An ambitious and climate-focused Commission agenda for post COVID-19 EU

Čavoški, Aleksandra

doi:10.1080/09644016.2020.1784010

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“…For instance, the United Nations Climate Change Conference should prioritize and unify efforts aimed at changing attitudes towards the environment. The COVID-19 pandemic serves as a reminder [ 140 , 141 ].…”

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Beyond the Pandemic: COVID-19 Pandemic Changed the Face of Life

Khalifa

Swilam

El-Wahed

et al. 2021

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The COVID-19 pandemic is a serious challenge for societies around the globe as entire populations have fallen victim to the infectious spread and have taken up social distancing. In many countries, people have had to self-isolate and to be confined to their homes for several weeks to months to prevent the spread of the virus. Social distancing measures have had both negative and positive impacts on various aspects of economies, lifestyles, education, transportation, food supply, health, social life, and mental wellbeing. On other hands, due to reduced population movements and the decline in human activities, gas emissions decreased and the ozone layer improved; this had a positive impact on Earth’s weather and environment. Overall, the COVID-19 pandemic has negative effects on human activities and positive impacts on nature. This study discusses the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on different life aspects including the economy, social life, health, education, and the environment.

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Beyond the Pandemic: COVID-19 Pandemic Changed the Face of Life

Khalifa

Swilam

El-Wahed

et al. 2021

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“…Over the last two decades, the EU has put in place a number of policies for agro‐environmental protection, such as the Soil Thematic Strategy (2006), and for the greening of the Common Agricultural Policy (2013). Since 2020, the EU Green Deal has set an ambitious roadmap to make the EU the first carbon‐neutral continent with a modern, competitive and resource‐efficient economy (Čavoški, 2020). As part of the EU Green Deal, the EU has ranked soil protection high on the policy agenda.…”

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A 1 billion euro mission: A Soil Deal for Europe

Panagos,

Borrelli,

Jones

et al. 2024

European J Soil Science

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Soils have achieved prominence in the political agenda of the European Commission with the proposal for a Soil Monitoring Law and the ambitious Soil Mission research framework. The EU Soil Observatory (EUSO) used the latest state‐of‐the‐art pan‐European datasets to propose a preliminary assessment of soil health in the EU based on 18 soil degradation proxy indicators. The body of knowledge will soon be enriched thanks to the investment of 1 billion euros towards the Mission ‘A Soil Deal for Europe’, which has the ambition to promote the development of new harmonized bottom‐up and top‐down soil health indicators. New data and knowledge are also anticipated through the national soil monitoring schemes to support the implementation of the Soil Monitoring Law. We present the Soil Mission roadmap towards assessing and achieving soil health in the EU by 2030 to meet Green Deal objectives. We introduce the EUSO Soil Health Dashboard, a soil degradation indicator tool using soil health indicators developed by the European Soil Data Centre (ESDAC) (2012–2023) that will contribute to Soil Monitoring Law assessments.

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“…The European Commission's (EC) vision is to be the first climate‐neutral continent by 2050 (Čavoški, 2020). To achieve this major challenge, the EC presented the European Green Deal, the most ambitious package of measures that should enable European citizens and businesses to benefit from sustainable green transition.…”

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European Soil Data Centre 2.0: Soil data and knowledge in support of the EU policies

Panagos

Liedekerke

Borrelli

et al. 2022

European J Soil Science

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The European Soil Data Centre (ESDAC), hosted by the European Commission's Joint Research Centre (JRC), is the focal point for soil data, support to policy making and awareness raising for the European Union (EU). Established in 2006 to provide harmonised soil‐related information for the EU Member States, and ESDAC currently hosts 88 datasets, 6000 maps, six atlases, 500 scientific publications, and a copious amount of soil‐related material. Through its data repository publishing activity, ESDAC has licensed over 50,000 datasets during the past 15 years; 8500 of them in 2021 alone. It has published 140 monthly newsletters and is followed by more than 12,000 subscribed users, which receive regular updates. This article addresses the use, usability, and usefulness of ESDAC. About 75% of the ESDAC users come from academia and the research community while the remaining 25% includes public administration (at EU, national, regional, and local level) and the private sector. In addition, we provide some insights of the datasets evaluation and how they have been developed. The general ESDAC vision is to provide evidence underlying EU soil‐relevant policies and to facilitate the access to relevant data for research. ESDAC is an integral part of the recently established European Union Soil Observatory (EUSO), with a target to have an even stronger role in supporting EU and regional policies. Highlights ESDAC is a central place from where to find European wide relevant soil data. ESDAC is an integral part of the EU Soil Observatory in creating data and knowledge for policy support. The ESDAC website shows a high volume of traffic; 10,000 of user licenses are granted per year. ESDAC key success: open access data policy, documentation, operational helpdesk and regular updates.

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An ambitious and climate-focused Commission agenda for post COVID-19 EU

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Beyond the Pandemic: COVID-19 Pandemic Changed the Face of Life

Beyond the Pandemic: COVID-19 Pandemic Changed the Face of Life

A 1 billion euro mission: A Soil Deal for Europe

European Soil Data Centre 2.0: Soil data and knowledge in support of the EU policies

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