{"id":3122,"date":"2026-07-23T14:29:49","date_gmt":"2026-07-23T11:29:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adapter.ee\/?post_type=network&#038;p=3122"},"modified":"2026-08-31T13:57:16","modified_gmt":"2026-08-31T10:57:16","slug":"environment-and-climate-network","status":"publish","type":"network","link":"https:\/\/adapter.ee\/en\/network\/environment-and-climate-network\/","title":{"rendered":"Environment and Climate Network"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Environment and Climate Network for Building Competitiveness<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">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.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">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. 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