External workshop
Expert workshop by Eklipse on offshore wind farm expansion and marine environmental impact
10 April 2025
Expert workshop by Eklipse on offshore wind farm expansion and marine environmental impact
External workshop
Biodiversity
Start date: 10 April 2025
End date: 10 April 2025
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Place: Online
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Eklipse was created in 2016 to help governments, institutions, businesses, and NGOs make better-informed decisions when it comes to biodiversity and ecosystem services in Europe. Eklipse has already answered requests on a wide range of topics, by synthesizing the best available knowledge from both scientists and other knowledge holders.
Description
In April 2025 saw the next expert-led online workshop of Eklipse for connecting biodiversity knowledge holders and policy-makers.
As in previous editions, the event is organised in response to a specific knowledge request by the European Commission and organised with funding by BioAgora. The topic of the workshop was “Offshore Wind Farm Expansion & Marine Environment Impact” and its main objective was to provide science-based insights that are directly connected to the European marine biodiversity policy context.
The event took place on 10 April 2025 between 09:30 am and 01:00 pm (CEST), and focused on an overview of the Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD) and how offshore wind harvesting practices are meant to adhere to it. Naturally, this involved a closer look at the MSFD’s 11 qualitative descriptors that serve as a benchmark for achieving Good Environmental Status (GES). All of this allowed for research gaps at the intersection between the Directive and analyses of these farms to be validated, consolidated and prioritised. In the run-up to the event, Eklipse launched a call for experts to maximise the quality of contributions to these proceedings.
CCB's participants in the event
- Andrea Cervantes, CCB Biodiversity Officer
CCB's participation was supported by
CCB's contribution to the event was supported by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or CINEA. Neither the European Union nor CINEA can be held responsible for them
As in previous editions, the event is organised in response to a specific knowledge request by the European Commission and organised with funding by BioAgora. The topic of the workshop was “Offshore Wind Farm Expansion & Marine Environment Impact” and its main objective was to provide science-based insights that are directly connected to the European marine biodiversity policy context.
The event took place on 10 April 2025 between 09:30 am and 01:00 pm (CEST), and focused on an overview of the Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD) and how offshore wind harvesting practices are meant to adhere to it. Naturally, this involved a closer look at the MSFD’s 11 qualitative descriptors that serve as a benchmark for achieving Good Environmental Status (GES). All of this allowed for research gaps at the intersection between the Directive and analyses of these farms to be validated, consolidated and prioritised. In the run-up to the event, Eklipse launched a call for experts to maximise the quality of contributions to these proceedings.
CCB's participants in the event
- Andrea Cervantes, CCB Biodiversity Officer
CCB's participation was supported by
CCB's contribution to the event was supported by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or CINEA. Neither the European Union nor CINEA can be held responsible for them
