Join us on 2 November 2023, 14.00-15.45 CET for Estonian Green Movement’s webinar: “Let’s talk about solutions – how could renewable energy and biodiversity coexist?”

In order to meet renewable energy goals, many countries are pushing to expedite their permitting procedures and impact assessments for renewable energy projects. While it’s beneficial to push for more renewable energy systems, it’s imperative that we discuss how we can balance the pursuit of clean energy with preserving our remaining biodiversity.

As the rapidly increasing demand for renewable energy and mining for resources has already had a huge effect on biodiversity, the aim of the webinar is to find solutions on how to minimize the impacts of solar and wind parks on biodiversity.

In addition, we will discuss how to ensure successful cooperation with local communities so that renewable energy developments can be located closer to people and not in biodiversity hotspots. Through a solution-oriented approach, the expert speakers try to provide examples of how to wisely plan renewable energy developments.

Webinar program: 14.00 – 15.45 CET (15.00-16.45 EET):

• 14.00 – 14.10 – Introduction
• 14.10 – 14.25 – Silver Sillak, Ministry of Climate: “How to reconcile communities with the construction of wind farms?”
• 14.25 – 14.55 – Ingrid Nielsen, Estonian Fund for Nature & Krista Takkis, University of Tartu: “Biodiversity-supporting solar park”
• 14.55 – 15.15 – Søren Enghoff, Spoor, Denmark: “Facilitating nature coexistence with wind farms through AI based computer vision”
• 15.15 – 15.45 – Q&A, summary.

Join us for this essential conversation on coexisting with nature while meeting our renewable energy goals and ensuring a sustainable future for all.

The webinar will be in English and streamed live on zoom, register here.

This event is organized by the Estonian Green Movement within the “Citizens’ Observatory for Green Deal Financing” project, financed by European Education and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA).