APA-Rimini (Italy) The flagship Ecomondo series of conferences which concerns itself with the environmental implications from activities in the business world has been confirmed for November in the seaside Italian resort of Rimini.
Organisers say the conferences will cast more spotlight on extreme weather patterns including droughts, desertification and floods that ravage some parts of the world including Africa, notwithstanding the fact that it is the continent with the lowest greenhouse gas emission.
In a statement to APA, the organisers point out that the 26th Ecomondo will also interrogate the need for green tech approaches and solutions that are of utmost relevance and urgency.
These series of conferences is the Italian Exhibition Group’s (IEG) leading trade show for the green economy in Europe and the Mediterranean basin, which will be held from 7th to 10th November in Rimini.
Some 1,500 exhibiting brands in 28 halls will be accommodated in the entire Rimini Expo Centre premises.
Topics will range from technological processes to stop climate change, to EU-funded projects aimed at a more circular blue (bio) economy in the Mediterranean, the States General for Soil Health (2nd edition) to Africa Green Growth.
The organising Ecomondo Technical-Scientific Committee are under the leadership of Professor Fabio Fava from Bologna University, in collaboration with the event’s main institutional and technical partners, together with the international board of experts from the European Commission, OECD, FAO, UfM, EEA, ISWA .
”It’s a sold-out edition that has registered the participation of all the green supply chains on the foreign front, numerous delegations of top buyers, journalists, associations and institutional representatives from all over the world, thanks to the solid and valuable collaboration with ITA – Italian Trade Agency for the promotion and internationalisation of Italian companies abroad and with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation” says the statement from its organisers.
A so-called Africa Green Forum to be held on 9th November and organised by RES4Africa and Ecomondo’s Technical-Scientific Committee, with the participation of the European Commission, will focus on the Water Energy Food (WEF) Nexus approach as an integral part of international development agendas.
The conference, with institutional speakers and a large delegation of professionals from Africa, will highlight the interconnections between water, energy and food systems, revealing business models and financing mechanisms capable of increasing economic productivity in an area like Africa, where the consumption and need for water, electricity and food is expected to grow exponentially in the future.
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