The Horizon Europe Mission ‘A Soil Deal for Europe’ (Mission Soil) will hold the second edition of the European Mission Soil Week on 12-13 November 2024 in Brussels, Belgium.

Soil health holds a high position in the EU political agenda. The Green Deal and other policies recognise soil health as an essential element for achieving their objectives, such as climate neutrality, stopping desertification and land degradation or reversing biodiversity loss. The European Mission Soil Week is an annual event designed as a major European gathering that brings together the European soil community. Researchers, policymakers, farmers, foresters, spatial planners, landowners and land managers, businesses, and organisations as well as the general interested public meet to discuss challenges, opportunities and solutions for healthy soils. The European Mission Soil Week therefore brings together and mobilises communities to protect and restore soil health.

The event will be followed by exclusive clusters meetings on 14 November 2024, dedicated to Mission Soil funded projects.  Soil  Health BENCHMARKS will host a special session on 14 November, details to follow soon.

Plenary sessions of the European Mission Soil Week will be livestreamed, allowing everyone to get involved.

Breakout sessions will not be livestreamed, to allow meaningful participatory engagement of in-person attendees.