EU Green Week 2026 – IUCN Partner Events
Each year, the EU Green Week brings together voices across Europe to explore how we can respond to today’s environmental challenges and build a more sustainable future. In the 2026’s edition, the spotlight is on creating a nature-positive economy - demonstrating that investing in nature is not only essential for protecting ecosystems but also for strengthening Europe’s resilience and long-term prosperity.
Throughout June, Green Week partner events will demonstrate how nature-based investments can generate positive and lasting benefits for businesses, individuals, and communities at local and regional levels throughout Europe and beyond. As part of this initiative, IUCN is organising a few partner events.
Where kids and nature thrice: Re-naturing schoolyards in European cities
Featuring case studies from cities across Europe, this session explores the process of transforming schoolyards into greener, more nature-rich spaces—from early concepts to practical implementation. It highlights how municipalities, educators and communities collaborate across sectors, and how children themselves play an active role in co-designing environments that enhance wellbeing and support urban biodiversity.
Date: 10 June 2026 | 10:00 – 11:30 am
Online event: register
Investing in nature through farming: Policy pathways for the future CAP
This webinar explores how modelling tools can support the development of future EU agricultural policies that better align with climate action and biodiversity goals. Drawing on insights from the Horizon Europe projects ECO-READY and LAMASUS, the session will present key research findings and discuss how evidence-based approaches can inform the design of the post-2027 Common Agricultural Policy, while promoting resilient and nature-positive farming systems.
Date: 17 June 2026 | 10:00 – 12:00
Online event: register
Partners: Wageningen University, PBL Netherlands, ECO-READY, LAMASUS
Blue Tourism Initiative in the Mediterranean: Towards the blue med flagship initiative
This session showcases key results from the Blue Tourism Initiative, highlighting practical approaches to advancing sustainable and nature-positive coastal tourism across Mediterranean pilot sites in Morocco, Tunisia and Lebanon. It will also provide a platform for discussion on future priorities and next steps for the Blue Med Flagship Initiative within the broader framework of Mediterranean sustainable tourism cooperation.
Date: 17 June 2026 | 17:30 – 19:00
Location: Barcelona, Spain
Partners: IDDRI, Eco-union, Barcelona Provincial Council, Plan Bleu, UNEP/MAP
From nature conservation to EU policy - Translating leadership into EU policy and strategic investment in Europe's overseas regions
Bringing together representatives from the European Parliament, EU Member States, the European Commission, and key institutional donors, the event will highlight the strategic value of investing in overseas biodiversity, as a cost-effective pathway to deliver conservation outcomes, climate adaptation and global environmental
commitments.
Date: 1 July 2026
Location: European Parliament, Brussels, Belgium
From commitments to action: Turning Europe’s restoration investments into transferable and scalable implementation knowledge
The session will focus on the question: how can Europe move from isolated restoration projects toward a connected system of implementation learning, adaptation and scalable restoration practice? The event will introduce PANORAMA – Solutions for a Healthy Planet as a practical implementation learning and knowledge exchange infrastructure that helps transform project experience into transferable and adaptable implementation knowledge.
Date: 25 June 2026 | 14:00- 15:30
Location: BIP Meeting Center, Zinneke room, Brussels
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