Panelists: Humberto Rosa (DG ENV), Christian Albert (Leibniz Universität Hannover), Gilles Doignon (DG R&I), Henrique Pereira (iDIV). Moderator: Maria Partidario (IST UniLisboa)
- Panel II: Reducing EU footprints in the world – CLEVER
The goal of this panel debate is to discuss alternative solutions (and related challenges) for the EU and its trading partners to continue beneficial trade relationships while reducing the undesirable impacts of trade on the environment and biodiversity, in particular.
Panelists: Luiza Bruscato (RTRS), Gilles Doignon (DG R&I), Ingmar Jürgens (Climate & Company), Alberto Schnell (IUCN), Anne Teller (Formerly DG ENV). Moderator: Jan Börner (Uni Bonn)
