With 2010 having been declared the International Year of Biodiversity by the United Nations, biodiversity is the natural focus for the European Commission's Green Week 2010 conference taking place from the 1st to the 4th of June at the Charlemagne Building in Brussels.
Under the slogan "Biodiversity - Our Lifeline" the biggest annual conference dedicated to European Environment Policy will examine the state of biodiversity and nature in Europe and the world. The benefits they bring, present-day pressures on them and possible solutions to the current rates of loss.
As the European Union financing body, the EIB will participate in a number of Green Week events, in particular:
- Pricing the earth: How business can protect and profit from biodiversity - A European Policy Summit, Tuesday & Wednesday 1-2 June
- EIB Speaker: Peter Carter, Head of the EIB's Environment and Social Office
- Green Infrastructure, Thursday 3 June, 16:30 – 18:00
- EIB Speaker: Peter Carter, Head of the EIB's Environment and Social Office
EIB presentations will focus in particular on the economic dimension of biodiversity as well as ecosystem services and Natura 2000.