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The summer issue of LIFEnews looks at the topic of climate change mitigation and adaptation. The lead article focuses on a LIFE platform meeting in the UK about the ecosystem services approach to climate change mitigation and adaptation. The second article features interviews with Mette Quinn, Deputy Head of DG CLIMA's Climate Finance and Deforestation Unit, and Juan Pérez Lorenzo, Policy Officer from the Adaptation Unit.
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July/August 2014
LIFE projects canhelp combat climatechangeA platform meeting held in theUK earlier this year showedthe potential for LIFE projectsto aid in the fight against theimpacts of climate change,through mitigation andadaptation measures.Read more >>
ANNOUNCEMENTS03 July Rare falcon returns toSlovakia
18 July Success forStrasbourg's RohrschollenIsland flooding
22 July New report on climatechange adaptation andmitigation Platform Meeting
30 July Scandinavian PlatformMeeting demonstrates LIFE'scontribution to natureconservation
05 August Report published onLIFE Platform Meeting onUrban Resilience
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KH-AX-14-007-EN-NISSN: 1725-1877
Call opens for LIFE climateaction projectsClimate change mitigation and adaptionare the main focus of the first call forproposals for LIFE projects by theDirectorate-General for Climate Action(DG CLIMA).Read more >>
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