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Environment and Climate Network for Building Competitiveness
The goal of the Environment and Climate Network is to create a strong collaboration platform between researchers, companies, and the public sector to find and implement innovative solutions for addressing and developing environmental and climate-related challenges.
The aim is to accelerate the path of science-based environmental and climate solutions into practice, and to support the transition of Estonian companies and organisations to a sustainable and competitive economic model. Local resources need to be used skilfully and knowledgeably, which in turn increases competitiveness.
The network offers:
- access to experts across different fields of research
- preparation of applied and development projects
- laboratory and testing infrastructure
- delivery of applied research
- development of pilot projects and demonstration solutions
- product development
- modelling of environmental and climate impacts
- development of climate and environmental strategies
- life cycle assessment (LCA) and carbon footprint analysis
- expertise in the use of big data and remote sensing data
- science-based advice for strategic decision-making
- formation of international project consortia
The network’s focus areas are as follows:
Circular economy and resource efficiency
- material flow analysis
- waste valorisation
- industrial symbiosis
- life cycle assessment (LCA)
Bioeconomy
- biomass valorisation
- use of bioresources
- sustainable forestry and agriculture
Energy
- renewable energy
- energy storage
- energy efficiency
- hydrogen technologies
Nature-based solutions
- carbon sequestration
- ecosystem services
- urban climate resilience
- biodiversity restoration
Climate and environmental data
- climate models
- remote sensing
- use of satellite data
- geographic information systems (GIS)
- environmental monitoring
Network Coordinators
Eve Teppan
TalTech
eve.teppan@taltech.ee
