Events related to topic water

The UF25 is diving deep into four critical tracks that address pressing urban challenges – both in the host city, Łódź, and across Europe. These tracks represent key areas where innovation and collaboration are vital for building sustainable, resilient cities: Urban regeneration Sustainable business Retrofitting buildings Driving change Discover the Flavour Programme of the UF25!

Book your calendars for a week of events related to European marine and maritime topics! It will cover, on separate days over the week, the EU Mission Ocean and Waters, fisheries science, blue innovation and investment opportunities, ocean literacy activities, and many other topics. 

Join us on 12 November 2024 at 10:30-11:15 (UTC+02:00) for the webinar "Data-driven Decision-making in UBC Cities: Climate Reporting with CDP-ICLEI Track".

Visit Visby in October for co-creation, policy dialogues and of course networking! Interactive workshops, panel discussions, and seminars invite participants to discuss challenges and to elaborate on solutions. Central to the forum, policy dialogues address the strategic objectives of the EUSBSR. These discussions range from large plenary sessions to focused panels, each tackling key aspects of the Strategy and exploring solutions to enhance the Baltic Sea Region’s development. The Networking Village serves as a social hub for informal exchanges and spontaneous connections.

Sustainable transformation for resilient coastal city The event will focus on Gdańsk harbour and riverside areas as case studies, allowing creative flow and exchange of experiences among representatives of different UBC cities. The development strategy of Gdańsk encourages seeking new solutions and implementing adaptive measures to make public spaces more green, inclusive and accessible. At the joint seminar, we will get to plan such spaces together – as a group of sustainability experts, city planners, and architects.

The program of the EMPEREST international workshop will focus on the topic “Technical solutions for removing organic micropollutants from wastewater”.

Hybrid workshop about innovative nature-based solutions for innovative cities organised in Gdansk, organised as an EU Green Week partner event.

Faced with recurrent water-related crises, this edition of the EU Green Week 2024 annual conference will debate what is needed to make the EU more water resilient, today and tomorrow. Water is a vital shared resource to be passed down from generation to generation and one of the essentials for people, the environment and a just, sustainable, and resilient economy.

With a 2030 target, the EU Mission "Restore our Ocean and Waters" aims to protect and restore the health of our ocean and waters through research and innovation, citizen engagement and blue investments. The Mission’s approach addresses the ocean and waters as one and plays a key role in achieving climate neutrality and restoring nature.

The UBC TALKS webinar on 26 March will focus on the topic of mapping and monitoring PFAS in cities. The dialogue will be organised with the experts in EMPEREST project who will introduce PFAS risks and highlight local and regional contexts to mapping hotspots and organising a regional methodology for monitoring and assessment. The event will be joined by the coordinator of EUSBSR PA Hazards to highlight the strategic goals and contexts of the topic.

The range of the events within the European Ocean Days will include the Mission Restore our Ocean & Waters Forum, the event Where next for Europe's Seas?, the BlueInvest Day, and the event Ocean Literacy in Action. What to expect:

The EMPEREST project 1st workshop will take place on 12-14 February 2024 in Tartu, Estonia. The title of the event is "Raising awareness and initiating actions towards socio-environmental resilience to PFAS".