CloseThis event has ended. applied sciences Friday 4 December 2020, 11:00 - 17:00 (CET) Practical information WhenFriday 4 December 2020, 11:00 - 17:00 (CET)LanguagesEnglish Description Healthy soils are at the heart of the Green Deal for Europe.Once lost, soils are non-renewable in terms of human lifetimes.In addition to providing us with food, fibres and fuel, soils play a key role in regulating the Earth’s climate, providing us with clean water, protecting us from floods and preserves our cultural heritage.The launch of JRC's EU Soil Observatory took take place on 4 December 2020.The new EU Soil Observatory will be a dynamic and inclusive platform that will provide information and data needed to safeguard soils to the European Commission and the broader soil user community.Watch liveThe event was live webstreamed - time: 10:00 to 16:00 CETParticipants could pose questions while watching using Sli.do (enter the meeting code #JRCSOIL).Sessions10:00 -11:50 Setting the scene: high-level panel discussion on policy outlooks and societal needs on the sustainable use of soil12:00 - 13:00 Formal launch of the EU Soil Observatory14:00 – 16:00 Technical implementation of Soil ObservatorySpeakersEU Commissioner for Innovation, Research, Culture, Education and YouthEU Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural DevelopmentEC Joint Research Centre, Director General and Director for Sustainable ResourcesEuropean Commission Policy MakersPresidency of the Council of the European Union Representatives from Industry and the Research CommunityChair Soil Health and Food Mission BoardAgendaDownload the Agenda (in PDF) (last updated 3/12/2020, 16:45) PresentationsSetting the scene: panel discussion on policy outlooks and needs on sustainable use of soil2 FEBRUARY 202201-eu-soil-observatory_lm.pdf (Luca Montanarella, EC JRC))Formal launch of the EU Soil Observatory2 FEBRUARY 202202-eu-soil-observatory_giovanni-final.pdf (Giovanni De Santi, EC JRC)2 FEBRUARY 202203-2020_12_02_soil_mission_cees_veerman.pdf: A Mission for Soil Health and Food (Cees Veerman, Chair of the Mission)Technical implementation of Soil Observatory2 FEBRUARY 202201-eu-soil-observatory_arwyn.pdf (Arwyn Jones, EC JRC)2 FEBRUARY 202202-why_citizen_engagement-wwf.pdf(Michael Berger, WWF)2 FEBRUARY 202203-sms-helming.pdf (Katharina Helming, SMS H2020)2 FEBRUARY 202204-soil_indicator_dashboards-eea.pdf (Rainer Baritz, EEA)2 FEBRUARY 202205-soil_information_needs-env.pdfy (Mirco Barbero)Soil monitoring and LULUCF (Simon Kay, EC DG Climate Action)2 FEBRUARY 202207-pesticdes_and_soils-sante.pdf (Christine Meisinger, EC DG Health and Food Safety)2 FEBRUARY 202208-soil_and_the_cap-agri.pdf(Laura Aguglia, EC DG Agriculture and Rural Development)2 FEBRUARY 202209-ejp_soil_wp6-bispo.pdf (Antonio Bispo, INRAE)ContactFor additional information you may send email to:EU-SOIL-OBSERVATORYec [dot] europa [dot] eu (subject: Launch%20event%20EU%20Soil%20Observatory) (EU-SOIL-OBSERVATORY[at]ec[dot]europa[dot]eu)VenueOnline, EUSave the date
Healthy soils are at the heart of the Green Deal for Europe.Once lost, soils are non-renewable in terms of human lifetimes.In addition to providing us with food, fibres and fuel, soils play a key role in regulating the Earth’s climate, providing us with clean water, protecting us from floods and preserves our cultural heritage.The launch of JRC's EU Soil Observatory took take place on 4 December 2020.The new EU Soil Observatory will be a dynamic and inclusive platform that will provide information and data needed to safeguard soils to the European Commission and the broader soil user community.Watch liveThe event was live webstreamed - time: 10:00 to 16:00 CETParticipants could pose questions while watching using Sli.do (enter the meeting code #JRCSOIL).Sessions10:00 -11:50 Setting the scene: high-level panel discussion on policy outlooks and societal needs on the sustainable use of soil12:00 - 13:00 Formal launch of the EU Soil Observatory14:00 – 16:00 Technical implementation of Soil ObservatorySpeakersEU Commissioner for Innovation, Research, Culture, Education and YouthEU Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural DevelopmentEC Joint Research Centre, Director General and Director for Sustainable ResourcesEuropean Commission Policy MakersPresidency of the Council of the European Union Representatives from Industry and the Research CommunityChair Soil Health and Food Mission BoardAgendaDownload the Agenda (in PDF) (last updated 3/12/2020, 16:45) PresentationsSetting the scene: panel discussion on policy outlooks and needs on sustainable use of soil2 FEBRUARY 202201-eu-soil-observatory_lm.pdf (Luca Montanarella, EC JRC))Formal launch of the EU Soil Observatory2 FEBRUARY 202202-eu-soil-observatory_giovanni-final.pdf (Giovanni De Santi, EC JRC)2 FEBRUARY 202203-2020_12_02_soil_mission_cees_veerman.pdf: A Mission for Soil Health and Food (Cees Veerman, Chair of the Mission)Technical implementation of Soil Observatory2 FEBRUARY 202201-eu-soil-observatory_arwyn.pdf (Arwyn Jones, EC JRC)2 FEBRUARY 202202-why_citizen_engagement-wwf.pdf(Michael Berger, WWF)2 FEBRUARY 202203-sms-helming.pdf (Katharina Helming, SMS H2020)2 FEBRUARY 202204-soil_indicator_dashboards-eea.pdf (Rainer Baritz, EEA)2 FEBRUARY 202205-soil_information_needs-env.pdfy (Mirco Barbero)Soil monitoring and LULUCF (Simon Kay, EC DG Climate Action)2 FEBRUARY 202207-pesticdes_and_soils-sante.pdf (Christine Meisinger, EC DG Health and Food Safety)2 FEBRUARY 202208-soil_and_the_cap-agri.pdf(Laura Aguglia, EC DG Agriculture and Rural Development)2 FEBRUARY 202209-ejp_soil_wp6-bispo.pdf (Antonio Bispo, INRAE)ContactFor additional information you may send email to:EU-SOIL-OBSERVATORYec [dot] europa [dot] eu (subject: Launch%20event%20EU%20Soil%20Observatory) (EU-SOIL-OBSERVATORY[at]ec[dot]europa[dot]eu)VenueOnline, EUSave the date
