PEERspectives on Biodiversity and Trade interactions

We are pleased to invite you to the PEERspectives event on Biodiversity and Trade interactions. Please find attached the programme.

In an increasingly globalised world, various parts of supply chains interact with nature, affecting biodiversity and ecosystems. The interplay of policies, trade and resource management decisions connect distant places and people in complex ways. These linkages can have significant impacts on ecosystems and biodiversity, both inside and outside the EU. A range of interventions is needed, such as regulating wildlife trade, promoting sustainability across global supply chains and directing finance towards investments that safeguard biodiversity.

The PEERspectives “Exploring biodiversity and trade interactions” will identify the critical gaps and up-to-date knowledge and data that are needed to design and efficiently implement evidence-based policies requiring the mobilisation of different research fields and policy sectors.

This ‘PEERspectives’ event will bring together scientists, policy-makers and stakeholders to enhance understanding of complex policy-relevant issues at the nexus of biodiversity and trade and stimulate collaboration between science and policy.

This event is free of charge but registration is mandatory until 14 January due to the limited number of seats.

To attend the event, please register here : 2026 PEERspectives_Registration 

MEET THE SPEAKERS

PROGRAMME

Brussels, on 21 January (14h-17h CET)
Joint Research Centre, Atrium,
Rue du Champ de Mars 21, 1050 Brussels

With Alessandra Zampieri, Director for Sustainable Resources at the European Commission Joint Research Centre, as Master of ceremony

Introduction by Thierry Caquet, Vice-President International, French Research institute for Agriculture, Food and the Environment (INRAE)

Presentation of the report by the Biodiversity and trade working group:

• Jeanne Nel, Head of the Biodiverse Environment Programme, Wageningen Environmental Research
• Julian Rode, Senior researcher & Scientific advisor -- Environmental behavior and policy, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ)
• Katarina Elofsson, Environmental Economics, Danish Centre For Environment And Energy, Aarhus University

Perspectives from selected stakeholders and experts:

• Eeva Primmer, Bureau Member, Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) and Research Director, Finnish Environment Institute (Syke)
• Manuela Kiehl, Policy Analyst, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
• Arvea Marieni, Director Ecological Transition Engineering Solutions BEAM CUBE, European Climate Pact Ambassador

Perspectives from the European Commission

• Jörg Wojahn, Head of Unit TRADE.C.3 “Bilateral Relations in Trade and Sustainable Development, Generalised Scheme of Preferences”, DG Trade, European Commission
• Marco Fritz, Deputy Head of Unit RTD.B.3 “Climate and Planetary Boundaries”, DG Research & Innovation, European Commission

Conclusion by the PEER Partnership: take-home messages from André van
Lammeren, Managing Director of the Environmental Sciences Group, Wageningen University and Research
 

Networking cocktail